Hartford, CT: The Stentor Company, 1940. Spiral_bound. Unpaginated. 21.5 x 15 cm. The Waterbury, CT edition of this mid-century bride book. Filled with recipes (tab style). Includes many local advertising. Illustrated throughout. Interior clean, covers lightly soiled. More

Chicago: Butterick Publishing Company, 1932. Hardcover. 164 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. From the creators of The Delineator magazine - a publication focused on testing recipes, kitchen appliances, and household methods to give trusted advice to homemakers. Filled with recipes - photo illustrated. Interior clean and crisp. Boards rubbed at..... More

1960s. Ring_bound. 23 X 17 cm. This labor of love was the work of over ten women who formed the Gourmet Club. Of Austrian, Swedish, and Danish descent, these women may have known one another since childhood. The result is a ring-bound, indexed cookbook, largely handwritten with a handful of..... More

Chicago: F. T. Neely, 1892. Wraps. 316 pages. A collection of 19th-century American domestic recipes. Often conflated with the First Lady's historical manuscript, this specific 1892 book is a practical Victorian-era guide rather than her original 18th-century Elizabethan family collection. Recipes include yeasted breads, cakes, cosmetiques (how to clear tanned..... More

c. 1870. Cards. 18 x 8.5 cm. Early photo scene of two women in a kitchen preparing a meal with pots hanging behind them on a wall. Cards lightly rubbed. More

c. 1933. Hardcover. An unusual and unique all in one manuscript, partly typed, partly hand written. Sections include: Physiology, Geography, American History, Art History, World History, French, Archaeology, Religion, Literature, Physiology, Chemistry, Calorie and Nutritional tables, and recipes - pasted in, typed, and hand written. Most likely a homemaker in..... More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. 176 pages. Ruth Eleanor "Peg" Bracken was an American author of humorous books on cooking, housekeeping, etiquette and travel. During the 1960s and 1970s, Bracken's writing reassured women that they did not have to be perfect to have..... More

Boston: Huntington Chambers, 1936. Staplebound. 53 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Miss Farmer's School of Cookery trained women from diverse backgrounds with classes covering household management, sanitation, and advanced gourmet cookery. Before joining the school staff, Alice Bradley was a student at the Boston Cooking School, where she helped test..... More

Johnstown, NY: 1924. Staplebound. 23 pages. 14 x 10.5 cm. Although Sparkling Gelatine and regular gelatine have the same nutritional properties, Charles B. Knox company attempted to frame their product as a supplement for infants, children, and adults. This booklet also attempts to claim their product relieves Rickets and Scurvy..... More

New York: The Phelps Publishing Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages. 24 x 10.5 cm. An early Good Housekeeping recipe collection, arranged by the magazine's former homemaking editor Isabel Gordon Curtis. Conceived as "a combined memorandum cook book and scrap book," its narrow, space-saving format and blank pages invited..... More

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1957. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Like MFK Fisher and Laurie Colwin, Etherlind Fearon designed this delightful book to be enjoyed not just for the recipes, but for the fun, witty, and engaging banter she brings to the kitchen. Laid in: Typed letter..... More

New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 459 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. An established author, Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (1830-1922) wrote under her pen name - Marion Harland - novels, memoirs, travel narratives, and domestic manuals. Her down-to-earth narrative with easy-to-follow recipes and domestic advice brought..... More

Budapest: 1926. Hardcover. 466 pages. 24 x 17 cm. A well-used Hungarian cookbook turned personal archive, this copy contains more than seventy-five pieces of laid-in ephemera reflecting its owner’s lifelong devotion to cooking. From the assortment of newspaper clippings, it appears the original owner was a Hungarian émigré who settled..... More