Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin, 1915. Loose_leaf. 17.5 x 12 cm. Color illustrated folded paper menu. Farewell Banquet Given by His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Commissioner-General Haruki Yamawaki in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, December 2, 1915, California Building - Exposition Grounds. Menu: Manhattan Cocktail, Caviar Canapés, Toke Point Oysters on Deep Shell, Consommé..... More

New York: Weil, McGinniss & Sloman, 1933. First Edition. Wraps. 97 pages. 35 x 28 cm. Quarterly magazine specifically produced for the drug and toiletry market. Large format and profusely illustrated. Compelling articles include Ephedra, Congo Medicine, and The Medicine Man; with an early article about "Dr. Seuss" and his..... 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

St. Louis, MO: F. J. Schleicher Paper Box Co. Staplebound. 12 pages. No date, circa late 1920's. Profusely illustrated candy box trade catalog. Two page spread of color illustrations. Frank J. Schleicher (1859-1951) established his Paper Box Company in 1904. Prices in pencil, marked throughout. Cover colored and embossed. More

Morton, Illinois: Getz Power Washer Co., c.1920. Paper. Color illustrated advertisement for washer/ringer. Before the enclosed electric washing machines, homemakers battled the dangerous washing tub/wringer device. This particular porcelain model claims to be "Silent as a kitten's purr" with "quick action...churning up millions of soap bubbles that are forced through..... More

Bonine, 1922. Staplebound. This oversized pamphlet documents the current state in 1922 of The Hawaiian Pineapple Co. Ltd., founded in 1901 by it's original architect, James D. Dole. This tri-fold brochure contains photo illustrations along with descriptions of the history and development of the pineapple industry in Hawaii. Photos captions..... More

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1951. Hardcover. Following the war years, rationing and downright shortages took it's toll on the British appetite. Heath states: "I hope, too, that these recipes will help once again to prove my often reiterated contention that, whatever the circumstances and however modest the ingredients..... More

Atlanta: Cullom & Ghertner, Co., 1948. Hardcover. 102 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Poems and recipes, some written in dialect. Author romanticized southern experience of African Americans. Illustrated throughout. More

n.p. (New York): n.d. (1905). Staplebound. 12 pages. 19.5 x 23.5 cm. Featuring harvesting, the history of seed oyster farming, and H.C. Rowe & Co. associations' history in New Haven. Four halftone photos (oyster process operations & oyster boats) and one page black and white scientific illustration. Covers rubbed. More

St. Louis, Mo. Rombauer/A.C. Clayton Printing Co., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 395 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Self published First Edition. After the tragic deaths of her husband in 1930, during the first years of the Great Depression, Irma Rombauer, a St. Louis host and housewife, cobbled together a cookbook..... More

Philadelphia: The Barker, Moore & Mien Medicine Co., Inc., 1902. Staplebound. 32 pages. A collection of testimonials, illustrations, recipes, along with the 1902 Almanac. Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment was established in 1859 to promote their patent medicine which was sold as a cure-all for both "Man & Beast". Heavily..... More

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1943. Wraps. [title], [1] -117 pages. Copy belonging to Marguerite Chapman, who played Pamela, with her character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. One of a number of comedies made during World War II that built around the "servant shortage" in the US..... More