San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 1995. 127p., profuse color exhibit photography with extensive captioning, 11x8.5 inch openweave cloth boards gilt in glossy color dj; a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 168791
[San Francisco]: n.pub. [193-]. 5x3 inch label with gum on verso, unused, but with library stamp at edge, provenance available upon request. More
Cat.No: 187059
Kyoto: Omote-sen-ke dōmon kai, 1977-1991. 168 issues of the Japanese-language magazine about the tea ceremony; all bound in one-year runs in specially made plastic binders supplied by the publisher. Two pins in the binder go through holes punched at the spine (no damage to text). Generally very good, many color..... More
Cat.No: 182803
Ann Arbor: Gryphon Books, 1971. Hardcover. xiii, 718p., illus., cobalt blue cloth boards, slightly soiled, ex-library with usual markings, minor soiling on fore-edges, rear hinge starting, else in good condition. Originally published in 1939 in San Francisco. The author was a professional botanist. Describes some 6,000 cookbooks published 1474-1938, collated..... More
Cat.No: 273932
Paris: Larousse, 1993. 381p., massive production, nice alkaline paperstock on which, amidst a running text, are reproduced many period images of cafe interiors and patrons. Hardbound in 13x10 inch openweave brown cloth boards gilt, and decorated dust jacket. The book itself is virtually as new, while the dj spine panel..... More
Cat.No: 250983
Sao Tome: Imprensa Nacional, 1970. 48p., 7x9.5 inches, introduction, tables, decorations, maps, bibliography, text in Portuguese, very good in original stapled wraps. A guide to investing in the West African island nations São Tomé and Príncipe whose main exports have been fish, sugar and coffee. More
Cat.No: 99849
Toluca, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, 1982. Paperback. 70p., wraps, wraps lightly worn and soiled, previous owner's name penned on half-title else very good condition. Text in Spanish. Colección Lecturas Críticas; 3. More
Cat.No: 246226
London: Pluto Press, 1982. Paperback. 134p., softbound in 8x5 inch glossy dark green wraps, slight edgewear, paperstock is quite tanned but remains supple, no ownership or other markings, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 231937
Oxford, UK: Oxfam, 2002. Paperback. 54p., wraps, one corner badly bumped else good condition, 8.25x10.25 inches, illustrated (some color). On the collapse of coffee prices and the negative impact on farmers & their workers. More
Cat.No: 247032
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2011. Pamphlet. 33p., stapled wraps, very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches. PM Press Pamphlet Series no. 9. With cartoons by Tom Keough. More
Cat.No: 156466
Hauppauge NY: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. / Gaia Books Ltd., 2002. 143p., coated paperstock throughout, color-photo illustrations integrated with text, softbound in 10x7 inch glossy cardstock wraps. Slight edgewear, a sound clean copy, very good. Author at this writing had been "teaching in the West" for twenty years. More
Cat.No: 184114
Bruxelles: M. Hayez/Georges Van Campenhout, 1941. 183p., avant-propos, indexes, footnotes, illustrated with maps, tables, figures and 19 plates, text in French, unopened pages, worn original wraps. Scientific study of the coffe trees and industry in the Congo. Institut Royal Colonial Beige Tome XI, fasc. 3. More
Cat.No: 115772
Paris: Bibliothèque de l'Image / Mariage Frères, 2002. Paperback. 92, [2]p., wraps, 9x11 inches, profusely illus., very good condition. Text in English and French. Mariage Frères is a French tea company. More
Cat.No: 270792
Havana: Editora Popular de Cuba y del Caribe, 1960. 197p. paperback, light shelfwear, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise very good. Text in Spanish. Cover title: "El Drama del Cobre, del Café y del Petróleo en América Latina" Primer festival del pensamiento político, 5. More
Cat.No: 221020
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Sao Paulo: uncredited [the photographer, or a trade association], 1938. Pamphlet. 16p., softbound pamphlet in 8.5x8 inch stapled self-wraps, fullpage captioned photographic studies throughout reproduced in sepia rotogravure, three of which cleverly-composed collages. The absence of publishing information suggests the item was issued with a coverleaf, now lost. The staples..... More
Cat.No: 188271
Berkeley: Judah Magnes Museum, no date, circa 1980. 109p., illustrated with period photography and facsimiles, softbound first-issue 9.5x7.5 inch velo-binding, wraps slightly dust- and handling-soiled, a very good copy. Dad a "government tea-taster" connecting to FDA and later the MJB coffee company; his ability even made the "Strange as It..... More
Cat.No: 185129
[New York City]: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, [circa 2005]. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches, printed on one side only, some creasing else good condition. More
Cat.No: 263822
San Francisco: Fielder, Sorensen & Davis, Transit Advertising, January 1, 1944. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 24p., upright pamphlet in 8x4 inch staplebound wraps, cover red on yellow cardstock; each page has three "hints" in a clearly laid-out frame printed black on white over a grey background. Clean and sound with scarcely..... More
Cat.No: 215326
Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research, 1981. vi, 215 pages, paperback, light shelfwear. Monograph 15. More
Cat.No: 238493
