Dayton: General Motors, 1930. Wraps. 31 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Early refrigerator promotional catalogue. Illustrated throughout. Wrappers rubbed, interior crisp and clean. More

Tacoma, WA: c. 1920. Wraps. 132 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Handbook for Newlyweds including recipes, household and medical advice, personal health, and life lessons. Filled with full page ads for local advertisements suggesting martial bliss. Covers rubbed, interior clean. More

Chicago: National Clock & Mfg. Co., 1900. Cardboard covers. 190 pages. 24 x 10 cm. A cookbook/manuscript all in one. "The National Home Cook Book is provided with BLANK PAGES, permitting one to copy or paste in the proper place the recipe of any particular kind of dish, as every..... More

London: S.O. Beeton, 1861. Hardcover. 1112 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm. "Nothing lovelier can be found In Woman, than to study household good." - Milton First edition in book form. This work originally was published in 24 monthly parts, 1859-1861. Added engraved colored title page, with the Bouverie..... More

c.1920's. Cardboard covers. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Eight handmade pages narrating the process of making thanksgiving dinner: shopping, baking & cooking, guests arriving, saying grace, and the feast, all accompanied by pasted in illustrations. Cardboard covers with blue silk ribbon as an attachment. Handwritten in ink. More

London: Printed for W. Meadow; C. Rivington; and R. Hett, 1730. First Edition. Hardcover. [16] [1] 2-224p., 60 engraved plates, 3 folding, title page printed in red and black. Carter spends the first 11 pages in a chapter titled, "To The READER", in which he partakes in self-praise with some..... More

London: Allen Lane, 1978. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 591 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Signed by David on title page. First edition, second printing. A comprehensive study with nearly half the book devoted to the history and origins of wheat, the technology of milling both before and after the Industrial Revolution..... More

Devonport, England. Staplebound. c. 1900. 24 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A hark back to the golden days of shipbuilding, this fully illustrated pamphlet includes prices and dimensions of their entire inventory. J Gould & Son were one of the many industries/workshops, located in the Royal Navy Yard, specializing in..... More

Ironton, MO: 1909. Cardboard covers. 255 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. An interesting, early community cookbook from Missouri filled with recipes, local advertisements, and illustrations. Black and white photo illustrations portray famed local sites: parks, water features, mountain summits, forts and bridges. One full page local advertisement included has a...... More

Nestle S. A., 1985. Second edition. Wraps. 20 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Nestle’s response to the controversy over their infant feeding products sold in Third World countries. In 1973 the New Internationalist published a critical article of Nestle and its practice of marketing baby formula as a healthy alternative..... More

London: Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. 106 pages. 22 x 15 cm. 1948 reprint of one of the earliest cookery and household recipe books in England, 1602 by Sir Hugh Plat. With chapters on Sir Hugh Plat; his life and writings - Bibliography of Sir Hugh Plat's printed..... More

London: Richard Bentley, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. 372 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. A rare treasure of culinary history and a primary reference source for Alan Davidson, award winning author of Oxford Companion to Food. Davidson notes: "Curiosities is in all probability the first attempt to write a general worldwide..... More

The Continental Baking Company, 1964. Wraps. 19 pages. 10 x 21 cm. A booklet from The Continental Baking Company, showcasing a new factory in Natick, Massachusetts. The "bakery of the future" produces Wonder Bread and Hostess Cakes and provided fresh baked goods for the Boston area. Black and white photos..... More