[PHOTOGRAPHY] Stereograph Kitchen Scene
c. 1870. Cards. 18 x 8.5 cm. Early photo scene of two women. in a kitchen preparing a meal with pots hanging behind them on a wall. Cards lightly rubbed. More
c. 1870. Cards. 18 x 8.5 cm. Early photo scene of two women. in a kitchen preparing a meal with pots hanging behind them on a wall. Cards lightly rubbed. More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Hardcover. 327 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. The author skillfully combines oral interviews and extensive archival records to show how waitresses adopted the basic tenets of male-dominated craft unions but rejected other aspects of male union culture. Dishing It Out contends that the..... More
Berlin: Berlag von Carl Friedrich Umelang, 1849. Hardcover. 445 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Lovely engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. An essential handbook for aspiring housewives, housekeepers and cooks. Written in "old' German script, or Fraktur. Marbled edges. Interior lightly foxed, otherwise clean. Boards lightly rubbed. From the culinary collection..... More
c. 1920's. Spiral_bound. Unpaginated. 19 .5 x 14 cm. Unique handmade cook book fashioned from a lined, tabbed, loose leaf binder, covered with heavy waxed wallpaper or waxed cloth. Alice has both typed the various recipes along with her hand written recipes. It appears Alice may have gone back and..... More
c. 1890. Sewn binding. 7 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Thirty-three distinct and skillfully hand stitched trim samples - each sewn onto a handmade cloth book. During the Victorian era, women were taught the sewing skills for both plain and fancy work - plain sewing was used to mend simple..... More
Dresden: Max Fisher's Berlagsbuchhandlung, 1898. Hardcover. 333 pages. 18.5 x 14 cm. Translation: New Home Cookbook Recipes and remedies from Eastern Central Germany. Noted recipes for special occasions and holidays. Featuring a year-long menu, broken down by month. Home apothecary cures contain three to four different options for each ailment..... More
Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, And Webb, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 441 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Catherine Beecher was the eldest daughter in one of the most remarkable families of the 19th century. Catherine was the daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. Hardcover. 1112 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Over one hundred years after the first edition of Beeton's Book of Household Management was first published, this first facsimile copy brought this classic cookbook back into American homes. Mrs. Beeton's advice to 'the Mistress', for..... More
Boston: The Libbie Printing Co., c. 1919. Loose_leaf. 24 x 18.5 cm. Broadside calling for EQUAL SUFFRAGE FOR MEN AND WOMEN. Summoning those who might not see the need for Equality, this broadside states "BECAUSE" ten times, while providing various arguments and each time, ending with "They should vote equally..... More
Boston: c. 1919. Loose_leaf. 24 x 18.5 cm. Broadside expressing the infuriating position women find themselves in without the right to vote. "We are forever being told that the place of woman is in the HOME." But in reality, all of the tasks and achievements of women are dependent on..... More
Bernard Geis Associates, 1969. Stated First Edition. 405 pages. 24 x 16 cm. From the former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan comes a saucy cookbook that shows its swagger with chapter titles such as Come fry with me, You love you (food to take to bed), He's mad for sports (and for..... More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Hardcover. 327 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. The author skillfully combines oral interviews and extensive archival records to show how waitresses adopted the basic tenets of male-dominated craft unions but rejected other aspects of male union culture. Dishing It Out contends that the..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1893. First Edition. Paperback. 221 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Scarce copy. The author, Auguste Colombié was a chef, journalist, historian, but most important, a teacher who campaigned for the free cooking/homemaking education for young girls, women, and soldiers. He believed and promoted the instruction of hygiene..... 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
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1830. Hardcover. 432 pages. The author, William Kitchiner M.D. (1775-1827), was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food, science, and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication (Masticate, denticate, chump, grind, and swallow), Kitchiner purportedly did..... More
Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching household cleaning and advice while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb..... More
Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching sewing techniques while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb Medicine, Pills..... More
London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, 1819. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 299 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Frontispiece an engraving of game, colored. Written for the "Females in the middle class society" with "economy and frugality" in mind. Recipes run the gamut from "Pigs Pettitois" (piggy feet) to "Roast Larks" along with..... More
Toronto, Canada: Nestlé Food Company of Canada, Limited, 1927. New Edition. Staplebound wraps. 32 pages, 17 x 13 cm. This Nestlé cookbook contains recipes for their Sweetended Condensed and Evaporated Milk products. It has two full pages of color illustrations of the prepared foods in the center of the book..... More
Richmond, VA: Everett Waddey Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 604 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. The author, speaking of the need for educating the women of her day, notes: "...she is abundantly able to train and instruct all servants in her employ, so that there will be little friction in..... More
Sausalito, CA: POINT, 1987. Paperback. 144 pages. 27 x 19.5 cm. Issue No. 56, Fall 1987. Doing Drag & Male Identity. The author explores the life of Robert Serian, aka Lola Berry. "The Whole Earth Catalog was the proto-blog-a collection of reviews, how-to guides, and primers on anarchic libertarianism printed..... More