Hardcover. Unpaginated. 30 x 19 cm. 1850 inscription on free end paper. Alphabetical Index with pasted in recipes. This large format, ephemera filled manuscript is a look back at New England in the mid 1800's. One of the pasted in pieces is "Miss Parloa's series began this morning" - The..... More

Christiana: P. T. Mallings Boghandel, 1874. Hardcover. Interesting and unusual repurposed grammar book that had a second life as a storehouse for recipes, pasted in, handwritten, as well as newspaper articles. Biddy Bye, a syndicated Woman's Page Editor, is identified as the author of some of these newspaper articles, which..... More

Large hand-illustrated French Menu dated May 25, 1947. 75 x 54 cm (108 cm. open) This menu was made for a First Communion, painted on front and back covers as well as the interior. The menu was signed by family and friends that were present at the event. The front..... More

London: S. O Beeton, 1861. First Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. 1112 pages. 18 x 11.5 x 7 cm. First edition in book form. This work originally was published in 24 montly parts, 1859-1861. 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

Cyrus, Minnesota: 1973. Wraps. Unpaginated (approx. 300 pages). 16 x 12 cm. Community church cookbook, by all accounts self-made, out of colored construction paper, yarn, and scraps of wallpaper (for the wrapper). Author/creator of recipes accompany each recipe along with many proverbs and verse. 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

1877. Essays. Wraps. 159 pages. 15.5 x 10 cm. Author's inscription on free end paper: Louisa A. Headlam - Feb. 5th - 1877. Wide range of hand written recipes, all by the same author on lined paper with acknowledgment to original authors included. Containing recipes for Pommes au Beurre, Falkland..... 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

Abington, Massachusetts: Baker Printing Company, c. 1915. Staplebound. 48 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by GUILD members. Filled with period local advertisements. Cover illustration of church. Pages toned, covers lightly soiled and chipped. More

New York: The Century Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 165 pages. 13 x 7 cm. A stylish tale describing the ritual of Madeira tasting during Philadelphia's gilded age. All edges gilt, embossed leather, marbled end papers. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. Bright, crisp and clean copy. More