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25301969: Standard Brands Inc. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps with elastic cord. Very good. Unpaginated. 12 pages 10 x 8 cm. Fully illustrated pamphlet utilizing American soprano Kate Smith known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" - to peddle Chase & Sanborn Instant coffee designed by the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. A pictorial reprint from an 1898 booklet featuring flags from America's past: The Bunker Hill Flag The Pine tree Flag of The Navy The First National Flag The Bunker Hill Flag The First Union Flag The Colonial Flag The Rattlesnake Flag. Pages lightly toned. <br/><br/> Standard Brands, Inc. paperback books
1923315Chicago: American Maize Products Co. 1923. Wraps. Black illustrated wraps. 29 pages. 20.5 x 11.5 cm. Originally Western Glucose Co. located in Hammond Indiana. In 1908 Royal Baking Powder Co. purchased a majority of the stock and changed its name to American Maize Products Co. or AMAIZO. By 1930 the company had over 1000 employees keeping the plant running 24 hours a day in three shifts. This pamphlet would certainly not be a calling card today. Using an image of an American Indian the company disrespectfully states "The American Indian did not realize as he cultivated his maize that one day corn would become the food of every nation.It is so pure and wholesome that physicians are recommending it to those who are undernourished. A tablespoonful taken three times a day for a month will improve your health." Very lightly rubbed at spine otherwise clean. <br/><br/> American Maize Products Co. paperback books
19372421Standard Brands Incorporated 1937. Staplebound. Red illustrated wraps. Near fine. 64 pages. At this stage in the "Baking Powder Wars" Royal was touting their connection to the ingredient - Cream of Tartar - which they claim is extraced from "Pure Fruit". Recipes focus on biscuits cakes cookies pies puddings with one chapter on savory items. Clean copy. <br/><br/> Standard Brands Incorporated paperback books
18711247Wells VT 1871-1873. Leather bound. Leather account book with pocket. Good. 72 pages written 62 blank. 15.5 x 10 cm. Leather notebook with flap and pocket property of R.M.W Lewis Wells VT. Handwritten notebook with 16 additional daily accounts using "Lake Austin Woolen Mill" letterhead for this cheese factories daily tally. Ledger describes what seems to be a cheese co-op with dividends divided per day report of the season most milk received in one day June 16th - 9195 gallons days cheese was made per year 207 etc. Wells VT rests on the edge of Rutland county and in 1870 the populations total was 430 people. In the early 1800's a dam was built on Lake St. Catherine which enabled industry such as a woolen mill wood working shop and cheese factory to thrive. Covers worn joints cracked but holding 2 cm. loss of leather to tail of spine. <br/><br/> hardcover books
20162364New York: Oxmoor House 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Color illustrated large format paperback. Near fine. 256 pages. 23 x 20 cm. Delightful homemade sweets are the perfect way to spread some holiday joy. Color illustrated throughout. <br/><br/> Oxmoor House paperback books
19252134Boston: L. C. Page & Company 1925. Hardcover. Red cloth boards embossed glass decoration on front cover with gilt title to spine and front cover. Good. 80 pages. 17 x 11 cm. New Revised edition First Impression May 1925. A scarce look into the unique world of cocktails in the early 1900's. This book was not compiled as a bartender's guide but as a recipe book for private use. A comprehensive account featuring over 150 recipes some familiar and others mysterious. Text block cracked but holding. Interior clean and crisp. Top edge gilt. <br/><br/> L. C. Page & Company hardcover books
18901466Detroit: Detroit Stove Works c. 1890s. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Very good. 32 pages. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. "A booklet of helpful suggestions on the use of gas for cooking purposes - also a collection of valuable recipes and special menus for daily meals - illustrated." Featuring the advantages of cooking with gas - "Every woman is undoubtedly interested in anything that will aid her in doing her work in the easiest possible manner." Black and white illustrations with recipes included. Clean crisp copy. <br/><br/> Detroit Stove Works paperback books
18532285London: Dean & Son 1853. Sewn binding. Pink blind-embossed wrappers. 84 pages. 16 X10 cm. In the 19th and early 20th century it was common for middle and upper class households to employ a maid dedicated to helping the family cook. This concise booklet defines the primary functions of the maid previous and prior to preparing food and the best methods to carry out such duties. The second half of the book focuses on food preparations and the elementary steps in order to assist the cook. Early owner's ink signature to title-page. Fading to paper binding joints expertly secured. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Dean & Son unknown books
1892508New York: John C. Rankin Company 1892 <br />. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Very Good. 64 pages. 24.5 x 21 cm.Official Catalogue for the United States Food Exposition in commemoration of the discovery of America 1492 at Madison Square Garden from October 1st to the 27th. Under the auspices of the Food Manufacturers Association. Full page black-and-white photos of Madison Square Garden throughout as well as iconic New York sites such as the Brooklyn Bridge and City Hall. An abundance of illustrated pages highlighting iconic American food advertising - Tabasco Sauce Sea Foam Baking Powder Heinz Van Houtens' Cocoa Reynolds Cheese Hotel Devonshire and Horton's Ice Cream etc. Covers lightly rubbed. Small closed tear to rear of spine. Interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> John C. Rankin Company paperback books
1929713Dijon: La Societe Nouvelle Agence Fournier 1929. Staplebound. Orig. orange illustrated wraps. Very good. 64 pages. 18.5 x 13.5 cm. A look into the French attitudes toward American Prohibition. Along with a multitude of advertisements for local restaurants wine merchants gun merchants Citroen dealers and all other retailers of goods this pamphlet contains an editorial by M. Gaston Gerard Mayor of Dijon explaining the issues concerning American Prohibition and the effects on the wine trade. Many pages unopened text in French. Spine lightly rubbed corner light crease interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> La Societe Nouvelle Agence Fournier paperback books
19402366c. 1940's. Cardboard covers. Tan illustrated cardboard covers. Very good. 23 x 15.5 cm. Six 20.5 x 14 cm. cloth color illustrated cocktail napkins - with recipes for Forbidden Fruit Vodka Collins Advocaat Christmas High Ball London Gin Fizz and La France - in a folding accordion style cardboard booklet. Covers lightly worn napkins in good condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
1981245977NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1981. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Nice clean copy; the mylar wrapper is a bit yellowed and has a small chip. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
19401931Connecticut/California 1940's-1960's. Cards. Decorated covers green yarn binding. Good. 21 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Handcrafted recipes book made up of decorated envelopes. Each envelope is decorated with pasted-on photos of food items which are labeled and filled with recipes. Both handwritten recipes and recipes cut from magazine periodicals and food packaging. Some envelopes empty. Front cover decorated with a photo of a 1950's dining room. Laid in: a page from The Lassez-Faire what appears to be a mock newspaper for humorous purposes; a pink tissue paper party hat; a black and white photo of a house circa 1940's and an invitation to a wedding - Nancy Jane Franklin Hopper. Recipes from both California periodicals and Connecticut periodicals. One envelope is detached. <br/><br/> unknown books
19132256American Lithographic Co. 1913. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Near fine. Unpaginated 12 pages. 13.5 x 7.5 cm. An amusing illustrated pamphlet featuring chefs from around the world English German Arabian Spanish French Italian Mexican Chinese Hindoo and American and their recipe using Holbrook's Sauce. Centerfold illustration of factory in Birmingham England; text claims the factory is the "largest Worcestershire sauce factory in the world". The factory was destroyed during W.W.II and the company moved it's headquarters to Australia. Clean crisp copy. <br/><br/> American Lithographic Co. paperback books
1512Windsor VT. Cards. Orig. typed card. Good. 15 x 8 cm. "I HAD TWELVE BOTTLES OF WHISKY." Progressive intoxication is the premise responsible for the compositional technique of the following classic account. Some say it dates back to the 1940's in Cedar Rapids Iowa - others claim the scalpel-tongued satirist/bad boy of radio Henry Morgan was the author. Whoever the scribe this always gets a chuckle. Toned at the edges. <br/><br/> unknown books
1846340Teterow Germany: Gedruckt und zu haben bei A. D. E. Beig 1846. Hardcover. Brown cloth gilt title. Good. 144 pages. 10.5 x 9 cm. Scarce German cookbook with 13 sections. A fashionable book with a diversified selection of recipes and preparations. Text in German. Front board gilt-stamped "Louise Prestin" and back board "1847." Pencil inscription on front endpaper "Mother Hamp's Cook Book." Light rubbing and staining to boards publisher's reinforced title page light staining to leaves along fore-edge one leaf with older paper mend. <br/><br/> Gedruckt und zu haben bei A. D. E. Beig hardcover books
1920948Tacoma WA c. 1920. Wraps. Gilt illustrated and embossed wraps. Good. 132 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Handbook for Newlyweds including recipes household and medical advice personal health and life lessons. Filled with full page ads for local advertisements suggesting martial bliss. Covers rubbed interior clean. <br/><br/> paperback books
1930321Surrey England: John F. Renshaw & Company Limited c. 1930. Wraps. Cream wraps title embossed and in gilt. Very good. 49 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. 35 color plates. A full description of the production and process of making Marzipan along with recipes for everything from Macaroons Dutch Italian French Almond Short Cake French Gâteaux and many more. Instructions and color illustrations for modeling Marzipan fruits and flowers. Outer wraps light soiling and rubbing. Interior pristine. <br/><br/> John F. Renshaw & Company Limited paperback books
2462Cards. Color illustrated cards. Good. Two menus. 27.5 x 16.5 tri-fold & 27.5 x 19.5 fold. A part of New York restaurant history almost entirely forgotten Chin Lee restaurant was one of the theater districts nightclub-restuaurants known for its mass quantities of cheap chop suey liquor dim lights and dance music. The menus feature "Party Cocktails" and both Chinese style "Chop Sooy" Chow Mein Chinese specialty dishes and American style food - part diner part nightclub. Both menus are stamped on the rear: "Our prices are ceiling prices according to OPA regulations based on our highest prices April 4- 10 1943. - Menus for that period at our office." "Eat Drink and be Merry" edition has inscription on rear: "A tip to the waiters - Kindly don't ask for tips it's just not being done. You'll find you will get more otherwise ask the union." Covers rubbed at edges with loss to corner on one. <br/><br/> unknown books
19474101947. Large French Menu dated May 25 1947. 75 x 54 cm 108 cm. open This menu was made for a First Communion painted on front and back covers as well as the interior. The menu was signed by family and friends that were present at the event. The front cover depicts a religious figure on a train along with a large religious figure with many bottles of wine. Roughly translates: "Jeannot Leclerc/First Solemn Communion/Menu/In time the Lord said: "Woe to St. Lo"/and we venerate this holy day our great Patrons/St.Estephe/St. Emilion/Ste. Croix du Mont/Amen.the bottle!" Depicted on the first interior page is an illustration of a scroll and a large man smoking a cigar. Translates: "It is a treat to see my first's communion/If you are really well happy and cheerful/Praise the stove/Thank the master of the house/and in memory of this memorable precious day/Leave me a sly autograph/ So you are able to write." Under this illustration and writing is the signatures of over 10 people with a couple of longer notes. On the facing page many cheeky illustrations depicting the Menu which is also illustrated on this page. Translates: "First as a prelude/a light breakfast enough to maintain an outfit for vespers/ Les hors d'oeuvres - traditional/Hen/ The Rice/Salad of our gardens/Whipped cream as a large Steeple/Mocha/Now that the ceremonies are completed it is worth giving serious attention/This famous dinner we will enjoy/Winter Soup/The Salmon Canapé Louis XIII epic/The Lamb/Chicken/the Mushrooms of the dead/The other salad/The assorted cheeses-delights the boss/The Pies-super comfort/The Fruits-First Headlines/The bomb/To properly finish this meal/Champagne/Contraband Coffee/liqueurs/And all these good things pleasantly watered by/Bergerac St. Estephe Cote d'Or 1942 Chateauneuf du Pape/Bon Appetit!!"/ Depicted on the back cover is a man with a finished meal and a easel. Translated: Poverty is often the ransom Engineer/The order of the day N. Lemaine railroaders/With wishes of genuine affection/for his family young Communicant Jeannot/25.5.47/First Solemn Communion" with the signature of the artist. A fabulous one of kind item! <br /> <br/><br/> unknown books
19162560Providence R.I. 1916. Cards. Illustrated cream cards. Very good. 13.5 x 19 cm. Illustrated menu tendered by the Providence Friars at the Pomham Club in Providence R.I. on Thursday June 8 1916. The menu commences with a Martini Cocktail followed by Clam Broth Clam Chowder Baked Clams Clam Cakes Baked Lobster Broiled Mackerel - along with Rhode Island Johnny Cakes Champagne Beer Cigars & Cigarettes. Speakers include Rhode Island politicians John J. Fitzgerald 1871-1926 State representative & Democratic Mayor Mayor Joseph H. Gainer Artist Hezekiah Anthony Dyer Commissioner Benjamin P. Moultan and Henry A. Carpenter. <br /><br />The "Providence Friars" seems to be a bit of a leg-pull as they all are known entertainers. We know "Abbott" George M. Cohan was no other than the famous vaudeville song-and-dance man playwright director producer comic actor and popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Born in Providence Rhode Island this may have been a welcome homecoming for Cohan. Light toning to cards. <br /> books
18912287Providence RI 1891. Cards. Cream illustrated cards paper illustrated menu. Very good. 16.5 x 11. 5 cm. Lunch & Dinner menu. Lunch featured Lobster Salad & Stewed Calf's Liver with Wine Sauce. Dinner featured Chowder Baked Mackerel with Tomato Sauce Fried Eels - Jewish style Saratoga Chips Clam Fritters Soft Shell Crabs Quahogs Indian Pudding Ice Cream Watermelon & Peaches and Ponham Spring Water. Also noted the 1891 Executive Committee and the Providence Warren & Bristol Train schedules. <br /> <br />A private club with a membership of 200 shareholders opened in 1867 as a place for gentlemen to network over shore dinners of lobster steamed clams corn and potatoes. The club grounds included a ball field miniature clock and obstacle golf courses bowling alleys and it's own wharf. This area in Providence known as "Riverside" hosted the Crescent Park Amusement Park known as the "Coney Island of the East". Along the Providence River west of the club is the Ponham Lighthouse which is still standing today. The club closed in 1954 and the property was redeveloped for condominiums in the 1980's. Menu cards expertly repaired. Some light toning and foxing. <br/><br/> unknown books
193925621939. Cards. Blue and black die-cut cards. Very good. 19.5 x 8.5 cm. The T.S.S. "HECTOR" was a set of four sister ships built for Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool - part of the Blue Funnel Line. Sister ships were Sarpedon Patroclus and Antenor - all named after characters in Homer's Iliad. This shaped menu featured a combination of both French British and American dishes. Covers lightly rubbed interior clean. <br /> books
18872437Gloucester Massachusetts 1887. Cards. Cream card stock. Very good. 15 x 12.5 cm. Decorative folding menu with an elaborate array of dishes served on Sunday August 21 1887. Faux tortoise shell embellishment held to cover with wooden toothpick. Foxing to areas around embellishment. <br/><br/> unknown books
19422563Providence RI 1942. Cards. Yellow cards with red illustrations. Very good. 23 x 15 cm. Color illustrated folding menu with handwritten note and typed dinner menu attached. The handwritten illustrated veggies holding guns note suggests some food shortages due to the war and "Vegetable are besieging us this time". The note also explains prices have gone up and the need to add cabbage to the salad. Dinner featured a Smörgasbord for $1.10 Braised Short Ribs of Beef for .80 c. and Veal a la Maryland for .85c. Desserts are written in by hand: Prune-filled Layer Cake Chocolate Cream Pie Apple Pie Snow Pudding with egg sauce and Ice Cream. Covers lightly toned. <br /> books
