Linfield, PA: Kinsey Distilling Corporation. Staplebound. 19 x 13 cm. Mid 1950's cocktail/game book. Filled with recipes for both Kinsey's Whiskey & Gin, along with simple tricks and games. Clean and crisp. More
1952. Staplebound. 32 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Surprisingly good mid-century recipes including Budweiser beer. Covers lightly rubbed. More
Paris: PLON, 1963. Oliver, Michel. Hardcover Spiral Bound. 89 pages. 31 x 26.5 Amusing, artistic children's cookbook filled with entertaining illustrations and yummy recipes such as: Croque-Monsieur, Soufflé au Fromage, Bananes fondues, and many more. Preface by Jean Cocteau is playful and warm, with references to children being like poets;... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1951. Hardcover. Following the war years, rationing and downright shortages took it's toll on the British appetite. Heath states: "I hope, too, that these recipes will help once again to prove my often reiterated contention that, whatever the circumstances and however modest the ingredients... More
London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1953. First Edition. 123 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. A thorough selection of poultry and game. Whether you fancy a pigeon or woodcock recipe, Mr. Heath covers them all. Dust wrapper has 1 cm. loss at top of spine, boards and interior clean and crisp. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Following the lead of Escoffier, Heath leads with a 'Mother' sauce but provides the blueprint to assemble any sauce, butter, or marinade one could imagine. Dedication page to André Simon, President of the Wine and Food... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 155 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. A profusion of recipes from Britain's prolific food writer. From soups to savories, Heath does not disappoint. Dust wrapper rubbed with 1 cm. loss to back cover. Interior toned. More
New York: Con Edison. Pamphlet. 27.5 x 29.5 cm. Mid 1950's. With the suburbs of New York expanding, Con Ed welcomed the new homemaker and her family to update their kitchens with the help of this planning kit. Includes 44 plastic forms - cabinets, stoves, refrigerators, sinks, washing machines, etc.... More
New York: Sanctuary Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 18.5 x 18.5 cm. Author and illustrator Dorothy Linder Perillo asserts: "Considering how prejudiced kids can be about vegetables, I may seem hopelessly naive, but I think this selection of vegetable dishes will appeal to the little ones, as well as... More
Marseille: Tacussel. Paperback. More
New York: Armour and Company, 1913. Staplebound. 13 x 8 cm. Includes color illustrations and recipes using Armour's Simon Pure Leaf Lard. Leaf lard is the soft (high grade) fat from the loins of a pig, which allowed Armour to advertise their product as "absolutely pure and vastly richer than... More
Pennsylvania: c. 1940's. Four linen strips, 42 x 8.25 inches. These decorative, hand embroidered pieces feature a poem for housewives - striving to perform in a thrifty manner. Pennsylvanian German. The second stanza ‘mite’ likely refers to the biblical currency. Cream linen, blue embroidered, some fraying. Roughly translated: Auj jedem Schrank..... More
1839. Loose_leaf. 27 X 22 cm. Register of costs for the ship Flora, commanded by Captain Daniel Fitch, sailing out of New London, Connecticut, while docked at a whale-fishery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Disbursements are recorded by ship agents to inform the ship owners of all the charges the... More
York, England: 1886. Loose_leaf. 32 x 20 cm. This menu,written by Halliwell, a local master of ceremonies and freemason, was made to accommodate and service the 3rd and 4th battalions' officers of the West Riding Regiment, formerly known as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The officers were lodged in the... More
Oshkosh, Wis. Castle-Pierce Press, c. 1930's. Staplebound. 24 pages. 28 x 24 cm. Illustrated sales catalog featuring detailed descriptions of the ironing machines offered by the American Ironing Machine Co., Algonquin, Illinois. A distinctive feature of this catalog is the visual portrayal of women operating the machines throughout the history... More
Del Monte, California: 1936. Staplebound wraps. 7 1/2 x 6 in. 43 pages. First edition. Original cook book for the Del Monte Hotel. Recipes, quips, cartoons by the famous of 1920's-1930's. Once a luxury hotel, it is now The Naval Post Graduate School of the United States Navy. Guests and... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 424 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Recipes from our favorite first lady of French cooking, a complete collection of all the recipes that Julia demonstrated on the TV program "The French Chef". Interior clean, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. More
New York: Galahad Books, 1963-65. Hardcover. 21.5 x 14 cm. Two companion volumes, dedicated to the principle that a good cookbook doesn't have to be dull. Recipes include: "Meat Sauce Mona Lisenbaum" & "Blintz Suzette á la Yentah" More
Scranton, PA: Hornbaker Photography, c. 1924-26. Cards. 113 x 11 inch frame (approx. 10 x 8 inch photo). Sepia photo - WKKK group photo. Seemingly mostly women (hard to tell with the cloaks, but shoes give it away), taken in what seems to be either a school room or municipal... More
Laguna Niguel, CA: Free Lunch Arts Alliance, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. 21 x 13.5 cm. Recipes and poems - humor prevails! 30 poets. More
San Jose: Smith & Wilcox Printers, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. 114 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Early California cookbook focusing on home cooking. 12 full pages of local advertisements. Copyright by K.V. Darling- Miss Darling was a principle at St. Hilda's Hall school for girls in Glendale, Ca. during the... More
New York: Thos. Leeming & Co., 1892. Cards. 33 x 13.5 cm. Illustrated on both sides, this early Nestlé's advertisement provides a history of the company while simultaneously encouraging (by using the word "Scientific"), to promote their product that consisted of condensed milk, wheat and sugar. Pictorial elements both photos... More
New York: Hermitage Press, Inc., 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 426 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Infused with entertaining vignettes and technical instructions which were collected during De Knight's travels from South Carolina to Michigan; conducting interviews and gathering recipes along the way. Freda De Knight was the food editor for... 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 book clean. More
San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Co., Printers, 1875. Original wraps. The first 17 pages review various metal characteristics, accompanied by collection of instructions on manipulating metals. Recipes for fire works, baking, preserving, sacrament wine, and home remedies are listed along with various land measurements, and silver & gold worth... More
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