United States Beet Sugar Association: Washington, D. C., 1936. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. 62 pages. A description of what beet sugar is, the sugar history, how the beet makes better farms and animals, and how it is manufactured. Included inside - colorful illustrated fold out poster that..... More

Port Huron, Michigan: The Anker-Holth Manufacturing Company, [1916]. staplebound. unpaginated (14 pages), 17.5 x 25.5 cm. This catalog advertises the self-balancing bowl cream separator for any farmer with one or more cows to maximize their profits by collecting all of the cream. It claims 95% of all cream separator malfunctions..... More

Dayton, OH: Frigidaire Corporation, General Motors Corporation, 1932. Reprint. staplebound. 47 pages, 23 x 15.5 cm. With the company's formal crest emblazoned across the front cover, this corporate cookbook ushers you quickly back a time when your refridgerator was as much of a status symbol as your diamond earrings. The..... More

London: Bloomsbury, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 528 pages. This hefty tome is part Cookbook mixed in with a huge portion of artistry along with a colossal sense of aspiration. Harold McGee, the renown food historian declares: "At first glance it looks right. It calls itself a cookbook, bears the names..... More

Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine, 1936. Staplebound. 55 pages, 11 x 16 cm. The Knox Dainties Recipe Book has been expanded in this 1936 edition to include Frozen Dishes with the growing population of households owning electric refridgerators. They mention in the forward of the book that all mechanically..... More

New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1983. Hardcover. 257 pages. The author helps explain why today's women spend as much time doing housework as did her colonial sister. Through historical analysis and in lively style, Cowan explains how we can use our appliances wisely instead of being enslaved by them. Owner's..... More

Le Roy, NY: G.F. Corp. 1934. Staplebound wraps. 21 pages, 14.5 x 10 cm. "Gayer Mealtimes with the New Jell-O" are advertised on the inside cover of this 1934 recipe collection. This was printed along with the redesign and reformulation of Jell-O in 1933. The book itself features many recipes..... More

Portsmouth, NH: Magee Ranges and Stoves, Glenwood Ranges and Stoves, Portsmouth Heating & Plumbing Co., 1893-1905. 10 invoices. This collection of invoices from three kitchen furnishing dealers, all in Portsmouth, NH around the turn of the 20th century, ranges in date from 1893-1905. They are billed to a number of..... More

Rumford, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, 1932. staplebound. 64 pages, 12.5 x 18.5 cm. The Rumford Common Sense Cook Book includes pages of recipes, cooking terms, and instructions. One page informs the homemaker of how to bake “by temperature” as a helpful tidbit to those who had just acquired a gas..... More

Northfield, ME: September 30, 1908. 1 page, 26.5 x 20.5. This letter to Mr. Seth Gray in Marion, ME is handwritten from M.W. Doten on his professional stationary, which reads "Agent for the Tubular Cream Separators". He is advising on a bill for $4.95 for fertilizer, he will come to..... More

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. 163 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Written for the Wine Trade of the times. Chapters include: Successful Selling, Fermentation & Distillation, The Origin & Definition of Wine, Empire Wines, The Vineyards of Europe, North American Wines (U.S.A.), Spirits, Beer & Cyders..... More

Paxton, Ill: N. E. Stevens & Sons, PR. C. 1900. Staplebound wraps. 20 pages. 9 X 16 cm. Invented by Edward Atkinson in the late 1800's, this slow cooking apparatus used a kerosene lamp as fuel. Atkinson felt the amount of coal and wood used as a power source was..... More

New York: Reed & Carnick, c. 1891. Staplebound. 15 pages. 13.5 x 9 cm. Rare advertisement booklet for synthetic milks and other nourishment for young children. Illustrated throughout. An early look at corporate assertion that mother's milk is inferior to manufactured products. Ink stamp on rear cover: 'Morris & Bedford..... More