c. 1920s - 1940s. Ring_bound. This Canadian homemade cookbook is filled with a potpourri of both handwritten, printed, and pasted recipes. The Canadian National Exhibition Cooking School's printed recipes are featured as well as Lake Simcoe Ice Refrigeration and Cooking School recipes. Our author uses anything and everything to write..... More

c. 1955. Hardcover. 25.5 x 13.5 cm. A charming, homemade mid-century cookbook by an unknown maker. To create it, the author ingeniously repurposed a book, covering the outer boards with black wallpaper to make it uniquely her own. Inside are nine envelopes, each decorated with cut-out images of food and..... More

c. 1930. Hardcover. 67 pages (written). 24 x 19 cm. Neatly written homemade cookbook with 206 recipes, 3 handwritten recipes laid in. Our author was fond of baking although there are some savory recipes included and a few remedies. A sampling of recipes include: Birthday Cake, Orange Filling, Boston Cookies..... More

Ontario, Canada: 1910's -1940's. Hardcover. Handwritten cookbook dating from c. 1910 until after 1940. Newspaper clippings reveal the location as Ontario, Canada and most likely handed down from mother to daughter or generation to generation. Truly a "Colossus" containing hundreds of recipes. With many handwritten recipes and remedies including methods..... More

c. 1890. Sewn binding. 7 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Thirty-three distinct and skillfully hand stitched trim samples - each sewn onto a handmade cloth book. During the Victorian era, women were taught the sewing skills for both plain and fancy work - plain sewing was used to mend simple..... More

Berlin, Germany: 1939. Loose_leaf. 28 x 22 cm. Four separate copies of the Nazi government's "fertile frau" award. Translation: In the name of the German People I confer on __________ the premier rank of the Cross of Honor of German Motherhood. Der Fuhrer. These certificates were prepared for the delivery..... More

Rockland, ME: c. 1940-60's. Hardcover. 88 pages. 28 x 21 cm. One can tell, looking at Martha's cookbook, she LOVED to bake. There are over 35 pie recipes, over 40 cake recipes, and many cookie, bread, and muffin recipes to round out the baking side of her writing. Along with..... More

Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, And Webb, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 441 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Catherine Beecher was the eldest daughter in one of the most remarkable families of the 19th century. Catherine was the daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher..... More

Pitcher, Chenango, New York: 1903. Cardboard covers. Kate (Catherine Hakes) Blackman (Aug 31, 1840 - Aug 17, 1917) was born in Pitcher, New York, and raised on a farm, surrounded by many siblings. Kate later married her husband Birdsall Blackman and settled down on a farm in her hometown. Pitcher..... More