![PSYCHIATRIC] [HARTFORD] Handwritten Letter Requesting Help. Winifred A. Johnson](/pictures/thumb/2054.jpg?v=1578157865)
Hartford, CT. 1862. Loose_leaf. 20 x 12.5 cm. Three page letter, folded. A poignant handwritten letter from Winifred A. Johnson (1820-1887), a patient at the Hartford Retreat, to her lawyer Theron Carey, suggesting her Doctor, the notable John S. Butler, MD (1803-1890), proposes the release from her present confinement. Winifred..... More
New York: Evert Duyckinck, George Long, E. Bliss & E. White. 1825. First American Edition. Hardcover. [2] [v-xii] 371 pages. 19 x 11 cm. (Title conclusion) Also The Art of Composing the Most Simple and Most Highly Finished Broths, Gravies, Soups, Sauces, Store Sauces, and Flavoring Essences: Pastry, Preserves, Puddings..... More
New York: All Day Press, 2013. First Edition. Sewn binding. 47 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Signed by author, "Enjoy 2013". Twenty recipes inspired by the almighty egg. Knauer was a food editor at Gourmet magazine. Short Stack is a small-format publication, created by the culinary world's brightest talents. Colophon..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Waller, Louisa Jones. First Edition. Hardcover. 323 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Following the seasons, Edna Lewis leads us through the chapters of this book, drawing on her childhood in Freetown, Virginia, a farming community founded by her grandfather and his friends after emancipation..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Remarkable period graphics. Dust wrapper price clipped. Interior crisp and clean. More
Phoenicia, New York: Woodstock Editions, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume 1, 380 pages. Volume 2, 128 pages. 4to. Limited slipcase edition of 2000 copies (#127/2000), signed by Hans Gissinger (both volumes). Text in French and English. An exceptional book filled with the exchange in words and images between photographer Hans..... More
New York: Hurst & Company, 1908. Hardcover. Unpaginated, (90 pages) 18 x 13.5 cm. Originally titled "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which later became famous as "Twas the Night Before Christmas", was first recited by Moore as a poem for his own children on Christmas Eve 1822. Also includes ten..... More
New York: The De Vinne Press, 1921. Wraps. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. 65 pages. The history of the Table Setting from Anglo-Saxon days to the present time, with illustrations and bibliography. For the use of schools, colleges, extension workers, women's clubs, etc. Black and white illustrations. Two newspaper..... More
![CZECHOSLOVAKIA] [COOKBOOK] Nova Domaci, Kucharka Pro Cesko-Americke Hospodyne. Cili, Prakticky a...](/pictures/thumb/750.jpg?v=1579644665)
Chicago: August Geringer, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 529 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Recipe book intended for late 19th century Czech immigrants. "New Home, cook for a Czech-American Housewife. Practical and reliable directions. Most popular simple and complex Czech, American, and French recipes. Meat and Lenten food of all kinds."..... More
![FRENCH] [TRADE CATALOG] Album des Fusils de Bouchers et de Table. Rameau](/pictures/thumb/1371.jpg?v=1579557876)
Paris: Mongin, 1902. 16 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Illustrated lithographed trade catalogue of “butchers’ guns” with elaborate handles. Also, a selection of “fusils de table,” excellent for carving table-side in the home. More
Warsaw and Cracow, Poland: Meat Packers Union of Poland, 1938. Staplebound wraps. 22.5 x 32 cm. 6 pages. Photogravure: Drukatnia Narodowa. An interesting demonstration of European business confidence and world trade that was soon to be crushed by the Blitzkrieg. A promotional booklet promoting Polish ham, describing the export trade's..... More
Baltimore: Bacchus Press, nd (1992). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. xv, 540, (24 index) pages. Octavo. One of 500 copies. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1864 second edition (expanded and considerably revised from the 1863 first edition), printed on acid-free paper and retaining the folding plates that appeared in..... More
![ALMANAC] [QUACKERY] Barker's Illustrated Almanac; Farmers Guide and Household Cook Book. Moore...](/pictures/thumb/2006.jpg?v=1568669108)
Philadelphia: The Barker, Moore & Mien Medicine Co., Inc., 1902. Staplebound. 32 pages. A collection of testimonials, illustrations, recipes, along with the 1902 Almanac. Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment was established in 1859 to promote their patent medicine which was sold as a cure-all for both "Man & Beast". Heavily..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] [WOMEN] [VIRGINIA] Virginia Cookery Book; Traditional Recipes. Virginia...](/pictures/thumb/2030.jpg?v=1570050376)
Richmond, Virginia: Virginia League of Women Voters, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. The Virginia League of Women Voters (VLWV) was organized to succeed the Equal Suffrage..... More
![MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Handwritten recipes book; Notebook jacket: The White Man's Arrival. Mrs....](/pictures/thumb/1105.jpg?v=1561585209)
Oxford, New York: c. 1910's -30's. Wraps. 21 cm x 17 cm. 45 pages. 85 recipes overall, 36 laid in recipes, 7 song lyrics. Recipes primarily handwritten with some from local periodicals. More