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1896903188Reading PA: Pennsylvania German Siciety 1896. Rebound in blue buckram sans DW; includes minutes of the meeting addresses of prominent members officers of the Society; biographical sketches Sketch of The Old Sun Inn The Trappe Records; black & white plates; also an index to proper names for volumes 1 - 6; some underlining; 383pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pennsylvania German Siciety Hardcover
18942491Cleveland: The Standard Lighting Co. 1894. Hardcover. White oilcloth boards. Very good. 249 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Late 1800's cookbook/trade catalogue putting forth the favorable qualities of the "vapor stove" made by The Standard Lighting Co. Vapor stoves burned multiple fuels stove gasoline kerosene or distillate with the advantage of quicker cooking times and less heat then coal or wood. The disadvantage of these stoves were the tendency to explode into giant fireballs of ignited gasoline vapor that could and would incinerate the entire house. 20 pages of illustrations accompanied by a cookbook teeming with recipes. Interior pages toned but clean. Boards stained and rubbed. <br /> The Standard Lighting Co. hardcover books
18272378London: G. Virtue nd c.1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Half Bound leather with marbled boards. Good. 838 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece title-page and ten plates illustrating trussing carving and bills of fare. Heavily foxed front hinges cracked but holding. Boards rubbed. Owner's signature on front free end paper. CAGLE 632. <br /> G. Virtue hardcover books
18111793London: John Murray 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather Very good. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock making butter brewing and the management of malt liquors the management of plants seeds and the greenhouse while other advice such as using a bush held by a rope to clean a chimney as opposed to employing a child children will damage the interior bricks seem a bit outdated. Accredited to Mrs. Rundell of New Systems of Domestic Cookery fame but there are many who think this is a false theory due to her well published falling out with the John Murray. All edges gilt dentelle edging and blindstamped Missing 1 cm. of leather at the head of spine. Interior crisp and clean. Owners signature present on front boards 1819. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
189330907Philadelphia PA: John E. Potter & Co. 1893. USA Edition Not Stated. Large thick 8vo blue grey cloth with pictorial of the White House and titles in black patterned endpapers 3 blank leaves frontis portrait of Mrs. Potter Palmer titlepage copyright page 2 page of Introduction Publisher's Preface blank illustration of Grandma's Thanksgiving Dinner blank 2 pages of Contents first text page starts on page 17 with Holiday bills of fare 527 index one blank rear endpaper. Date uncertain: The copyright states 1893 Charles S. Sutphen. Some B&W illus of cuts of meat crockery in text. This is most likely a later printing of the cookbook first prepared for the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Coumbus. This exposition is usually associated with the first appearance of the Ferris Wheel but is more significantly remembered as the fair that widely introduced the wonders of electricity to the American heartland. There are monochrome plates in this book showing the major pavilions such as the Electrical Pavilion almost side by side with instructions for hand churning butter. There must be 400 or more recipes; Boiled Indian Puudding Ripe Tomato Catsup Unrivalled Minnebaba cake Beefsteak and Oysters Candies etc. Features a chapter on Carving also Dyeing recipes Household hints Suggested Menus. There is a central section which is an unconventional placement of blank pages where the previous owner has neatly written her own recipes in steel pen. The typogaphy is generously large which seems unusual for a cookbook of this era but the paper is poor and the page edges are quite browned and brittle with the edges to some preliminary blank pages quite broken up marginally. The corner tips are worn through and there is wear to the spine extemities with a 1" split both sides of the spine head. There are worm holes to the top and bottom edge of pages but the text is unaffected. Pencil recipes to rear endpaper with some notations to recipes. Covers soiled with some staining. Page block tight with sewn signatures all together a serviceable copy in rather shabby condition. No Dj. Uncommon. 4.2 JM HOJ 301/4. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John E. Potter & Co. Hardcover
1895004677New York: Frederick Stokes Company 1895. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Black faux- leather red lettering to cover and spine. Very minor scuffing to cover front free endpaper missing some separation to endpaper gutters binding holding tightly text is age-toned and there is a very occasional spot or smudge in margins former owner's name and some soiling on title page. Book is divided into 10 sections each section paginated individually : Fifty Soups Fifty Salads Breakfast Dainties Puddings and Dainty Desserts The Book of Entrées Cookery for Invalids Practical Carving Luncheon Oysters and Fish and The Chafing Dish.Thomas Jefferson Murrey was a prominent 19th-century American chef and author known for his contributions to culinary literature including "Fifty Soups" 1884 and "Salads and Sauces" 1884 which provided practical advice on food preparation and emphasized the importance of presentation. <br/> <br/> Frederick Stokes Company hardcover
1856100148575Simpkin Marshall & Co 1856 in12. 1856. Relié.
1851148New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1851. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. 363pp dark brown embossed cover w gilt spine title and illustration of hanging game rib roast fish. Spine is frayed at top and bottom starting to detach but still whole; light brown endpapers. One page of book reviews before title page showing full title: The Modern Housewife or Menagerie Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day and for the Nursery and Sick Room with Minute Directions for Family Management in All Its Branches. Title page has missing upper right corner 1"x1/5". Light foxing throughout text block is tight and complete. This was a very popular title by Soyer who in the 1850s helped Florence Nightingale transform the health of the British and French troops in the Crimean War. A fascinating window into culinary culture of the mid-Nineteenth century a difficult book to find intact and in original cover. <br /> D. Appleton and Co. hardcover
1806003039Boston: Manning & Loring 1806. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by Manning and Loring. Sold by them and by Etheridge & Bliss Boston; Cushing & Appleton Salem; Thomas & Whipple Newburyport; Charles Peirce Portsmouth; Henry Cushing Provience; Lincoln & Gleason Hartford; Bronson Walter & Co. New-Haven; I. Thomas jun. Worcester; J. Prentiss Keene; as also in various other places." 4 378 6 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf spine; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. At head of title: Useful Family Book. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: E.H. Sessions. Volume contains Jan. 1806-Dec. 1807 v. I no. 1-24 all published. Sabin 11:47305. Contains research and information on both medical and agricultural matters including "Natural History of the Horse-Bee" by Rowland Green; meteorological observations for various locations; and "Case of Recovery from apparent Consumption" by Eliphalet Lyman. Also bills of mortality for Mason N.H. 1798-1805; Concord Mass. 1779-1805; Portsmouth N.H. 1801-1805; and Shrewsbury 1805. In Very Good- Condition: lacking leather at tail of spine; front joint starting at each end but still solid; boards are rubbed; 11-cm. tear from lower edge of pp. 9-10 without loss; foxing throughout; otherwise clean. Manning & Loring hardcover
180726394Scatcherd & Letterman 1807. 8vo. Eleventh Edition with copper-engraved portrait frontispiece and 12 engraved full-page illustrations in the text fore-edge very lightly spotted; attractively bound in twentieth century tan calf back with gilt rules second compartment with nineteenth-century red leather label lettered and tooled in gilt boards unevenly sunned else a very good remarkably bright crisp copy. First published in 1783 Farley's work was a popular and continuing success reaching its twelfth edition in 1811. Principal Cook at the London Tavern Farley claims that his work 'unlike so many which are without method or order is marked by perspicuity and regularity'. However Cagle reveals that Fiona Lucraft provides a detailed account of the author's plagiarism from Raffald and Glasse. Farley's name appears below the portrait from the ninth edition onwards. Bitting 152; Cagle 675; Maclean pp.50-52; Oxford p.114; Wheaton & Kelly 2066 all recording the first edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Scatcherd & Letterman, hardcover
1884051432Sydney: George Coffey 1884. 686pp index bw ills col diagrams one folding. Contemporary half leather brown cloth with leather spine and corners marbled endpapers and page edges. Five raised bands to spine titled in gilt. Ex- Queensland Temperance League with their stamps. Joint cracking at preface otherwise a very nice copy. 19th century temperance volume-very early for an Australian edition on the subject. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. George Coffey Hardcover
18058705Vernor and Hood and many others 1805. 8vo. Tenth Edition styled 'Ninth Edition' on title on laid paper free endpapers mildly browned title very lightly dust-soiled some mild and inoffensive age-staining principally at fore-margins and edges; nineteenth century cloth boards tan calf back with flat gilt bands second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt worn but wholly legible BY BIRDSALL OF NORTHAMPTON uncut sometime neatly recased with new endpapers to style a remarkably bright crisp copy. The bnding is signed on front paste-down. Charlotte Mason's important collection was first published in 1773. Maclean records a further seven eighteenth-century editions; Bitting adds a Dublin imprint of 1778 as a result of which subsequent copies are one edition later than that stated hence that with 'eighth edition' on title in actually the ninth Cagle 864 and the present issue styled 'ninth edition' is actually the tenth see Cagle pp. 621-3. The present edition retains the introduction to the first edition the advertisement to the sixth edition and the appendix on poultry the dairy the kitchen and fruit gardens. VERY SCARCE IN ANY EARLY EDITION. Vernor and Hood [and many others], hardcover
1842e1129London: E S Ebers & Co. Original boards edge-rubbed and stained. Some wear to spine. Title label rubbed and darkened but still readable. Front inner hinge split. Occasional light foxing or marks within. Page edges darkening. A few pages ragged at edges - not impinging. 1842. First Edition. Original boards with grey cloth spine. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". xxxii 256pp. Two fold-out plates frontis 6 place setting diagrams. . E S Ebers & Co hardcover
1822028148Printed for and Sold by R.Davies Bookseller 1822. Book. Poor. Hardcover. Fifteenth Revised and Enlarged. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Innkeeper's and Butler's Guide; or A Directory for making and managing British wines; with directions for the managing colouring and flavouring of Foreign Wines and Spirits and for making British compounds peppermint anniseed shrub &c 7.5" tall 199 pages including index LACKS spine and rear board and front board detached but complete. Aged and grubbing front board and pages rough cut as originally intended. Printed for and Sold by R.Davies Bookseller Hardcover
181910590London: Samuel Leigh. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is the second edition which the author calls "improved. " Bound in gray/brown cloth. May not be original to the book but if not it is early. However auction records indicate the only other copy sold in the last ten years was also in cloth. ; 4 1/2x7 1/2"; 276 pages . Samuel Leigh hardcover
1834606731London: Jackson and Walford 1834. Hardcover no jacket. xi 407pp. Later re-bind by library in green buckram; title plate and gilt ruling on spine; loose plastic jacket. Ex-library with stamps on half-title title page and reverse of the latter. Five plates are missing - frontispiece remains intact. Occasional lightly creased page corner; rare instances of general marks - nothing unexpected for a book of this age and all text is clear. TS. Hardcover. Good. Used. Jackson and Walford Hardcover
189711921Hutchinson 1897. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations diagrams and tables in the text some almost imperceptible spotting on first and last few leaves; original cloth blocked in gilt silver and blind gilt back sprinkled edges joints lightly rubbed boards very lightly age-marked else a remarkably clean tight well-preserved copy. With front and rear trade advertisement endpapers and advertisement left following front free endpaper. 'Miles' is astonishingly comprehensive in scope including house building buying and renting furnishing decoration housekeeping cookery needlework farming gardening medicine law world history British history the calendar standards arithmetical tables household amusements games and so on. Very scarce especially in this condition. Hutchinson, hardcover
18892086Washington DC: The Brodix Publishing Co. 1889. Wraps. Oversized pink paper wrappers staple bound. Very good. 12 pages. 42 x 28 cm. This charming periodical features six sheets of cooking instructions detailing: Fish-Soup; Meat; Sauces-salads; Vegetables; Pastry; Sweets and Preserves; and How to Make Bread. The binding style and large type set likely indicates that this publication was meant for display in the kitchen. The inside cover purports the benefits of a healthy diet especially focused on wheat and grain's positive effects on the brain. The following pages outline recipes and instructions for proper food preparation taking care to mention the repercussions of poorly tended food ranging from indigestion from unchopped capers to dangers of under or overcooked vegetables. The final page includes helpful hints for food shopping health and safety suggestions as well as a treatise on the proper diet for invalids. <br />The Home Magazine a monthly illustrated periodical ran from 1888 to 1908 serving as a guide to social domestic and business life. Mrs. John A Logan served as editor for the Home Magazine following the death of her husband a Civil War general and statesman John A. Logan. Born Mary Simmerson Cunningham an educated woman from Missouri she played an active role in her husband's political life accompanying him on campaigns and organizing volunteers. Mary became a prominent figure in Washington society in her own right often meeting with Adele Douglas wife of Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Julia Dent Grant wife of Ulysses S. Grant to discuss political happenings and social issues. Mary was a celebrated American writer and editor authoring two books and contributing to several publications including William Randolph Hearst's monthly syndicate Cosmopolitan. She was committed to social causes dedicating herself to the women's suffrage movement and was an early supporter of the American Red Cross. Weak fold across cover wear to edges and small paper loss to inside pages not effecting text. <br/><br/> The Brodix Publishing Co. paperback books
1839058864London: Robert Tyas 1839. Book. Good. Soft cover. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Limp brown cloth lettered/illus. in gilt. Stated "third thousand." Covers are a bit "blotchy" with wear with some loss along spine panel cloth. Scattered internal staining text block edges typically dulled by age and use. 96 pp. A volume in the "Hand-Books for the Million" series by Byas. A vintage handwritten recipe for "Dough-nuts" laid in. Robert Tyas Paperback
1883000494Boston: New England Grocer Office/Benjamin Johnson 1883. Book. Good-VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Containing a comprehensive account of the growth manufacture and qualities of every article sold by grocers. Also tables of weights and measures and information of a general nature of value to grocers and country merchants." Dark brown textured cloth gilt lettering blind stamped. Moderately rubbed spine panel rubbed and faded toward fore-edge with a few chips to cloth on rear cover. Clean interior modestly toned a few stains on endpapers. Firm binding. 192 pp. indexed; this variation does not contain the coffee section at rear. Lacking color frontis. Interesting item relating to 19th-century merchantile Boston imprint. Still quite decent copy less wear than one would expect and extremely scarce. New England Grocer Office/Benjamin Johnson Hardcover
1870002856Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. ix 2 12-184 p.: frontispiece in-text plans and line drawings; 18 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Dark brown endpapers. Frontispiece is an elevation of the garden front of a stable of Fairman Rogers Philadelphia. First edition. The author Robert McClure was a veterinarian from Scotland who settled in Philadelphia and taught at the first veterinary institution in the United States the Veterinary College of Philadelphia. That institution received a charter from the Pennsylvania legislature in 1852 although its founders struggled for some years to establish a school which ceased to exist after 1866. In 1877 McClure was convicted of selling diplomas from the now defunct veterinary college for which he was fined $200 and imprisoned for nine months. In Very Good Condition: corners very lightly rubbed; lower corner of back board discolored; pages are clean and tight. Porter & Coates hardcover
18951323Chicago: The American Cereal Co. 1895. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 15 pages. 14 x 9 cm. Early American Cereal Co. more commonly known as Quaker Oats advertising pamphlet featuring a peculiar circus act performed by grasshoppers. Charming color illustrations throughout. Small closed tear to front cover otherwise crisp and clean. <br/><br/> The American Cereal Co. paperback books
1870biblio840<p>This is an excellent copy of the very useful manual on making wines and spirits including many sorts of technical data and equipment. 19th century recipes for the aspiring vintner or distillery adventurer.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Dick & Fitzgerald hardcover
1841028113Ebers and Co 1841. Book. Good. Half-Leather. Fourteenth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fourteenth Edition. 7.5" 534 pages. appears to be Original Half Bound black leather spine and corners. Spine edges cracked heavily to front board and lesser to rear board but not detached. Owner's name to inside front board and top of title page in neat hand. Ebers and Co Hardcover
182801707018 Strand London: Samuel Leigh 1828. Twelfth edition enlarged. Small octavo frontispiece pp lviii 300. two page bookseller's catalogue a few small line drawings in the text edges untrimmed signs of use throughout some foxing and staining recently bound in a simple red cloth lightly decorated. With many manuscript additions some merely altering a printed menu many written on blank leaves and others on scraps of paper tipped-in. Notable are Jams Cabinet Pudding Suet Pudding Soda Cake Raspberry and Mulberry Vinegar tomato sauce cooking scarlet and French beans boiling vegetables Mulberry Syrup Mince Pies Eloise Pudding Gooseberry Wine Peas Pudding Russian Ox Tongues Noyeau Mayonnaise Sauce. Other domestic hints are given - directions for using a frying pan tooth powder blacking cleaning floor cloths invisible ink toothache cure. One recipe for plum cakes is signed Mary Buckley and written on the reverse of a scrap of paper addressed to Sir George Lewis Home Secretary Harpton Court Herefordshire; possibly Mary Buckley was his cook . A delightful copy - used but sound. Cloth. Good. Samuel Leigh Hardcover