Rockford, Illinois: Geo. D. Roper Corporation, [c. 1922]. Stapled Pamphlet. A 40 page pamphlet with a number of pages of recipes to use when cooking with your Roper Oven. Plus some marketing about what a swell oven a Roper is... More about CARE-FREE HOME COOKING WITH ROPER. A BOOK THAT DEMONSTRATES A NEW EPOCH IN THE ART OF COOKING
New York: John Dwight and Company, [1894]. Stapled Pamphlet. Advertising recipe book, promoting Dwight’s Super-Carb Soda (Dwight’s evolved into the Arm & Hammer Co). In chromolithographed wrappers; small piece missing at the bottom of the front panel near the spine;..... More about DWIGHT’S COW-BRAND COOK-BOOK
Librairie Grund, 1998. Pictorial Boards. A sumptuous Italian cookbook in French The First Edition in French.. There is a previous owner gift inscription on the front endpaper; otherwise, a clean copy. More about L’Italie (French
Covering a period of several years, this is an active hostess’ dinner party planning book, with seating charts, menus including wines, and comments (sometimes quite funny: re dinner at a bridge party -- “weird dinner but cheap”). We don’t know..... More about MENU & DINNER PARTY PLANNING BOOK. 1990’s
General Mills, 1949. Soft Cover. The war was over and the boomers were booming! General Mill’s new line of automatic toasters was part of it. Recipes too -- club sandwiches! welsh rabbit! 12 unnumbered pages in printed wrappers. With string... More about TOAST THE BETTY CROCKER WAY. WITH THE NEW GENERAL MILLS AUTOMATIC TOASTER
Self-published, 1953. Comb Binding. Second Editoin. Red card stock covers in a comb binding. 136 pp. There is a bit of “bleed” on the first and last leaves of the book from the red cardstock covers. More about TRIED AND TESTED RECIPES OF COLLECTED BY THE WOMEN’S AUXILIARY OF CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH...
New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2009, 2010, 2001. The set in three volumes. Volume I is a reprint and is lacking the fold-out poster with which it was issued. Volume II is a First Edition, and has the bonus... More about GOOD EATS (3 VOLUMES): THE EARLY YEARS, THE MIDDLE YEARS 2; THE LATER YEARS 3
Adam & Charles Black, 1939. Hard Cover. First Edition. A nice copy of this uncommon book on cooking fish. There is no writing or other marks in the book. The dustjacket is bright; it has some minor loss at the... More about FROM CREEL TO KITCHEN. HOW TO COOK FRESH-WATER FISH
Chicago, Illinois: American Meat Institute, 1941. Stapled Pamphlet. Third Edition. A cookbook for Good Foods Made with Lard, third edition issued by the American Meat Institute. Beginning of separation to the edges of the spine, wear along the spine, and... More about GOOD FOODS MADE WITH LARD
Atsugi, Japan: Pacific Stars & Stripes, 1959. Comb Binding. First Edtiion. The wrappers have some spotting and there’s a small stain on the verso of the front panel and the title page. The rear panel has some creasing. More about COOKS’ TOUR COOKED UP BY THE ATSUGI ALL WIVES
Harmony, 1994. Hard Cover. Inscribed. No pencil or ink markings in text. Very small bump at bottom edge of front board near middle. Boards clean. Dustjacket clean. Slight curling at top edge of front dustjacket cover. Digital pictures of book... More about LA POTINIERE AND FRIENDS
South Bend, Indiana: The Malleable Steel Range Mfg. Co., [1907]. Stapled Pamphlet. With history and advertising for the Malleable Steel Range cooking appliances, as well as numerous recipes for staple foods; images of several different Malleable Ranges, as well as... More about KITCHEN ECONOMY COMFORT COOKING. SELECT COOKING RECEIPTS
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Boston, Mass. M. F. Foley Co., [1936]. Hard Cover. A seafood reference guide, prepared for the patrons of the M. F. Foley Co., a wholesale and retail ‘fish house’ in Boston. This book could be used by the private chefs..... More about COOKERY] SEA FOOD EXPLANATION CARD SUGGESTIONS
Hachette Littérature, 1996. Quarto. Hard Cover. Pictorial boards; binding sound; no markings in text; digital images available upon request. More about SAVEURS & TERROIRS DE PROVENCE
Gold Horse Publishing, 1993. Spiral Bound. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. More about DOLL LOVERS COOK BOOK
Macdonald | The Cookery Book Club, 1968. Hard Cover. Reprint Edition. A bright copy of this Cookery Book Club edition. There is no writing or other marks in the book. The dustjacket is now protected with a new mylar cover. More about MEDITERRANEAN AND FRENCH COUNTRY FOOD
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1931. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. 280pp. A bright copy signed without inscription by Emma Speed Sampson on the front endpaper. The recipes are presented in a narrative style, and the narrative is... More about MISS MINERVA’S COOK BOOK
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New York: Sully and Kleinteich, [1917]. Tied Wrappers. Quite a nice copy of The Dinner Calendar for 1917, housed in original publisher’s box. Tied with a silk cord, the front cover of the calendar has a small chip and a.... More about THE DINNER CALENDAR 1917 [Boxed
Waseca, MN: Walter’s Publishing, [2001]. A substantial cookbook, bound in the publisher’s loose-leaf notebook. More about THE COOKBOOK. 1651-2001. 350 YEARS GLOUCESTER VIRGINIA CELEBRATES
Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1925. Hard Cover. Fifty Fifth Edition. Fifty Fifth edition of Henriette Davidis-Holle’s Practical Cookbook. Arguably Germany’s most famous and influential cookbook author, and certainly her best known work, which remained prominent throughout..... More about PRAKTISCHES KOCHBUCH FÜR DIE GEWÖHNLICHE UND SEINERE KÜCHE. UNTER BESONDERER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG...
[Hotel Corporation of America], [1954]. With recipes of the specialties of the great American hotels -- The Edgewater Beach in Chicago; Hotel Roosevelt in New York; The Mayflower in Washington; etc. Tab indexed; mid-century illustrations. 32 pp. More about SPECIALITE DE LA MAISON. REGIONAL HOTEL RECIPES
New York: [1977]. Hard Cover. Translated from the French of Huguette Couffignal by James Kardon, with illustrations by Susan Marsh; the First English Edition of The Peoples’ Cook Book. Textblock cracked at pp. 184/185, but holding well. With no marks... More about THE PEOPLES’ COOK BOOK. STAPLES, DELICACIES, & CURIOSITIES FROM THE EARTH’S HUMBLE KITCHENS
London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited, 1963. Hard Cover. Second Impression. A clean copy of the Second Impression, with no marks of any kind in the book. The dustjacket has minor loss at the top of the spine; it has... More about MRS. BEETON’S FAMILY COOKERY
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1975. Hard Cover. First Edition. This First Edition copy signed by Jan McBride Carlton with a personal inscription on the front endpaper; otherwise a clean copy with no marks. There is some light and... More about THE OLD-FASHIONED COOKBOOK (Signed
Guatemala, C. A. Impreso en los Talleres de Editorial “Luz”, 1962. Soft Cover. Sexta Edicion. Sixth edition of Julia de Montano’s cookbook; an example of traditional Latin American cooking from Guatemala, Centroamerica. Soiling and wear to the printed paper covers..... More about RECETAS DE COCINA POR JULIA N. DE MONTANO