Ontario: Hotpoint Electric Heating Co., 1916. Pamphlet. Illustrated trade catalog targeting housewives. The first four pages describe "The Evolution of Cooking" - begining with the cave woman, the different methods of creating fire, and the history of the stove from Pompeii to Benjamin Franklin. More

Beverly Hills, CA: Beverly Hills Woman's Club, 1931. Third Edition. Hardcover. 239 pages. 20.5 x 16 cm. Recipe attributed to members of the community with a humorous preface by Will Rogers. Established in 1916 by the collaborative efforts of Beverly Hills society women, the Beverly Hills Women's Club was formed..... More

Fort Worth, Texas: The Woman's Club of Fort Worth, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 371 pages [24 pp. advertisements, 9 pp. blank Note]. 23.5 x 16 cm. A large assortment of Recipes, Menus, Catering hints, Weight Management, and even one recipe for a cocktail - attributed to members of the community..... More

Brooklyn: Dovetail, 2018. Hardcover. 264 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. A truly enjoyable read for any whiskey geek, written by a self-proclaimed whiskey geek. Not your ordinary whiskey book, a collection of ingenious ideas and shortcuts to help you temper your whiskey to greatness in the privacy of your own..... More

1859. Sewn binding. Unpaginated, [8]. This extraordinary love missive, artfully illustrated, given to John Lemson Flagg on his 24th birthday - one year before his marriage to Ellen H. Brown - is inscribed on the front free end paper: John L. Flagg/From N.B./11 of September 1859. The question is, who..... More

Philadelphia: 1867. Unpaginated. 22 pages. 9 x 15.5 cm. Oblong note pad, written on front and back. Handwritten recipes and remedies: Artificial Cider, Salves, Cough Syrups, Pain Relief, Cancer Cure - Jacob Jones 1793, Tonics, Cordials, Bitters, etc. Expertly rebacked and reinforced. Covers heavily rubbed. More

Kansas: Barbara Clagett, 1988. First Edition. Ring_bound. 74 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Signed & inscribed by author on verso of cover. Viola's mother was the cook for the Clagett farm and her father was the "house man". Born in 1911, Viola spent her childhood helping her mother prepare vegetables..... More

Providence, RI: 1891. Cards. 16.5 x 11. 5 cm. Lunch & Dinner menu. Lunch featured Lobster Salad & Stewed Calf's Liver with Wine Sauce. Dinner featured Chowder, Baked Mackerel with Tomato Sauce, Fried Eels - Jewish style, Saratoga Chips, Clam Fritters, Soft Shell Crabs, Quahogs, Indian Pudding, Ice Cream, Watermelon..... More

London: Aga Heat Limited - Cookery Advisory Department. The AGA cooker was created by Swedish Nobel Prize winner, Physicist and engineer Nils Gustav Dalen (1869-1937). Although the AGA is now considered a luxury item, when first introduced, it became Britain's preferred cooking source for farms and the more isolated areas..... More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Signed by the author - "To Mother" on the half title page. Although George and Martha Washington never lived in the White House, they did start the tradition of choosing porcelain to be used on..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 233 pages. 20 x 14 cm. An early guide to American wines describing 350 wines along with the history of America's grapes and grape growing throughout the country. Folded, illustrated map of California wine country designed by Liam Dunne. Previous owner's..... More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Recipes along with a comprehensive guide to traditions and customs of Denmark. Interior clean, dust wrapper sunned and rubbed. In protective mylar cover. More

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1951. Rusby, Sheila. 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..... More