Chicago, IL: The Hotel Monthly, 1904. Eighth Edition. Leather-bound. 16mo, 5.75 in. x 3.5 in., pp. 241, xiii (advertising). Illustrated with frontispiece of author. Flexible burgundy leather covers, with gilt title to front. Rounded board and leaf corners. Rubbing to extremities. Corner repair to bottom corner of front board. Chips..... More
New York: M. Barrows and Company, Inc., 1947. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow boards with dark green lettering. Book itself shoes very minor soiling and a few stains, mostly to endpapers.The dustjacket shows past water contact (the pasta boiled over!) and is rippled, but fully there. $2.00 price tag..... More
London, England: Alexander Gardner, 1888. Softcover. Softcover, 8.2 in. x 5.4 in., pp. 80, [2] (advertising). Light beige paper covers with black title to front. Blue cloth spine. Rubbing to extremities. Soiling to edges and corner wear. Four inch crease to back cover. Front hinge exposed; first few leaves laid..... More
Waseca, Minn. Herter's, Inc., 1974. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 400. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings by the authors. Gold cloth-covered boards with brown title and Herter's insignia to front, and brown title to spine. Bumped corners. Spine lean. Dark smudges to..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Proctor and Gamble, 1921. Very early printing. Softcover. Small (7 in. x 5 in.) gray softcover, lettered, designed and ruled in gilt-trimmed black. Blue endpapers. Very minor corner rubbing, and evidence of several pages having been corner-folded. Loaded with lovely color illustrations of breads, cakes, completed meals, table..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Proctor and Gamble, 1919. Very early printing. Softcover. Small (7 in. x 5 in.) gray softcover, lettered, designed and ruled in gilt-trimmed black. Blue endpapers. Minor thumbing. Creasing to rear endpaper. Loaded with lovely color illustrations of breads, cakes, completed meals, table setting, etc. Last page advertises Crisco..... More
London, England: Marshall's School of Cookery / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, c. 1888. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.3 in. x 5 in., pp. 576, 1-41 (advertising). Undated. Fifty-fifth Thousand. Dark green pabblecloth with fame stamped in blind to front and rear, and gilt title to..... More
1864. Hardcover. 8vo. Brick-red stamped cloth. Cloth binding repaired at joints. Stains and large dog-ear to pp.135/136. Light to moderate foxing to first 25 pages, and last 14 pages. Nine page section on preparing food for invalids. Classic and now very scarce American cook book. Very few copies in worldwide..... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Tall paperback (10 in. x 5 in.), decorated card dustjacket, over thinner card covers. Pages with handsome light green borders, handsome font, printed on high quality thick paper. Each page of recipes is immediately followed by a largely blank page, with..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: John W. Luce & Company, 1906. Will Jenkins. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth boards with decoration and lettering stamped to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities and a few smudges to front board. "...195 x 123 mm. [1] [2-14] [15]; 112 leaves. pp. [8] [1] 2-209 [210]..... More
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA: 1948. Woodcuts by V.C. Wynn-Edwards, Andre Bieler, Irene Tuzo. Staplebound Pamphlet. Red staplebound pamphlet, card covers (9 in. x 6 in.), with black lettering and graphic of black whale to cover. 64 pp. Sour Cream Pancakes, Chowder for a Foggy Day, Braised Moose, Pigeons en Casserole, Sea..... More
Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1915. 20th Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 5.5 x 7.75 in., pp. 211, Stated 20th Edition. Green-gray boards with black title and design to front and spine. Rubbing to spine edges shows exposed traces of the cloth underneath. Front hinge shows a little play. Three round red-ink..... More
Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen Journals Limited, 1932. Card Covers. Small, staplebound pamphlet, (7 1/4 in. x 4.75 in.) of grey, buckram-covered stiff cardboard. 104 pp. in all (94 pp. of text, and 9 dot-lined pages of notes, of which 8 are yet blank, the first one having handwritten ingredients for "Treacle..... More
North Adams, Massachusetts: Walden & Crawley, printers, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth with small gilt seal of the city of North Adams on the cover. Octavo. General wear to cover, binding tight. 175 pages plus 20 pages of period advertisements. Text clean with some small stains [possibly from cooking]..... More
