Surrey, England: John F. Renshaw & Company Limited. Wraps. 49 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. 35 color plates. ca. 1930's. Description of the production of Marzipan along with recipes for everything from Macaroons (Dutch, Italian, French), Almond Short Cake, French Gâteaux, and many more. Also instructions and color illustrations for... More
Chicago: Angelus-Campfire Company, 1939. Staplebound. Upaginated. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Fun, deco illustrated marshmallow recipe booklet. Wraps toned, interior clean. More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1953. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 62 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. Dust wrapper price clipped and chipped. Interior crisp and clean. More
Chicago: Culinary Arts Institute, 1951. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 856 pages. 21 x 14 cm. A classic cookbook for the American Homemaker, originally published 1938, edited and revised from the Delineator Cookbook. Cover reads "Sears Roebuck And Co. The Kenmore Binding Of The American Woman's Cook Book." Full-color illustrations including lovely... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 285 pages. "Many men like to cook and are plenty good at it, too, so we weren't surprised to find out that the same goes for the boys we know. That made us decide that it was about time a cook... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 262 pages. Presentation copy from the authors, Helen Evans Brown [and in Philips' hand] and Philip S. Brown. Crisp, clean copy. More
Del Monte, California: 1936. Staplebound wraps. 7 1/2 x 6 in. 43 pages. First edition. Original cook book for the Del Monte Hotel. Recipes, quips, cartoons by the famous of 1920's-1930's. Once a luxury hotel, it is now The Naval Post Graduate School of the United States Navy. Guests and... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 424 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Recipes from our favorite first lady of French cooking, a complete collection of all the recipes that Julia demonstrated on the TV program "The French Chef". Interior clean, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. More
New York: Hermitage Press, Inc., 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 426 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Infused with entertaining vignettes and technical instructions which were collected during De Knight's travels from South Carolina to Michigan; conducting interviews and gathering recipes along the way. Freda De Knight was the food editor for... More
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1888. 82 pages. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. A multitude of game recipes beginning with Blackbird Pie and ending with Salmi of Woodcocks á la Lucullus. Boards rubbed. More
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1888. 82 pages. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. "I have had much pleasure in culling from all the vegetable gardens of the culinary world the recipes which will be found in this little book, and am still hunting in the happy grounds of cookery..." Edges rubbed. More
York, England: 1886. Loose_leaf. 32 x 20 cm. This menu,written by Halliwell, a local master of ceremonies and freemason, was made to accommodate and service the 3rd and 4th battalions' officers of the West Riding Regiment, formerly known as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The officers were lodged in the... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 155 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. A profusion of recipes from Britain's prolific food writer. From soups to savories, Heath does not disappoint. Dust wrapper rubbed with 1 cm. loss to back cover. Interior toned. More
Cambridge, MA: Lever Brothers Company, 1940's. Staple bound Wraps. 48 pages. 18 x 15 cm. Black and white - color photography. Spry was a brand of vegetable shortening produced by the Lever Brothers starting in 1936, a competitor for Proctor & Gambles Crisco. Lightly rubbed. More
Northhampton, MA: INTERLINK BOOKS, 2017. Paperback. 352 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. The rich culinary heritage of Aleppo comes to life in this tribute to the Syrian city at the ancient Mediterranean crossroads. While acknowledging that war, migration and clime change challenge modern-day Aleppo, Marlene Matar, Lebanese chef of television... More
Budapest: Iras Kiado, 1994. Shepard, Ernest H. Paperback. 231pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. A wonderful collection of recipes, each with an appropriate quotation from Winnie-the-Pooh at The House at Pooh Corner such as, 'A party, for Me?' thought Pooh to himself. 'How Grand!' Recipes include: Sugar Mice, Honey nut bread... More
Anaheim: Mutual Citrus Products Company, Inc., 1938. Staplebound. 64 pages. 15 x 10 cm. A generously composed hostess book complete with suggestions for creating a blissful home, enjoying an afternoon tea, or hosting a wedding breakfast & receptions. More
Rochester, NY: Certo Corp. 1929. First edition. Staplebound. 22 pages. 18 x 12 cm. A promotional pamphlet with recipes for everything from layer cake with jam filling to a rice dish featuring jam. Color illustrations. Pristine condition. More
Philadelphia: Arnold and Company, 1889. Hardcover. 74 pages. 19 x 13 cm. From the nineteenth-century American prodigious cookbook writer and author of Philadelphia Cook Book, Canning and Preserving, and Hot Weather Dishes - Rorer (1849 - 1937) was a cooking teacher, a speaker and a newspaper columnist. Superb copy, clean... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843 and 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 196 & 154 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. First edition, here issued bound as one. The Complete Cook's illustrations feature carving. The Complete Confectioner has one page of illustrations; modeling tools. Final 10 pages filled with advertisements. Pages tanned, edges... More
Taunton, Mass. The Commercial Print, Publishers, 1906. First Edition. Wraps. Unpaginated. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. New-England Cookbook, over 50 pages of delightful recipes including Shrimp Wiggle, Popcorn Pudding, Scotch Woodcock, with an inlaid handwritten recipe for "doughnuts that take so little fat." Recipes attributed to local authors. Unusual advertisements -... More
Chicago: Woman's World Magazine Co., 1927. Wraps. 50 pages. 20 x 13 cm. A surprisingly interesting array of salad and sandwich combinations such as: Lemon Prune Sandwiches (prunes, grated lemon rind, lemon juice, powdered sugar, peanut butter) or 1,2,3 Salad (Bermuda onion, dill pickles, apples). Illustrated in black and green throughout. Covers and spine rubbed. More
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