My (New York-centric) list of favorite cookbook resources:
Bookstores
Kitchen Arts and Letters
1435 Lexington Ave
New York NY 10128
(212) 876 5550
They have all of the nicest cookbooks, both new and used, and will ship them anywhere.
Bonnie Slotnick
163 West Tenth Street
New York NY 10014
(212) 989 8962
A wonderful selection of used and out-of-print cookbooks, dating back to the 18th century.
On-Line
Jessica’s Biscuit
A huge selection of both new and used cookbooks.
Bookfinder
Searches almost all of the major used and new book websites. It’s my first stop when I’m looking for a used book.
Libraries
The Schlesinger Library at Harvard
Radcliffe Yard
Cambridge MA 02138
(617) 495 8540
The largest cookbook collection in the world, at about 30,000 volumes. It’s a research collection, not open stacks, so you have to know what you’re looking for.
Fales Library at NYU
Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
(212) 998 2596
fales.library@nyu.edu
Fales’s food and cookery collection now includes about 20,000 volumes.
New York Public Library
grdref@nypl.org
The NYPL’s culinary collection is huge: over 16,000 volumes. Their well-known menu collection includes more than 25,000 items. The materials can be found throughout the NYPL system.