ACES: THE SONTHEIMER LIBRARY
online only auction | 28 day sale | sale is over
Location
Stamford, CT 06903 Dates
Sale Starts
Wed
May 17
12am2023
Sale Ends
Tue
Jun 13
7:45pm2023
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Description & Details
Thousands of Books from the library of former Greenwich, CT residents and founders of Cuisinart: Shirley and the late Carl Sontheimer, including:
- Signed and first edition books;
- French cuisine and cookery;
- American and international cook books;
- And more from their extensive library!
Online Auction | 208 Total Lots | 18% Buyer's Premium
Bidding ends on Tuesday, June 13th starting at 7:50 PM
One-day-only pickup on Tuesday, June 16th from 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm in Stamford, CT: address provided to winning bidders!
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![[SIGNED] THE COOK BOOK BY OSCAR | The Cook Book by Oscar of the Waldorf by Oscar Tschirky, Maitre d'Hotel The Waldorf, with an impressive fullpage signature, 1896 edition, printed by the Werner Company. Dimensions: w. 8 x h. 10.5 in](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405695/1-t.jpg)
![[SIGNED] MRS. OWENS' COOK BOOK | Mrs. Owens' New Cook Book and Summary of Helpful Knowledge by Mrs. Frances E. Owens, inscribed/signed by the author on the presentation page, 1899 edition.
Dimensions: w. 7.5 x h. 9.75 in](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405696/1-t.jpg)
![(2PC) [SIGNED] LE CUISINIER MODERNE | Le Cuisinier Moderne ou Les Secrets de l'Art Culinaire by Gustave Garlin, pub. Paris, 1887, in two volumes, each signed by the author. Dimensions: w. 9.5 x h. 12 in](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405699/1-t.jpg)




![(3PC) [FIRST EDITION] KETTNER | 1877 first edition copy of Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, pub. London: Dulau and Co.; plus: Murray's Modern Cookery Book: Modern Domestic Cookery by a Lady, new edition based on the works of Mrs. Rundell, 1880. Banquets of the Nations compiled by Robert H. Christie, pub. 1911, Edinburgh.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405706/1-t.jpg)
![(2PC) [FULL LEATHER] L'ART DU CUISINIER | Full leather bound with gilt tooling and gilt page edges, L'Art du Cuisinier by A. Beauvilliers in two volumes, facsimile of the 1814 edition. Dimensions: w. 5.5 x h. 8.5 in (each)](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405708/1-t.jpg)
![(3PC) [SIGNED] FRENCH COOK BOOKS | Hardcover, including: La Cuisine de Tous les Mois by Phileas Gilbert, 1925, third edition, signed by the author, with dedication and signature dated January 1926. Le Cuisinier Europeenne by Jules Breteuil, nouvelle edition, n.d. Lettres Gourmandes: Manuel de l'Homme a Table by Charles Monselet, 1877.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405709/1-t.jpg)
![[SIGNED] PAUL BOUILLARD | A softcover copy of La Gourmandise a bon Marche by Paul Bouillard, dedicated and signed by the author dated 1931, 1925 edition,](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405710/1-t.jpg)
![(6PC) [SIGNED] & OTHER COOKBOOKS | Paper bindings, including: [SIGNED] Les Plats Au Vin by Gaston Derys, signed by the author with dedication, 1937 (7.25 x 5 in.)
The Cook's Oracle, new edition, pub. London, 1831
Le Guide des Hors d'Oeuvre by Henri Pellaprat, c. 1940s, du journal le "Cordon Bleu"
Lettre d'un Patissier Anglois, 1981
Recettes Gasconnes
La Courgette: Dix Facons de la Preparer, 1977](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405711/1-t.jpg)




![[SIGNED] ALFRED SUZANNE | 250 Manieres d'Accommoder et de Servir Les Oeufs by Alfred Suzanne [Encyclopedie Culinaire], 1903, 12th ed., signed by the author inside the first leaf.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405716/1-t.jpg)

![(3PC) [SIGNED] JAMES BEARD | Three copies of March 1978 issue of Cooking: A Cuisinart Publication, each signed by James Beard, Barbara Kafka, Carl Sontheimer, and Elizabeth Shchneider Colchie.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405719/1-t.jpg)


![(3PC) LA CUISINERE DE LA CAMPAGNE | La Cuisiniere de la Campagne et de la Ville, ardcover bindings, including: 1884, 62nd ed.; 1907, 85th ed., and L'Art du Confiseur Moderne by M. Barbier-Duval, n.d. [front pages missing]](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405721/1-t.jpg)














![[SIGNED] ALFRED SUZANNE | La Cuisine Anglaise et la Patisserie, 1894 With dedication and authors signature.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405746/1-t.jpg)

![[SIGNED] EDWARD A. BUNYARD | The Anatomy of Dessert 1929 limited edition no. 978 of 1,000 With dust jacket.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405747/1-t.jpg)




![(3PC) CREOLE & OTHER COOKBOOKS | Including two copies of Cooking in Old Creole Days [La cuisine Creole a l'Usage des Petits Meanges] by Celestine Eustis, 1903 edition in illustrated hardcover binding; plus French Household Cooking by An English Woman in Paris (Mrs. Frances Keyzer), 1919, 4th ed.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405760/1-t.jpg)



![[FIRST EDITION] L’ART CULINAIRE | Chef Victor Hirtzler, San Francisco, 1910 Hotel St. Francis book of Recipe’s and Model Menus Subscription Edition published by Putney Haight, printed and bound by Hicks-Judd co.](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405765/1-t.jpg)











![(3PC) [FIRST EDITION] BEECHER | Including:
First edition: The American Woman's Home by Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1869, first edition, agent's sample
First edition: The American Woman's Home by Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1869
Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book, 1852, 10th ed., New York: Harper & Brothers. - l. 6 x w. 1.75 x h. 8 in (largest)](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405789/1-t.jpg)







![(3PC) [SIGNED] CURNONSKY L’ART CULINAIRE MODERNE | Henri Paul Pellaprat, with foreword by Curnonsky; Three similar volumes bound in blue cloth](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405803/1-t.jpg)
![[FULL LEATHER] THE TWININGS IN THREE CENTURIES | The Annals of a Great London Tea House 1710-1910, bound in a rich, blue padded leather with gilt decoration of lion and coat of arms on the back
Dimensions: w. 7 x h. 10 in](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405805/1-t.jpg)






















![(6PC) FRENCH BOOKS ON CUISINE | Including;
Le Bon Cuisinier (Souchay),1886 [separated binding]
La Patisserie D'Aujord'Hui (Urbain-Dubois), 1925
Boulangerie D'Aujourd'Hui (Urbain-Dubois), 1962
Ecoles de Cuisinieres (Urbain-Dubois), 1889
Cuisine Bourgeoise (Urbain-Dubois), undated 12th edition
La Cuisine Comtoise (Pierre Dupin) 1927](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405840/1-t.jpg)























![(8PC) [LEATHER] LE POT-AU-FEU | 7 matching half leather bound volumes of the periodical, each with multiple years, complete from 1894-1907, plus a similar linen bound index](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405894/1-t.jpg)
![[LEATHER] LE POT-AU-FEU | Early french periodicals bound in leather inclidng 1893,1907, 1910-11, and 1912-13](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405892/1-t.jpg)















![(5PC) FRENCH CUISINE BOOKS | Cookbooks and culinary books, including:
Cent Cinquante Manieres D'Utiliser les Restes by Alfred Suzanne, 1892, 5th ed. (softcover)
150 Recettes: L'Art de Preparer, Servir et Accommoder les Salades by Alfred Suzanne, n.d., new edition (hardcover)
L'Aide-Memoire Culinaire by A. Escoffier, 1928
Le Repertoire de la Cuisine by Th. Gringoire and L. Saulnier, 1920 [rebound]
Manuel de Cuisine by G. Hayward, 1909](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405925/1-t.jpg)



![(7PC) FRENCH COOKERY | French cook books, including: Gastronomie: Recits de Table by Charles Monselet, 1874
250 Manieres d'Accommoder et de Servier Les Oeufs by Alfred Suzanne [Encyclopedie Culinaire], 1903, 12th ed.
Les Poissons: 300 Manieres de les Accommoder by Alfred Suzanne [Encyclopedie Culinaire], n.d., nouvelle edition [rebound, retains original illustrated paper cover]
L'Art d'Etre Gourmand: Essai de Gastromancie by Gaston Derys, 1929
Petits & Grands Plats ou le Tresor des Amateurs de Vraie Cuisine by Suzanne Laboureur & X.-M. Boulestin, 1928
Le Nouveau Guide Culinaire by Henri-Paul Pellaprat, 1956
La Cuisine Pratique: Demontree et Raisonnee, M. Distel, editeur, n.d. [front pages detached from weak binding]](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405928/1-t.jpg)

![(6PC) LA FLEUR DE LA CUISINE FRANCAISE | La Fleur de la Cuisine Francaise ou l'on Trouve les Meilleures Recettes..., Paris: Editions la Sirene, with cloth check binding, including two copies of Cuisine Ancienne, 1920 [one with water damage], and two copies of La Cuisine Moderne in two volumes (a total of four "Moderne" volumes), 1921](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405932/1-t.jpg)



![(4PC) J.M. ERICH WEBER | German cook books, including: Theory and Practice of the Confectioner by J.M. Erich Weber, 1929, edition in English, French and Spanish, 2nd ed.
Two copies of Schule und Praxis des Konditors, 1927, edition in German, English and Swedish
Praktische Konditorei-Kunst Pra-Ko-Ku [Practical Cake and Confectionary Art Pra-Ca-Co] by J.M. Erich Weber-Dresden, New Series, edition in German, English, Swedish, French and Spanish language](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405938/1-t.jpg)



![(7PC) ITALIAN BOOKS | Hardcover facsimile / reprints of old Italian books, Arnaldo Forni editore, including: Il Cuoco Piemontese, 1979 reprint of the 1832 edition
De' Sorbetti by Filippo Baldini, 1979 reprint of the 1784 edition
Opera Dell'Arte del Cucinare by Bartolomeo Scappi, 1981 reprint of 1570 edition
Libro o Novo by Christofaro di Messibugo, 1982 facsimile of 1557 edition
La Cuciniera Piemontese, 1980 facsimile of 1798 edition
Nuovo Cuoco Milanese by Giovanni Felice Luraschi, 1980 facsimile of 1853 edition [two copies]](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405945/1-t.jpg)


































![(3PC) LE LIVRE DE CUISINE | Le Livre de Cuisine de l'Ouest-Eclair, including a paperback copy with no date [front cover detached] and two copies of the 1925 3rd edition, hardcover](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405987/1-t.jpg)




![(6PC) MISC. COOKBOOKS | Including: Mrs Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book: A Manual of Home Economies by Mrs S T Rorer, 1886
The Story of Crisco: 615 Tested Recipes and a "Calendar of Dinners" by Marion Harris Neil, 1914, 3rd ed.
The New York Cook Book: A Complete Manual of Cookery, in All its Branches by Marie Martinelo, 1890, New York
Standard Recipes for Ice Cream Makers by Val Miller, 1909
Reliable Receipts contributed by the ladies of the Central Congregational Church, Newtonville, Mass., 1899
Eggs Facts and Fancies About Them compiled by Anna Barrows, 1890, Boston [front illustrated leaf detached from binding]](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3654066/142405992/1-t.jpg)







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