New York/New Jersey: Women's Rights Law Reporter, July/August 1971 & Spring 1972. First Edition, First Printing & Second Edition. Staplebound. 71 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. Volume 1, Number 1. The Women's Rights Law Reporter was originally founded in 1970 by Ann Marie Boylan, who independently published the first volume..... More

Paris: CREVEL, c.1889. Wraps. 4 pages. 26 x 18 cm. L' Or-Kina Sabatier, an apertif wine with quinine, originated in France after the country invaded Algeria in 1830. Fierce fighting left the French with high casualties but another enemy was malaria. Quinine, extracted from the bark of the Peruvian Cincnona..... More

A.VIALON, 1858. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 34 x 26 cm. Black and white lithograph illustration of a traveling Cocoa salesman and his customers. Sheet music for piano. Light foxing to cover, otherwise clean. Text in French. More

San Francisco: 1929. Dorothy Stransky (1895-1987) was born in Iowa and made her way to San Francisco as a young woman to become a fashion designer. In 1928 we find Dorothy, thanks to the California Voter Registration, in San Francisco working as a designer. In this collection, there are six..... More

1926-1942. Hardcover. 499 pages. 40 x 17 cm. A rather extensive accounting of a family in Connecticut during the early to mid 20th century. Alongside daily expenditures is the detailed description of land leases, car and truck purchases, family deaths, and divorce. Other odd events recorded - major news accounts..... More

Boston: Blanchard, Farrar & Co., c. 1887. Sewn binding. 12 pages. 14.5 x 8 cm. A captivating look at the broad array of wines, liqueurs, and ales available at the end of the 19th century in Boston, MA. The shop owned by David W. Blanchard and John W. Farrar stocked..... More

Greensboro, NC: Potpourri Press, 1971. Staplebound. 47 pages. Fab period beer recipe booklet featuring fun illustrations. The author highlights the adaptable qualities of beer when she states: "Beer makes the lightest of soufflés and the crispiest of batters. It is used in pancakes and pot roasts, in marinates and even..... More

London: 1904-1907. Hardcover. 501 pages. 33 X 16 cm. British doctor's daily account book. A-Z index of patients at the begining of the journal. Every journal entry begins with the patients name and address along with handwritten directions for treatment with detailed amounts of medications and schedule of remedies. Each..... More

1899: The White Mountain Freezer Co., Nashua, NH. Staplebound. 32 pages. 14.5 x 11.5 cm. Recipes along with illustrations of the White Mountain hand crank freezer. Illustrations include list price of parts along with a full page of illustrations for repair parts. Recipes for Ice cream, sherbets, water ices, frozen..... More

Chicago: 1939. Staplebound. Unpaginated [16pp.] Fully Illustrated large format pamphlet promoting the "Car of Tommorrow" - a modern lightweight railroad car and the 1939 Pullman Companies New York World's Fair exhibit. Pamphlet highlights, in black and white photographs, The Roomette Car - designed to afford greater privacy while traveling alone..... More

London: The Food and Cookery Publishing Co., nd c. 1918. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 85 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Chafing dish recipes with lovely black and white illustrations throughout. The chafing dish - from the Old French chauffer, "to make warm" - found favor with those living on their own..... More

London: The Food and cookery Publishing Agency, 1906. Hardcover. 155 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Entremets sucrés, or sugared dishes of all shapes and sizes are the focus of the this charming cookbook - illustrated throughout. Recipes include Hot Sweets, Cold Sweets, Gâteaux & Pastry, and Sweet Sauces. Interior crisp..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. Hardcover. 227 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Cookbook based on recipes from "days of yore" - filled with delightful cooking instructions for meat, fish, soups, sauces, breads & cakes, puddings, custards, preserves, as well as cocktails & punches, mead, perfume, remedies, and household..... More