Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1954. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1956. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. Clean copy. More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1958. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. More
New York: Oxmoor House, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 256 pages. 23 x 20 cm. Delightful homemade sweets are the perfect way to spread some holiday joy. Color illustrated throughout. More
Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1950. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. A cheery little hand-book of holiday cookery filled with old-time recipes and fun period graphics. Boards lightly toned. More
![MANUSCRIPT] [CULINARY] [REPURPOSED] Beginner English Grammar Book for Danes; Altered grammar book...](/pictures/thumb/2393.jpg?v=1610745088)
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, along with some newspaper articles. Biddy Bye, a syndicated Woman's Page Editor, is identified as the author of a couple articles, helping narrow the..... More
Surrey, England: John F. Renshaw & Company Limited, c. 1930. Wraps. 49 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. 35 color plates. A full description of the production and process of making Marzipan along with recipes for everything from Macaroons (Dutch, Italian, French), Almond Short Cake, French Gâteaux, and many more. Instructions..... 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. Previous owner's stamp on front cover and first three pages. 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 heavily chipped, interior clean and crisp. 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: 1940. Ors, Sinclair. First Hardcover Edition. Staplebound wraps. 62 pages. 24 x 18 cm. Recipes, quips, and cartoons by the who's who of Guests and contributors include - John Steinbeck, Upton Sinclair, William Powell, Gertrude Stein, Walt Disney, and many more. Pages toned, dust wrapper chipped and..... More
![GELATIN] Dainty Dishes Made of Knox Gelatine. Charles B. Knox Company](/pictures/thumb/1908.jpg?v=1560029259)
Charles B. Knox Company, 1910. Staplebound. 10 pages. 6.03 x 8.26 cm. This tiny cookbook, from the Charles B. Knox company itself, is brimming with recipes for "solid, yet not tough" jellies suited for the Busy Housekeeper. Colored illustrations of gelatin sherbets, molds, and cakes throughout. Toned pages, with closed..... More
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1889. Hardcover. 61 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Almond Cake to Walnut Sucrés, and everything in-between. Covers 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
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1889. Hardcover. 70 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Carefully selected from old family recipes and demonstration lessons. Covers rubbed, light staining to pages. More
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1891. Hardcover. 88 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Appealing recipes including some eye-catching titles such as - Alma Mater Soup ("Take a sheep's -head and pluck...") & His Excellency's Soup, and fish dishes including - 9 Eel recipes & 21 Sole recipes. Covers heavily rubbed..... More
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1888. Hardcover. 80 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Appealing recipes including sweets such as - Apricot Charlotte Russe & Pineapple Pudding à la Métropole, and light supper dishes such as - Lobster à la Tarragon Cream & Small Mutton Pies. Covers rubbed. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 338 pages (plus index). 19 x 12 cm. Ellsworth suggests a lack of staff to run her household and being "utterly, crushingly bored" with shopping for food, inspired her to write this book. A fun read, with some classic recipes. The..... More
![BRITISH] [MILITARY] Catering Menu for the Officers in the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the West...](/pictures/thumb/1742.jpg?v=1551365237)
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: Faber and Faber, 1943. Hardcover. 80 pages. 19 x 13 cm. During the war years, rationing and downright shortages took it's toll on the British appetite. Heath attempted to create recipes that helped support calorie and vitamin needs while fashioning appetizing dishes. This book was not intended to be..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Hygienic Society Recipes; Souvenir Edition With favorite Dishes of well-known...](/pictures/thumb/1990.jpg?v=1565740764)
Stamford: c. 1915. Cardboard covers. 22 x 15.5 cm. 14 envelopes, 1 two-sided cardboard-weight title page, with a Forward on the reverse. Envelopes contain printed recipes (8 X 15 cm.) attributed to local authors along with personally collected recipes and handwritten recipes. Envelope headings: Soups, Fish, Meats, Poultry, Meat and..... 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