Trader Vic’s Kitchen Kibitzer – Men Cooking Madly, 1950
Imagine this! Men cooking in the 1950s! How novel! Well, not a novel, actually, Trader Vic’s Kitchen Kibitzer for men. This is a 1952 first edition cookbook, possibly – no, certainly!, […]
Imagine this! Men cooking in the 1950s! How novel! Well, not a novel, actually, Trader Vic’s Kitchen Kibitzer for men. This is a 1952 first edition cookbook, possibly – no, certainly!, […]
Now and then we regret moving some of our books along to new owners. One such regret: Edith Head’s Hollywood – a 1983 book that more than satisfied our […]
Trust us when we say signed book are up at least one level and maybe more when it comes to collecting for love or for money. We’ve been rather lucky, finding […]
Living Well is a coffee table book with a 1980s vibe & a topical reminder. After you get the Best Revenge, stop and smell the roses. This book by Carrie Donovan […]
Join us May 17th, 2014 647 Mateo Street between 6th and 7th Streets between 11am-6pm ” Artists & Fleas heads to Los Angeles on May 17 & 18 beginning […]
Immediately below, you will find two of The Sophisticated Reader’s recent vintage book finds, written by one of our favorite vintage Film Directors/Writers/Publishers/Long-Running TV-Hosts. The multi-hyphenated-literary-luminary who best fits that […]
If you are among the many of us bemoaning today’s sad state of Family Values (which might include children texting at the dinner table), than here’s a great way to […]
Let’s now raise a toast to Annie S. Peck, author/photographer, world-traveler, and the climber of many mountains , all accomplished in the early 1900s. She was a trail-blazing feminist, and […]
Recently, we found one of the most coveted Cat books of all time: an antique book, written in 1889 by Harison Weir the First President of the National Cat Club. Weir, […]
Sometimes a magazine is not a magazine, it’s also a book. And in this case, the #1 issue of Venture (a travel magazine first published in 1964) was bound in […]