Knoxville, Tennessee: 1900-1905. 176 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. At the turn of the twentieth century, in Knoxville, Tennessee, a German-born confectioner named Peter Kern carefully documented the inner workings of his thriving candy business. Between 1900 and 1905, a 176-page ledger was compiled within Peter Kern's confectionery business -..... More

1876-1900. Hardcover. 114 pages. 20 x 13 cm. This extraordinary Southern culinary manuscript gathers the work of over fifty contributors whose recipes and remedies together form a vivid community portrait of post–Civil War life. Many of the women represented here were wives, daughters, and mothers of Confederate soldiers, and several..... More

Philadelphia: 1871-1883. Pages 3-226. 30 x 19 cm. A detailed working record offering a vivid glimpse into the daily practice of a Philadelphia physician during the late nineteenth century. The ledger contains routine entries documenting patients' names, services rendered, and amounts owed - often settled not in cash but through..... More

New York: GROSSETT & DUNLAP, 1941. Second Edition. Hardcover. 384 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Henrietta Dull, longtime food columnist for the Atlanta Journal, shared recipes and techniques devoted to cooking “the Southern way.” As its title suggests, this classic volume celebrates Southern cuisine through a wide array of recipes—such..... More

Dublin: 1778-1794. Sewn binding. 170 pages. 32 x 21 cm.This remarkable manuscript once attracted the attention of renowned British food writer Elizabeth David, celebrated for her meticulous research and passion for acquiring cookbooks, culinary ephemera, and historical manuscripts. The manuscript comes from the estate of David’s literary executor, Jill Norman..... More

Montevideo, Uruguay: 1946-1963. Primary School Workbook. Montevideo, 1946. Manuscript notebook comprising a complete academic year of coursework, with extensive handwritten entries and original student illustrations throughout. Accompanied by three pages of inscriptions, notes, and signatures, likely contributed by classmates. Together with a group of twelve autograph letters, early 1960s, written..... More

Cardboard covers. Unpaginated (135 pages). 20 x 12.5 cm. "Friday, March 11, 09 - No letters, Borrowed a paper at noon. There was nothing about the divorce." This is the first three sentences Gladstone Reed wrote in his journal at the age of 16 while he attended boarding school (we..... More