Published by Kater-Crafts Bookbinders, Pico Rivera, CA, 2006
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. Japanese cloth with copper blind stamped cover. Color frontispiece of author. Limited edition of 125. 2.85" x 2.35".
Published by Kater-Craft Bookbinders and Western Periodicals Company, Pico Rivera, California, 1968
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Unique snapshot of the Southern California culinary scene, presented to attendees of the 59th Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association in Los Angeles, June 1968. Reproduces the menus of General Lee's, Pacific Dining Car, Dal Rae, Proud Bird, Miyako, Knott's Berry Farm, Clearman's North Woods Inn, Tam O'Shanter, Sportsmen's Lodge, The Brown Derby, Scandia, and many other Southern California restaurants. Foreword by Lois Dwan, Restaurant Columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Quarto: [viii], 211, [1] pp. with textual illustrations. Original pictorial cloth binding; issued without a dust jacket. The spine heel is bumped; otherwise very good.
Condition: Fine condition. Mel Kavin. A Keepsake from Mel (The Forward to "You Can Judge a Book by its Cover"). Pico Rivera, CA: Kater-Crafts Bookbinders, 2006. First edition, one of 125 copies. Produced for the Miniature Books Society Conclave XXIV. Miniature (approx. 3 x 2.5 inches). Author portrait frontispiece. Black cloth, front cover lettered in copper, publisher's original shipping envelope. From the collection of Edward Hoyenski. .