Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1952. Nick Eggenhofer. First Edition. Hardcover. 170 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. "Come an' Get it" was the most familiar and welcome call on the range during the era of the great trail drives following the Civil War. In this entertaining volume, Ramon F...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. 920 pages. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. “A fascinating book containing 502 pictures; 38,000 words of text; innumerable women, a number of men, and endless entertainment.” This book contains a history of women in various activities, fashion, dress, roles, and more from the..... More
Portsmouth, NH: Strawberry Banke Museum, 1994. Glossy pictorial cover. 240 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Situated in the heart of the Puddle Dock neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Walter and Bertha Abbott’s “Little Corner Store” was one of a handful of grocery stores whose regular customers were like family. During..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1957. Hardcover. 902 pages. 22 x 15 cm. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known..... 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: The Bobby’s-Merrill Company Inc., 1953. Hardcover. 1013 pages. 22 x 14 cm. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known..... 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
![Item #3470 [JOURNAL] Graduation Memories; 1922 Hollywood High School Graduation Scrapbook....](/pictures/thumb/3470.jpg?v=1678823884)
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1922. Hardcover. 189 pages. 23.5 x 15 cm. An in-depth look at a young woman's "best days" at Hollywood High in 1922. This scrapbook is overflowing with photographs, mementos, autographs, ticket stubs, clippings, play bills, theater programs and anything to do with the final..... More
Boston: Dana Estes and Co., 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover. One of the original instructors at the Boston Cooking School (1879), Parloa went on to become an influential teacher and writer, ultimately helping to create the curriculum for Home Economics that was widely adopted by public schools and colleges. Covering subjects..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 578 pages. 19 x 13.5 cm. Mary J. Lincoln, a culinary celebrity at the time of the book’s publication, was the predecessor of her student, Fannie Farmer (Boston Cooking School Cookbook). With this celebrity status and the rise of branded products..... More
Boston: E. A. RICH COMPANY, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. 147 pages. 20 x 13.5 cm. An interesting combination of cookbook and promotional publication all in one. This cookbook opens up with an introduction of the Boston Fish Market Corporation and the new (early 1900's) Wharf in South Boston, built -..... More
![Item #3277 [AUTOGRAPH] The Clipped Autograph of Ida Lewis, Dated Feb 12th 1881. Ida Lewis](/pictures/thumb/3277.jpg?v=1670105696)
Newport, RI: 1881. First Edition. Loose_leaf. An autograph of Idawalley Zorada Lewis (1842-1911), bearing the date Feb 12, 1881. Ida Lewis, an American heroine, born in Newport, RI, took over the duties of keeper of the Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport Harbor, from her father after he suffered a major..... More
![Item #3321 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Cook Book of the Woman’s Club. Gertrude Leitch, Albina Nourie](/pictures/thumb/3321.jpg?v=1669235209)
Franklin, NH: 1922. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the Franklin, New Hampshire Woman’s Club. Recipes include soups and salads, interesting entrees, and fun desserts. Two handwritten recipes - one on the front free end paper for Fruit Cake, and two others on the rear..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1983. Ronald Searle. First American Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22 x 17.5 cm. A comic journey through terms and phrases frequently used and infrequently understood in the world of wine tasting, interpreted and visualized by Ronald Searle as a series of silly characters. “Full-bodied with great..... More
![Item #3347 [FDA] [FOOD SAFETY] Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Food and Drugs...](/pictures/thumb/3347.jpg?v=1678399535)
Washington DC: United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, 1906. Circular No. 21. Staplebound. 20 pages, 14.5 x 23 cm. Following the collaboration of members of the Departments of the Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor on this document, the Food and Drugs Act was released to the..... More