Leonard Jan Mitchell (6 results)

The Story and the Favorite Dishes of America's Most Famous German Restaurant. New York, 1953. Doubleday. 224pp. 4th printing (c.1952). Dj pc, quite worn and chipped at edges. Book very good. Introductions and illustrations by Ludwig Bemelmans. Anecdotal history of the famous New York City restaurant, founded in 1882, whose Old World charm was a favorite of the celebrated and not-so. Said to be the first collection of authentic and purely German dishes to be published in America. Cookery. Postpaid.

Condition: Very Good. Doubleday and Company New York 1954 8vo. 224 pages. red cloth boards. illustrated endpapers. binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bemelmans, Ludwig (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition hardcover in good condition. Eight inch octavo in full brown cloth with gilt acorn emblem enclosing a German beer stein and antlered deer on the cover and faded gilt printing on the spine. Wear at the corners and spine tips but clean and unmarked interior. Yellow end papers illustrated by Bemelmans. Ludwig Bemelmans, of the Madeline books, illustrated and wrote the introduction to this.No dust jacket. "he Story and the Favorite Dishes of America's Most Famous German Restaurant". 224 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrations by Ludwig Bemelmans (illustrator). The 1954 fifth printing of a cookbook originally published October 30, 1952. Inscribed to Lyle & Paul and signed in blue nk to the dedication page by author Jan Mitchell and by a second signer, Lester . . . Fovenof? Recipes include the house Roulade of Beef and Smoked Loin of Pork with Sauerkraut and Grapes ("Kassler Rippchen.") Yes, the dover sole was flown in from England, the brook trout from Colorado. 224 pp. including Index. Reduced from $168. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Cover. First Edition. Ex-Library book, stamps and inscriptions on first page. Signed by author.