New York: The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. 491 pages. 22 x 15 cm. A fantastic treatise on feasts. A collection of excerpts, sentences, and paragraphs pertaining to "man's fundamental need to celebrate the high points of life by eating and drinking." Interior clean, boards lightly rubbed at edges, dust wrapper..... More

Indianapolis: The Bobby’s-Merrill Company Inc., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 210 pages. 21 x 15cm. From the author of The Joy Of Cooking, this follow up to her first smash hit was less successful. With a nod towards packaged foods, Rombauer tried to lighten the work of homemakers by using both..... More

New York: M. Barrows & Company, Inc., 1944. Second Printing. Hardcover. 128 pages. A compact, easy-to-handle volume that tells you all you need to know about mixing and stirring. Glasses and equipment illustrated in black and white plus a small section on canapés and hors d'oeuvre to go along with..... More

Morris Plains, NJ: G. Washington Coffee Refining Co., 1920's. Staplebound wraps. 30 pages. 15.5 x 8 cm. Washington's Coffee is well known for its quality, flavor and immediate availability in the making of a cup of hot coffee or a glass of iced coffee. You will also find it most..... More

Cooperstown: The Arthur H. Crist Co., 1915. Etiquette. Wraps. 240 pages. Vol. XXX, No. 4. Established in 1885, Table Talk, published monthly, was "The American Authority Upon Culinary Topics And Fashions Of The Table." Including Poems, an essay on the virtues of eating Fish, an article on Traveling Cooking Schools..... More

Detroit, Michigan: The Horton-Cato Manufacturing Company, 1895. Staplebound wraps. 14 pages. 14 x 12 cm. Recipes and information for "Royal" Salad Dressing. Mayonnaise or salad dressing for salads. Black and white photo and facts on the life of Chef John A. Campbell - a chef at the Columbian Worlds Fair..... More

New York, NY: B.T. Babbit, Inc., 1940. Staplebound wraps. 48 pages. 8 x 5 in. Advertising handbook for Lycons concentrated lye. History of product, sanitation, and uses. Disease fighting agent. Cleans, disinfects, and destroys odors. Closed tear to spine. Covers rubbed. More

Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Cavalier, 1936. Wraps. 10 x 7 in. Breakfast menu. For over 80 years, The Cavalier has been the hotel that made Virginia Beach famous. Founded in 1927, the hotel has attracted a wide range of guests and celebrities, including; Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and five other..... More

1931. Wraps. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Two Vintage Luncheon Menu. The R.M.S. Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1922 to 1956. She was second of three liners named Franconia which served the Cunard Line, the others being RMS Franconia built in 1910 and..... More

Roberts & Mander Stove Company, 1936. Spiral bound wraps. 100 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Elegant cook book supplied by the Roberts & Mander Stove Company. R & M Stove Co. operated a foundry and manufacturing plant (now on the National Register of Historic Places) out of Hatboro, Pennsylvania until..... More

New York: Royal Baking Powder Co., 1917. Staplebound wraps. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. 22 pages. Advertisement for Royal Baking Powder. "In nearly all recipes in which eggs are used the number may be reduced one-half or more, and excellent results obtained by using a small additional quantity of..... More

New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1989. Hardcover. 227 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. There is no hotter cuisine, no food more aromatic and vivid, than the cooking of Sri Lanka. From its sambols (hot accompaniments) to its curries (which come in white, red and black), this attractive, delicious, and unusual..... More

Sears, Roebuck and Co., c. 1960. Wraps. Unpaginated [20pp.] 22 x 28 cm. Sewing instructional book filled with completed assignments. Handwritten instructions along with completed pieces of work, pinned in to the pages. A wonderful example of the various home economics courses that made up most high school curriculum in..... More