Rare and hard-to-find may sound like an obsolete notion these days, but to Joanne Hendricks it's her bread and butter. For the past fifteen years, she's been selling an eclectic mixture of out-of-print cookbooks, unusual tableware, vintage menus, classic cocktail books, and other odds and ends out of a 1850's townhouse in West Soho.

And while she's wired for people shopping electronically, her foot traffic brings in an impressive roster of world class chefs.

Here's a sample of what she currently has in her stacks.

LAROUSSE GASTRONOMIQUE (1950's)

This chefs' bible is the ultimate cooking encyclopedia. $225.

GERTRUDE STEIN: TENDER BUTTONS OBJECTS / FOOD / ROOMS (1914)

Amazing haiku-like prose about food. Too bad Twitter wasn't around when Gertrude Stein was writing this book. $2,500.

MFK FISHER: SERVE IT FORTH (1937, First Edition)

Musings, history, and reminiscences on "eating and about what to eat and about people who eat." $900.

TOBACCO TALK AND SMOKER'S GOSSIP (1897)

A collection of facts and anecdotes, with gossip about famous tobacco-users from Raleigh to Tennyson. $85.

THE GLORIOUS OYSTER (1929)

Everything you wanted to know about the mollusk, but were afraid to ask - it also includes recipes. $95.

MAN COOKIE CUTTER

If you want your cookies to look like G-men from the FBI. $75.

WHAT TO DO WITH COLD MUTTON; A BOOK OF RECHAUFFES. Together with Other Approved Recipts for the Kitchen of a Gentleman of Moderate Income. (1866)

Useful ways to handle leftovers from back in the day. $135.

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