Poughkeepsie, NY: The De Laval Separator Company, 1896. No. 246. Staplebound wraps. 22.5 x 14.5 cm, 28 pages. This booklet advertises the various models of De Laval Cream Separators along with the highlights of the products, their uses, and when one might consider the purchase of one of these fine..... More
Syracuse University Press, 2000. Hardcover. 338 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The auther examines the development and history of the first American appliance - the cast-iron stove. While exploring the shift from fireplaces to stoves for cooking and heating in American homes, Brewer sheds light on changing responses to technology..... More
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Portsmouth, NH: Magee Ranges and Stoves, Glenwood Ranges and Stoves, Portsmouth Heating & Plumbing Co., 1893-1905. 10 invoices. This collection of invoices from three kitchen furnishing dealers, all in Portsmouth, NH around the turn of the 20th century, ranges in date from 1893-1905. They are billed to a number of..... 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
NESCO, [1930-1938]. Form No. 1039. staplebound. 32 pages, 15 x 12.5 cm. Featuring recipes for tons of staple dishes and sides, New Modern Way of NESCO Electric Cooking primarily advertises the two models of NESCO Electric Casseroles and Roasters, some of the first crockpots to hit the market. They use..... More
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Paxton, Ill: N. E. Stevens & Sons, PR. C. 1900. Staplebound wraps. 20 pages. 9 X 16 cm. Invented by Edward Atkinson in the late 1800's, this slow cooking apparatus used a kerosene lamp as fuel. Atkinson felt the amount of coal and wood used as a power source was..... More
NY: Waring Products Corp. 1947. Staplebound. 21 pages, 18 x 9.5 cm. An early recipe booklet for the Waring Blendor, an invention of Fred Osius - financed, completed, and advertised by Fred Waring, a famous entertainer at the time. Waring advertised through many different avenues, including a band titled "The..... More
Port Huron, Michigan: The Anker-Holth Manufacturing Company, [1916]. staplebound. unpaginated (14 pages), 17.5 x 25.5 cm. This catalog advertises the self-balancing bowl cream separator for any farmer with one or more cows to maximize their profits by collecting all of the cream. It claims 95% of all cream separator malfunctions..... More
Canton, OH: The Mason Mfg. Co., 1916. Staplebound wraps. Unpaginated [18 pp]. 21.5 x 14 cm. This Challenge Churn advertisement book utilizes a whole slew of marketing techniques to appeal to its possible consumer, reading almost like a modern day infomercial. Describing 10,000 dollar bond of guarantee, its 500 dollar..... More
Anchorage: Club PARIS Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Large format paperback. 175 pages. 27 x 21 cm. This scarce volume on pressure cooking is concise and packed with over 200 authentic French recipes. Clean, crisp copy. Interior unstained, covers lightly toned. More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1983. Hardcover. 257 pages. The author helps explain why today's women spend as much time doing housework as did her colonial sister. Through historical analysis and in lively style, Cowan explains how we can use our appliances wisely instead of being enslaved by them. Owner's..... More
Paris: ÉDITÉ PAR LA SOCIÉTÉ ALS. THOM, 1933. Hardcover. 293 pages. 18 x 12 cm. The author was the former editor of the gastronomic periodical, Culina, and here is attempting to prevail on the public that the Electric Appliance is here to stay. Text in French. Interior pages toned, with..... More
1898: 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
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London: R. Twining & Co., Ltd., nd c. 1910. Hardcover. 43 pages. 25 x 17.5 cm. Published by R. Twining & Co., Ltd. (Teamen to His Majesty), on the occasion of the celebration of the bicentenary of the first establishment of their business by Thomas Twining at ye sign of..... More
Georgetown, Delaware: Sussex Prints, 1977. Cards. 96 pages. Fully illustrated by Daniel G. Coston Jr. Everything one needs to know about the art of cooking with shellfish. Covers heavily stained, interior clean. 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: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1849. Second Edition. Hardcover. 441 pages. 19 x 13 cm. In this playful but extensive cook book, Soyer utilizes the conversation between two women to bring the everyday language into the text. Mrs. L. and Mrs. B. speak of the their own trials and tribulations..... More
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London: W.R. LOFTUS LIMITED, c. 1940's. Wraps. Unpaginated. [3 pp.] 22 x 15 cm. Illustrated cocktail trade catalog featuring barware. Previously folded, lightly soiled. More