Modern Mixes For Bakers
Chicago: Calumet Baking Powder Company, 1920. Hardcover. 64 pages. 23 x 13 cm. Recipes and instructions addressing the needs of commercial bakers. Crisp, clean copy. More
Chicago: Calumet Baking Powder Company, 1920. Hardcover. 64 pages. 23 x 13 cm. Recipes and instructions addressing the needs of commercial bakers. Crisp, clean copy. More
Detroit, Michigan: The Horton-Cato Manufacturing Company, 1895. Staplebound wraps. 14 pages. 14 x 12 cm. Recipes and information for "Royal" Salad Dressing. Mayonnaise or salad dressing for salads. Black and white photo and facts on the life of Chef John A. Campbell - a chef at the Columbian Worlds Fair..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1971. Paperback. 334 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Chapters include: The Meaning of Homosexuality, Historical Evolution of Female Homosexuality, The Lesbian Theme in Literature, The Psychogenisis of Lesbianism, The Psychopathology of Female Homosexuality, Clinical Data, The Dream Life of Lesbianism, and Prevention, Treatment and Psychotherapy..... More
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1906. Sheet_music. 5 pages. 35.5 x 28 cm. Richard Carle Presents Himself & His Songs in Geo. Edwards' Success of Two London Seasons. Arrangement with Klaw & Erlanger and The Gaiety Theatre Co. Edges rubbed and chipped. More
Seattle: 1968-70. Hardcover. 96 pages. 21 x 17 cm. Composition book used for grocery lists from February 1968 to march 1970. Very legible handwriting, in cursive. Interesting look into the buying habits of an American household in the late 1960's. The household ate a fairly repetitive diet that included: Folger's..... More
New York: THE CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. 13.5 x 22 cm. Exhibition Catalog. Queering the BibliObject, organized by John Chaich, independent curator, was an exhibition that focused on contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer artists appropriating the book as an object through sculpture, installation..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine, 1936. Staplebound. 55 pages, 11 x 16 cm. The Knox Dainties Recipe Book has been expanded in this 1936 edition to include Frozen Dishes with the growing population of households owning electric refridgerators. They mention in the forward of the book that all mechanically..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1941. Staplebound. 13 pp. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. The Knox Build-Up Plan is a quick and informative health booklet released by Knox Gelatine advertising the health benefits of drinking unflavored Knox Gelatine in water or fruit juice. Claiming the powder to be..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1928. Unpaginated, 8.5 x 6 cm. This small Knox Gelatine recipe collection advertises the product for its health benefits. The product descriptions separate the Knox products into their own category away from competitor's products, and label themselves as the brand of "Nature"..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1942. Folded. Unpaginated, 14 x 11 cm. Beginning with a letter addressed to Mrs. Housewife, from Mrs. Knox herself, Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads markets the Knox products to the women of America who are consuming less sugar due to the..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1962. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 223 pages. 22 x 20 cm. The author, Joyce Chen (1917-1994), was recognized by the American public as popularizing authentic Chinese cuisine, patenting and marketing the flat bottom wok with a handle to the U.S. market, and introducing Chinese Dumplings at her..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 248 pages. 27 x 21.5 cm. In collaboration with E.S. Yntema. Photographs by James Scherer. Like its predecessor and companion, Julia Child & Co., this is a menu cook book filled with photo illustrations, marketing tips, and leftover suggestions. Detailed recipes..... More
Providence, RI: H.H. Brown, 1830. Wraps. 27 pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. Historical narration of the Second Baptist Church, by Reverend John O. Choules, in Newport, at the Second Baptist Church beginning with the secession from Dr. Clark's church in Providence 1656 to 1829. In December 1829, the church Deacons..... More
Netherlands: Valiz, 2013. First Edition. Wraps. 232 pages. 23 x 17 cm. Farming the City project began in November 2010, as an initiative of the Amersterdam-based organization CITIES, bringing city dwellers and urban farmers together to explore inspirational ways of producing, storing, cooking, preserving, distributing and sharing food. Since then..... More
San Francisco: Synergistic Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 72 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Introduced by M.F.K. Fisher. Clancy's reminiscence of Paris' Gare de Lyon, 24 line drawings plus photographed ephemera from the French train station. Crisp, clean copy. Lacking slip case. More
New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1985. Hardcover. 299 pages. 28 x 17 cm. A comprehensive wine guide including: an introduction to each region, how wine is classified, and the hard facts about quality - price ratio of each wine. Illustrated throughout. Interior, boards and dust wrapper clean and crisp. Covered..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. Johnson, Herbert. Hardcover. 64 pages. 19 x 13 cm. A journalist's humorous account of dining during wartime rationing in France and England. Illustrations by Cartoonist, Herbert Johnson of the Saturday Evening Post. Entertaining illustration of lady liberty on end papers. Interior lightly toned..... More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Hardcover. 327 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. The author skillfully combines oral interviews and extensive archival records to show how waitresses adopted the basic tenets of male-dominated craft unions but rejected other aspects of male union culture. Dishing It Out contends that the..... More
Norwich Peace Center, 1982. Staplebound. Unpaginated [13pp.]. 28 x 21.5 cm. Twenty-six Peace Activist groups from Vermont headed by the Burlington Peace Coalition and The Norwich Peace Center made their way by bus down to NYC to march in the Rally for Nuclear Disarmament, what was at that time the..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Hardcover. 292 pages. Part biography, part history, part literary criticism, this lively and insightful book celebrates America's first generation of women intellectuals. The thirty years before the Civil War - when Romanticism crossed continents and worked its way into the pervasive American philosophy and..... More
Continental Baking Co., c.1940. Staplebound. 16 pages. 14 x 10 cm. Using humor and cartoons as a marketing tool, Wonder Bread enticed children to cajole their parents into buying their product. The catchy jingle - The WONDER 4" - BREAKFAST every morning: 1) Orange 2) an Egg 3) a Glass..... More
DIJON: LOUIS DAMIDOT, 1931. Sixth Edition. Paperback. 296 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. From the former chef of the Hotel Du Chevreuil de Beaune, the author brings over 50 years of experience in the kitchen to share some of the best Burgundian recipes he has mastered. Includes over 20 suggested..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 223 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Satirical observations on men (and women), by an assortment of female authors. A counterpart to The Bedroom Companion; "a joyous symposium of thoughts about women (by men). Illustrated. Dust wrapper heavily chipped. Board and..... More
Boston: Charles Tappan, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. 190 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Scarce first edition of one of America's early books on domestic science. Owner's signature in pencil on front free end paper, dated August 1847. Although ragged condition, it can easily be restored. Rear cover detached, shaken, foxed..... More
New York: Church & Dwight Co., 1924. Staplebound wraps. 28 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Facts worth knowing about Cow Brand Baking Soda as a proved medicinal agent. Includes remedies for acne, colic, hives, sunburn, tooth ache, etc. "He who cures a disease may be the skillfulest, but he that..... More