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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
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
1947040583Zürich: Buchdruckerei Jacques Bollmann 1947. Herausgegeben vom Cercle des Chefs de Cuisine Zürich anläÃlich des 25jährigen Jubiläums 1922/1947. Redaktion: Textteil: Gottlieb Heinrich Herr Hans Rudolf Schmid. Fachliches: Willy Brenneisen. 181 3p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers quarto format SIGNED presentation copy from Brenneisen. Buchdruckerei Jacques Bollmann unknown books
18982399Philadelphia: North Brothers Mfg.Co. 1898. Staplebound. Illustrated white wraps. Good. 64 pages. 17 x 11 cm. Part recipe book part trade catalog for North Bros. Mfg Co. based in Philadelphia. Known for their brand Yankee North Bros. produced ice cream freezers ice shaving and crushing tools kitchen appliances and many hand tools. Includes recipes for 6 different types of Ice creams highlighting "Philadelphia Creams" which were made without eggs. Sarah Tyson Rorer was an early adherent to dietetics and science in food Cover illustration features "Brownie" characters. Covers heavily foxed interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> North Brothers Mfg.Co. paperback books
199239606Dallas:: Taylor Publishing Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0878337865 . Color photographs. First printing. INSCRIBED by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Taylor Publishing Company, hardcover books
199728046NY: William Morrow. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0688152236 . Illustrated by Warren Kimble. First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover books
19452250Washington DC: The National Cathedral Association 1945 . Loose_leaf. Illustrated booklet Fine. Handwritten letter Fine. Illustrated booklet dated Fall 1944 - 17 x 16 cm. folded 34 x 31 cm. opened. The Cottage Herb Garden and Shop located in the Bishop's Garden at the Washington Cathedral. List of Herbs plants and seeds for sale with description of their numerous uses. Recipes follow. <br /> <br />Letter: 2 pages 18 x 15 cm. Accompanied by a handwritten letter written on Washington Cathedral note paper - from: Florence T. Drane Director of The Cottage Herb Garden The letter - to: Elizabeth Cushman of Bethlehem N.H. addressing Ms. Cushman's questions about various herbs along with a pinned clipping of Basil still present. <br/><br/> The National Cathedral Association unknown books
200023994NY: Putnam. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0399146563 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Putnam hardcover books
18912222104<p>First edition. Small octavo. Original green cloth over pictorial boards showing a child standing on a chair opening a chafing dish. No dust jacket. Good corners worn. 40 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Bitting page 337.</p><p>Not located in Cagle.</p> Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
199127296NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0442318588 . Third printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Van Nostrand Reinhold hardcover books
19102166Brooklyn NY 1910. Hardcover. White boards. Good. 48 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by church members. Chock-full of recipes of the period both sweet and savory although cakes puddings and preserves rule the day. Gift inscription on front free end paper Christmas 1915. One page offset toning otherwise clean. Boards rubbed and toned. Not listed in Brown or Cook not found in OCLC as of 5/20. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19602349Ozark Alabama: The United Methodist Women of The First United Methodist Church c. 1960's. Cards. Colored cards metal rings. Very good. 11 x 14 cm. Over 150 recipe cards color-coded featuring fun and resourceful mid-century recipes. Cheese balls salads encased in gelatin casseroles candy and cakes all attributed to members of the community. Bound in two metal rings. Cards toned with minor staining. <br/><br/> The United Methodist Women of The First United Methodist Church unknown books
19151990Stamford c. 1915. Cardboard covers. Floral cloth covered boards green string ties. Very good. 22 x 15.5 cm. 14 envelopes 1 two-sided cardboard-weight title page with a Forward on the reverse. Envelopes contain printed recipes 8 X 15 cm. attributed to local authors along with personally collected recipes and handwritten recipes. Envelope headings: Soups Fish Meats Poultry Meat and Fish Sauces Entrees Eggs Vegetables Salads Breads & Biscuits Pastry and Cake Frostings Puddings Etc. Ices and Sherbets and Miscellaneous. Every printed recipe suggests the use of "Fleischmann's" yeast along with a handful of suggestions for "Dromedary Brand Golden Dates and Date Nut Butter" and "Royal Baking Powder". Local advertisements adorn both front and flap of every envelope. Hygienic Societies were formed to some extent to limit the spread of communicable diseases to repress prostitution and the promotion of marriage/parenthood. With single OCLC record discovered Kansas State University. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19312309Beverly Hills CA: Beverly Hills Woman's Club 1931. Third Edition. Hardcover. White illustrated cloth covered boards. Very good. 239 pages. 20.5 x 16 cm. Recipe attributed to members of the community with a humorous preface by Will Rogers. Established in 1916 by the collaborative efforts of Beverly Hills society women the Beverly Hills Women's Club was formed to strengthen and explore intellectual ideas literature the arts and philanthropic efforts. Signed on front free end paper "Best Wishes - Clark Gable." We believe this signature is not Clark Gable's although his wife Carol Lombard was a member of the Club and furnished two recipes soup to this book. Other notable celebrities who provided recipes: Barbara Stanwyck Norma Shearer Buster Keaton Fanny Brice Mary Pickford and many more. Numerous local advertisements included. Interior clean cover stained. <br/><br/> Beverly Hills Woman's Club hardcover books
19151943Abington Massachusetts: Baker Printing Company c. 1915. Staplebound. Green wraps. Good. 48 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by GUILD members. Filled with period local advertisements. Cover illustration of church. Pages toned covers lightly soiled and chipped. <br/><br/> Baker Printing Company paperback books
19201500Lowell MA c. 1920. Hardcover. 68 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Prefaced by the poem - A Recipe For a Day. Boards rubbed and bumped. BROWN 1433. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1906344Taunton Mass.: The Commercial Print Publishers 1906. First Edition. Wraps. Orig. cream wraps. Good. Unpaginated. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. New-England Cookbook over 50 pages of delightful recipes including Shrimp Wiggle Popcorn Pudding Scotch Woodcock with an inlaid handwritten recipe for "doughnuts that take so little fat." Recipes attributed to local authors. Unusual advertisements - Mrs. William's - Chiropodist/Mrs. Atkins - Asst. Chiropodist & Manicure and T. F. McCaffery - Bread Cake and Pastry/Home Baker/140 Weir Street Taunton Mass. Illustration of "Young Men's Christian Association Building" on front cover; covers soiled with numerous chips interior soiled with various markings staplebound holding well. <br/><br/> The Commercial Print, Publishers paperback books
19131316Rochester NY 1913. Hardcover. Brown illustrated boards. Good. 44 pages 12 blank for recipes. 19x 15 cm. A charming cookbook including recipes for popcorn sandwiches bacon sandwiches and everyone's all time favorite anchovy sandwiches saltines anchovy paste and cayenne pepper. Covers rubbed interior clean. BROWN 2250 <br/><br/> hardcover books
18951846Pittsburgh: Murdoch Kerr & Co. c. 1895. Hardcover. White oil cloth covered boards. Very good. 128 pages. 19 x 14 cm. 22 pages local advertisements. An array of dishes with some surprises such as a recipe for "Hot Tamales" from a contributor Helen E. Pelletreau who had traveled to Corpus Christi. Chapters include: Soup Fish & Oysters Meats and Entrees and Meat Sauces Vegetables Eggs & Omelets Salads and Salad Dressing Relishes Yeast & Bread Breakfast and Tea Cakes Pies and puddings Desserts Cakes Small Cakes Drinks and Ices Invalid's Tray Fruits Pickles Candy Nice Things to Know and Miscellaneous. Numerous local advertisements illustrated. <br /> <br />Helen Pelletreau was the third president of the Pennsylvania College For Women and the first woman to hold the office. Pelletreau was chosen as Acting President after the prior person to hold the office resigned and while trustees searched for a replacement. The committee citing her exceptional business insight then elected Miss Pelletreau as President a title she kept for 14 years until her retirement in 1894. Pages lightly toned. <br/><br/> Murdoch, Kerr & Co. hardcover books
19522242Norman Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press 1952. First Edition. Rust cloth covered boards faux leather spine. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. Eggenhofer Nick. 170 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. "Mr. Adams has done a superlative job and his illustrator Nick Eggenhofer has captured the real spirit of the round-up camp. This book is more than grand reading. It perpetuates the memory of the vanished craftsman and fills a long existent deficiency in the literature of the West." - New York Times Book Review. Interior crisp and clean dust wrapper lightly foxed. <br/><br/> University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
199121851Boston: Little Brown. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0316702056 . Color photographs throughout. Third printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Little, Brown hardcover books
19822500Le Havre France: Jobin et. Co. 1982. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards title in gilt. Very good in very good slip case. 463 pages. 25.5 x 17 cm. Technical but informative presented in list format with 36 color photographs. Bilingual in both English and French. Publishers letter laid in. Interior clean and crisp spine sunned. <br /> Jobin et. Co. hardcover books
18922222097<p>First edition. Octavo. Folding frontispiece seven chrono lithographed plates eight b/w text illustration three photophones. Original pictorial brown cloth stamped in black gilt stamped spine. No dust jacket. Very good slight lean. 114 pages 12 pages ads at end. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Bookseller stamp on front pastedown.</p><p>Bitting page 531.</p> Sampson Low, Marston & Company hardcover books
20111955New York: Sterling Epicure 2011. Hardcover. Black embossed boards silver detail with color illustrated paper cutout. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 368 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. The PDT Cocktail Book takes you behind the bar where Meehan details every facet of its operation from house-made syrups to drink preparation spirit selection recommended tools glassware equipment and time-honored techniques. With over 300 annotated recipes both classic and original such as the 21st Century Benton's Old Fashioned Hanky Panky Mezcal Mule Paddington Velvet Club Whiskey Smash and the Zombie Punch Meehan offers guidance to any level mixologist. Extraordinarily illustrated cover to cover by artist Chris Gall. Pristine condition. <br/><br/> Sterling Epicure hardcover 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
