Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1941. Staplebound. 13 pp. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. The Knox Build-Up Plan is a quick and informative health booklet released by Knox Gelatine advertising the health benefits of drinking unflavored Knox Gelatine in water or fruit juice. Claiming the powder to be..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1942. Folded. Unpaginated, 14 x 11 cm. Beginning with a letter addressed to Mrs. Housewife, from Mrs. Knox herself, Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads markets the Knox products to the women of America who are consuming less sugar due to the..... More
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Sherburne, NY: Gaines Food Organization, July 1941. VOL XX, No. 4. Stapled flyers. Unpaginated [3 pp]. 21.5 x 28 cm. Flyer/Zine advertising Gaines Food, a brand of dog food. Gaines strived to establish the quality of their product while expanding their effort to advertise and present sales related news. Zine..... More
New York: The Cocktail, Wine, Beer and Spirit Digest, Inc., 1945. Hardcover. 128 pages. 16 x 12 cm. Signed/Inscribed on front free end paper by the author. Early edition, illustrated throughout. Oscar Haimo, President of the International Bar Manager's Association speaks to the obligation of the professional barman to serve..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. Henry C. Pitz. First Edition. Hardcover. 118 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. A series of short stories about a young girl who enjoys making shoo-fly with her mother, going to the market, and talking to her pop. There are detailed illustrations, including some in..... More
Chicago, IL: National Live Stock and Meat Board, 1946-47. First edition. Staplebound. 40 pages. 20 x 13 cm. "Easy Meat Recipes" was prepared to aid in simplifying meal planning. Brought to you by the Department of Home Economics, chock full of recipes, time tables for cooking, and menu ideas. Clean..... More
NY: Waring Products Corp. 1947. Staplebound. 21 pages, 18 x 9.5 cm. An early recipe booklet for the Waring Blendor, an invention of Fred Osius - financed, completed, and advertised by Fred Waring, a famous entertainer at the time. Waring advertised through many different avenues, including a band titled "The..... More
Chicago, IL: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc., 1940. staplebound wraps. 48 pages, 22 x 15.5 cm. The Dairy Book, edited by Ruth Berolzheimer, the director of the Culinary Arts Institute, sorts its 300 dairy recipes by course. The introduction describes the value and healthfulness of dairy and its importance in a...... More
New York: ECCO PRESS, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. 364 pages. 24.5 x 16 cm. A thoroughly enjoyable read of a remarkable woman. Artemis Cooper takes us through both World Wars, all of Europe, the Mediterranean, India - all while keeping a keen eye on the makings of one of..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. 491 pages. 22 x 15 cm. A fantastic treatise on feasts. A collection of excerpts, sentences, and paragraphs pertaining to "man's fundamental need to celebrate the high points of life by eating and drinking." Interior clean, boards lightly rubbed at edges, dust wrapper..... More