Rector by Rector George, Signed (17 results)

Pictorial Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. The sub- title on the front board is Unveiling the Culinary Mysteries of the World Famous George Rector. Small decorations in black, white, and red are in-text. Laid-in is a card labeled, A Century of Progress, A&P Carnival, Chicago World's Fair, 1933. It has a list of cooking terms, measurements, and temperatures. The cover's spine strip is missing. The boards have shelf wear soiling and rubbed spots. A dent, apparently made by a nail goes from the back board through the back endpaper and last five pages. The front endpaper has three places of color loss, up to a linear 1 1/2 in. About a fifth of the pages have one or more stains, 1/8 in. to 1/2 in. on a margin(s). Scans e-mailed upon request. Standard shipping cost in the U.S. will be reduced. Signed by the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Heavy cover soiil, prev. owners name inside front cover. Signed by Rector. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good+. spine missing, paper boards illustrated & still vivid. published for 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair with the blue bookmark included, inscribed by Rector. on title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. GOOD edgeworn, spine bolstered with archival rice paper,signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: poor. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. 110 pages. Illus., quite worn esp at edges, bds soiled, spine missing, p. 15/16 separated but present, hinges weak. Signed by the author. Corners missing on some page (no loss of text), some edge chipping. Title page continues "by George Rector whose Reknown as an Epicure Extends Even to Foreign Lands Including the Magnificant Formula for his Celebrated OnionSoup. Illuminated with many Merry Tales, Pictures, etc., and Painstakingly Edited by an Authority of Note. " Front cover has variant of the title: "a la Rector Unveiling the Culinary Mysteries of the world famous George Rector. ".

Condition: Very Good. Light blue cloth stamped in black. BOLDLY INSCRIBED ON THE VERSO OF THE FRONTISPIECE PHOTO PORTRAIT, "To _____________/ frome one good cook to another/ with every good wish/ George Rector/ August 18th, 1937". Third printing. 248 pps. One of New York's most famous restauranteurs and hosts provides an entertaining, anecdotal guide to entertaining at home. Very good only, no dust jacket.

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on title page. Slightly dampstained. Hinges are cracked. Spine taped. (Cooking, American cooking, Cuisine).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition hardcover, SIGNED and inscribed by George Rector on the title page. No writing, a few miscellaneous spots. Boards a little dirty, wear to corners and top of spine, secure. Decorative endpapers. Also includes a bookmark with helpful information for the cook from the A & P Carnival, Chicago World's Fair, 1933. 111 pages. M07126. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pictorial cover is worn at extremities, bumped corners, and backstrip is toned and reglued but clean, bright, and in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Inscribed and signed by author on half title page. About 3 pages have modest soiling, remaining pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. .; Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. First Edition. New York: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.,1933.). First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A good copy. Foxed and worn to the boards. Backstrip gone. Hinges weak. Signed by the Author to the title page: "with best wishes/ George Rector". Unveiling Culinary Mysteries of the world-famous George Rector. Rector (1878-1947) was a restaurateur, raconteur and food authority who wrote several cookbooks in the 1920s and '30s. He appeared on CBS radio in Dine with George Rector and played himself in at least one movie, Every Day's a Holiday (1937) with Mae West. Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 8vo hardcover volume in grey embossed cloth. No faults looks like it came off the bookstore shelf. Signed by the author. 173 pages + index and 3 color ad pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no other name present. A cookbook by a famous Chicago restaurateur, founder of the Rector Restaurant and member of the Societe des Culinaires de Paris, consisting of specialties from mixed restaurants featured in "A Cook's Tour" as appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. Original grey cloth with black title, logo and borders and a frontispiece photograph of the Rector Restaurant. A very well preserved copy, clean and unmarked. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Signed with best wishes. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Rector Publishing Company, Chicago, 1928. Third (3rd) edition. First printing. A near-fine copy, without a jacket. A copy with clean text. Note: Fading on spine, a rubbing mark on front board, and some fraying to extremities (all as pictured). This copy has been SIGNED and inscribed by Rector on the front endpaper: "To Mrs. Martin, with best wishes. George Rector." Rector was a renowned restaurateur (and the son of one), and the Broadway location of Rector's was the basis for the 1909 Broadway musical "The Girl from Rector's." "Mrs. Martin" is possibly the wife of one of the Martin Brothers, who founded Café Martin, a fellow avant-garde establishment in New York at the time, and other New York restaurants in the coming years upon Café Martin's 1910 closing. F300A. Inscribed by Author(s).

Wyndham's entry in the Oxford DNB states that the family estate was 'some 4000 acres in Wiltshire'. Milford (1829-1913) was his rector at East Knoyle, and the letters inform him about arrangements for the funeral of Wyndham's father Percy Scawen Wyndham (1835-1911). Both items in good condition, lightly aged, and folded for postage. Each addressed to 'My dear Canon Milford' and signed 'George Wyndham.' ONE: 14 March 1911. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Begins: 'I have found a written permission from my Father to have the Funeral - committal to the erth - where I think best. He desired the first part of the service to be in any case at East Knoyle.' He accepts Milford's proposal regarding the position of his father's grave, and would like to take 'enough space' for 'us all being buried there in process of time'. The letter concludes with details of the time of the funeral and a 'special train' he is laying on 'from Salisbury at 12.35, in connextion with the fast train from Waterloo at 11. a.m. which reaches Salisbury at 12.31.' TWO: 5pp, 12mo. On two bifoliums. 'My dear Father left me a written expression of his wishes in respect of Hymns. / He does not [last word underlined twice] wish the Hymn 'Now the labourers task is o'er' to be sung. / He does wish for Hymn 608 "God of the Living and the Dead," in the supplemental Hymns of Ancient & Modern. If this is not procurable I will telegraph for some copies today.' His wife Sibell is conveying the note, '& I could not wish for anything better than that she should arrange the service with you.' He is bringing back his 'dear Father's ashes' the following evening, '&, if it is possible, would like to put them in the coffin, & to put the coffin in the Church tomorrow night'. He describes his plans for the day, with an 'Early Service for us at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday morning', after which 'We would go straight to the church for the Funeral service & take our places in good time, so as to being punctually at 1.45. After the first part of the service the coffin would be borne to the new Church yard for interment.' He gives details of the orientation he has chosen for the coffin, 'pointing straight at the Church', and gives his reasons for departing from usual practice, ending with his plan to 'build a low wall of green sandstone, 3 feet high & plant a high hedge of cut yew trees behind it as a background'.

8vo. 110, [2] pp. Illust. title in red & black, numerous text illustrations in red & black by Fred Breen. Colour-illustrated boards, cover art by Breen (minor scuffing, edgewear, minor wear to spine, slight bumping to couple corners), still VG copy, signed by Rector on the Carte du Jour page, from the libraries of Shirley Clemenson Daniel & Eleanore Weinstock, w/ bookplate on ffep. First edition, signed, of this excellent collection of recipes on French cooking by Chef George Rector used by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. as a promotional book during the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago. (1878-1947) was a restauranter, and food authority, who began his career with Parisian Restaurants, son of Charles Rector who had opened the famed Oyster House in 1884 in Chicago, and operated the Rector's Marine Restaurant at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. George Rector published the year after this his "Dine at home with Rector" with subtitle "A Book on What Men Like, Why They Like It, and How to Cook It," and was columnist for A&P's radio program, as well as their radio program for CBS. Scarce to find in nice condition, and signed. See: Jan Whitaker, Anatomy of a Restaurateur: George Rector, Restaurant-ing through History (2018).

Großes s/w-Original-Pressefoto (21,5 x 17 cm, mit UN-Generalsekretär U THANT anlässlich der dritten UN-Konferenz 1964 über die friedliche Nutzung der Atomenergie / with Secretary General at the 3 rd UN Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 1964), bildseitig in Tinte eigenhändig signiert.