New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. Third Edition. Hardcover. 140 pages. 23 x 16 cm. A rare cocktail book chock full of advice on how to jump back on the wagon after the Prohibition era. Chapters on Behavior, Hints to the Hostess, Being a Good Guest, Customs to Frown... More

Erie, Pennsylvania: Lovell Mfg. Company, 1916. Trade catalogue produced by the Lovell Manufacturing Company and their imprint, Anchor Brand to advertise various household products, wringers, and their repair parts. Full color illustrations on every page of each advertised product. Wringers, Rolls, and Mangles were used in conjunction with early washing... More

Buffalo, NY: Hare, Early 1900's. Black and white photo. Inscription on verso: "Georgia Rybert/stock broker/facing (illegible)/Buffalo, N.Y./Early 1900's". Hamilton B. Wills was a Toronto-based stock broker - photo showing women seated, possibly being educated by the three women working. By the turn of the century, the NYSE began hiring women to..... More

London: John Murray, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm "A New Edition, Augmented, corrected, and considerably improved". An all-inclusive household manual, filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Some attribute to Mrs. Rundell of New Systems of Domestic... More

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1936. First Edition. 124 pages. Produced by the Office of Indian Affairs under Harold L. Ickes, United States Secretary of the Interior under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Primarily concerned with the dietary and nutritional health of children housed in Indian boarding schools and Indian... More

London: International Icilma Trading Company Ltd., 1924. Staplebound wraps. 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. 40 pages. In 1898, founder, Stephen Armitage, a British citizen, acquired permission to exploit a natural mineral water spring located next to Lake Mouïlah in Port-aux-Poules, Algeria. After a failed attempt to open a health... More

London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1888. 82 pages. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. "I have had much pleasure in culling from all the vegetable gardens of the culinary world the recipes which will be found in this little book, and am still hunting in the happy grounds of cookery..." Edges rubbed. More

Northhampton, MA: INTERLINK BOOKS, 2017. Paperback. 352 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. The rich culinary heritage of Aleppo comes to life in this tribute to the Syrian city at the ancient Mediterranean crossroads. While acknowledging that war, migration and clime change challenge modern-day Aleppo, Marlene Matar, Lebanese chef of television... More

New York: Artisan, 2018. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 431 pages. 34 x 36 cm. For over two years, Gaudry solicited the palates and expertise of dozens of friends, journalists, for artisans, cooks, confectioners, academics, sommeliers, illustrators, photographers, comic strip creators, and family members, to create an eclectic, comprehensive, and unique... More

Tipperary, Ireland: Coracle, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 51 pages. 28 x 21 cm. # 87 of 300 copies. These drawings were made over the last thirty years using Parker 51 reservoir fountain pens, mostly in school exercise books and pocket notebooks, and on pieces of A4 exercise paper. They were... More

England: Cunard White Star Lines, 1938. Cardboard covers. 24.5 X 18 cm. RMS Carinthia plied the Atlantic on the Liverpool-Boston-New York route, and was noted for her comfortable accommodation in 3rd class. In August 1939, she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, retaining the name Carinthia. On June 6th... More

Battle Creek, Michigan: Kellogg's, 1930's. Paper. 15.5 x 8 cm. Illustrated tri-fold advertising brochure. Anxiety based marketing: "a neglect condition - slowly robs you of life's most cherished possessions." Includes recipe for Bran Muffins. Color illustrated. Lightly toned. More

New York: Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 1933. Staplebound wraps. 28 pages. 14.5 x 8.5 cm. Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda as a proved medicinal agent. Includes remedies for acne, colic, hives, sunburn, and tooth ache. "He who cures a disease may be the skillfulest, but he... More