New England in Early Printed Maps: 1513 to 1800. An Illustrated Carto-Bibliography Compiled by Barbara Backus McCorkle. Year by year and map by map, the work documents every effort to depict New England cartographically, including maps printed in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, and elsewhere, as well as English and American maps. $185

The Dutch in the Americas: 1600-1800 by Wim Klooster. A narrative history with the catalogue of an exhibition of rare prints, maps and books from the John Carter Library. This work deals with Dutch ventures in Brazil, the Caribbean, Suriname as well as New York. The bibliography lists more than 200 titles that are in the library’s collection. $35

The Bookseller’s Apprentice by George Talbot Goodspeed. For nearly a century, Goodspeed’s in Boston was one of the world’s preeminent rare book shops. The firm was founded in 1898 by Charles Eliot Goodspeed. The Bookseller’s Apprentice is written by Goodspeed’s son, George, who worked at the shop, first as an employee and then as its director for over 70 years. Young Goodspeed describes the rarities which passed through the elder Goodspeed’s hands and the great collectors with whom he dealt, and offers a unique glimpse into one of American’s most distinguished rare book firms. $35

American Books on Food & Drink: 1739-1950 by William R. Cagle and Lisa Killion Stafford. This major bibliography describes the American cookbooks in the Gernon Collection housed at the Lilly Library. Among the cookbooks listed is the first edition of Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery (1796); a second edition of Mary Randolph’s The Virginia Housewife (1825); Robert Roberts’ The House Servant’s Directory (1827), the first book by an African-American to be commercially published; and Eliza Leslie’s Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats (1828), among many others.

Many 19th century popular works are represented in multiple editions, providing bibliographers and culinary historians with publishing histories of these books. $95

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