Cleveland: American Greetings Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 16 x 16 cm. From the team (Brant Parker & Johnny Hart) that gave us "The Wizard of Id" cartoon, a lighthearted cocktail book incorporating cartoons, color photos, and recipes of our favorite bar drinks. Black and white 'Wizard of Id' illustrated end... More about The Wizard's Formulas For Better Drinking
![DREAM BOOK] [QUACKERY] [MARKETING] Your Fortune In a Tea Cup. Ray Vaughn Dr Pierce](/pictures/thumb/1991.jpg?v=1565741270)
c. 1918. Staplebound. 32 pages. 14 x 10 cm. A remnant of Dr. Pierce's vast, but fraudulent empire, based in Buffalo, NY. This pamphlet opens with two methods of interpreting tea leaves to capture the audiences attention, and then weaves in ads for his mail-order "medicines", primarily focused on "female... More about DREAM BOOK] [QUACKERY] [MARKETING] Your Fortune In a Tea Cup
Philadelphia: Arnold and Company, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. 74 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Rorer (1849 - 1937) was an impressive cookbook writer, cooking teacher, speaker and newspaper columnist, completing over 20 books between the years 1886 - 1917. Superb copy, clean and crisp interior. Light chipping to dust wrapper. More about Home Candy Making
Berkeley: SEAL PRESS, 2016. Hardcover. 355 pages. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. The fearless women who broke rules and created lasting legacies. Scelfo is a New York Times contributor, and former Newsweek Correspondent. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Includes: Artists, Musicians, Myth makers, Icons, Educators, Politicos, Preservationists, Counterculturists, Intellects, Loudmouths, After Hours, Grocers... More about The Women Who Made New York; Art by Hallie Heald
New York: Macauley Company, 1928. Hardcover. 190 pages. 22.5 x 18 cm. Songs and Ballads of Conviviality Collected from Curious Sources by Frank Gloriously Illuminated by John Held Jr. Interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. More about More Pious Friends and Drunken Companions
London: J. Buckland, H. Woodfall, etc. 1766. Seventeenth edition. Hardcover. 364 pages. 20 x 12.5 cm. 4 plates + frontispiece. Being a Collection of upwards of Five Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials. Missing last seven index leaves... More about The Complete Housewife: or, Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion
London: G. Routledge & Co., 1857. Hardcover. 597 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Rebound. Book plate, on front free end paper - "Margaret Allen Hall Memorial - The Finer Arts of Home Making, Battle Creek College, Presented by: Lenna F. Cooper". Alexis Soyer was a chef and entrepreneur, originally from... More about Soyer's Culinary Campaign; Being Historical Reminiscences Of The Late War With The Plain Art Of...
Le Roy, NY: The Jell-O Company, Inc., 1933. Wraps. 23 pages. 14.5 x 10 cm. Color illustrated Jell-O recipe book with vibrant pigments and period style. Mrs. Dewey and her daughter Nancy spend the afternoon making "Something New". NRA logo on rear cover. Crisp and clean. More about What Mrs. Dewey did with the NEW JELL-O!; 48 Fascinating New Recipes
Niagra Falls, NY: The Shredded Wheat Company, 1920. Pamphlet. 6 x 4 in. Color illustrated with recipes to make Whole Wheat Porridge and Whole Wheat Bread. Color illustrations. c. 1920's. More about What do you eat? I eat Shredded Wheat
![DOMESTIC] [WOMEN] Women! Save Your Hands. The Stovene Manufacturing Company](/pictures/thumb/917.jpg?v=1550879119)
Portsmouth, N.H. The Stovene Manufacturing Company, c. 1895. Loose_leaf. 21 x 10.5 cm. Buy a mitten for 15 cents and get a ten-cent box of Stovene [stove polish] free! The shine on your stove lasts twice as long when polished with Stovene as when blackened with other stove polishes. Stovene... More about DOMESTIC] [WOMEN] Women! Save Your Hands
![MENU] Dinner Menu, Royal Hawaiian Hotel. LTD The Territorial Hotel Company](/pictures/thumb/1329.jpg?v=1550350284)
Honolulu, Hawaii: The Territorial Hotel Company, Ltd., Sunday, April 14th, 1929. Cards. Before the Great Depression and the stock market crash in October, 1929, the Royal Hawaiian Hotel brought the well heeled swells, who steamed their way to this haven for sun, fun, and golf. Dinner menu plus a note... More about MENU] Dinner Menu, Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Florence: Il Bisonte - Edizioni d'arte, 1974. Cardboard covers. 103 pages. 25 x 31. Copy 69 of 100. Volume VI. Published in the summer of 1974 by the Consorzio del Vino Classico, two thousand copies, 1500 in Italian and 500 in English, numbered 1/1-100 to xx/100-100. Roman numerals correspond to... More about Chianti Country; twenty-seven plates presented by Carlo Betocchi - Historical Introduction by...
![My Kingdom For a Cook [Without Notice]; Original Screenplay for the 1943 film. Richard Wallace,...](/pictures/thumb/1417.jpg?v=1561585123)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1943. Wraps. [title], [1] -117 pages. Copy belonging to Marguerite Chapman, who played Pamela, with her character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. One of a number of comedies made during World War II that built around the "servant shortage" in the US... More about My Kingdom For a Cook [Without Notice]; Original Screenplay for the 1943 film
North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles Inc., 1987. Hardcover. 224 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. A narrative exploring the British Railway system from the early Victorian times through 20th century. Includes photographs and menus. Owners offset stamp on title page. Clean, crisp interior, boards, and dust wrapper. More about Dinner in the Diner; The History of Railway Catering
Cleveland: The Wine and Food Society in Association with World Publishing, 1966. Hardcover. 516 pages. 26 x 21 x 5 cm. Forward by James Laver, and a chapter on Wine in America by John N. Hutchison. A detailed overview of the history of wine, including archaeological research, and scholarly history... More about Gods, Men and Wine