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
Savannah, Georgia: Graphic Enterprises, [c. 1977]. Stapled Pamphlet. A stapled pamphlet, reproducing the menus of various restaurants in Savannah, Georgia. More
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
Paris: Librairie Audot, 1883. Full Leather. 61st Edition. Rebound in purple calf, with boards blocked in blind; spine; spine fade to yellow with a new label; new marbled endpapers. Chromolithographic frontispiece is lacking; still an attractive copy. 637 pp., plus..... More
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
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
![MENU] THE BOAR’S HEAD RESTAURANT. CHARLOTTE, NC](/pictures/thumb/291334.JPG?v=1591220369)
A single cardstock leaf folded; printed in dark green on pale green stock. With additions in red by typewritier; with a mimeo slip stapled in: “YOU ARE INVITED to try our Dining Room ... the prices on sandwiches are the..... More
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
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
![MENU] THE KING OF THE SEA. NEW YORK, 1944. Adolph Flashner](/pictures/thumb/290664.JPG?v=1591219950)
1944. “The Sea Food you eat today, slept last night in Chesapeake Bay”. From the storied Manhattan”King of the Sea Famous Seafood Restaurant”, dated 1954. To say that this menu is liberally festooned with the days specials would be an..... More
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
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
New York: Delineator Institute, 1931. Soft Cover. Photographic, in text illustrations. Small closed tears to the edges of the covers, and sunning to the spine and perimeters of the covers. Foxing to the title page and verso of the front..... More
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. DJ protected with Mylar..... More
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
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1886. Hard Cover. A book on budget housekeeping from the late 19th century. Some shelfwear to the extremities of the spine. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; black lettering on the..... More
New York: C. M. Saxton and Company, 1857. Soft Cover. First Edition. Text is foxed throughout, and dampstaining to the preliminaries and final leaves. Excessive scotch tape repair to the paper covers, and masking tape along the spine. More
![COOKERY] SEA FOOD EXPLANATION CARD SUGGESTIONS. Charles R. Flanders](/pictures/thumb/284045.JPG?v=1591217159)
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
![CLEAN CLOTHING -- WHY AND HOW [OFF-PRINT]. New York Cleanliness Institute](/pictures/thumb/288422.JPG?v=1591218741)
New York: Cleanliness Institute, [c. 1928]. Stapled Pamphlet. A reprint from educational material published by the Department of Public Information. 14 pps, of household hints -- some of are intriguing: “A Bath for your Umbrella” and “Ironing Problems Affect Selection..... More
![HELPFUL HINTS ON HOUSEHOLD CLEANLINESS [OFF-PRINT]. New York Cleanliness Institute](/pictures/thumb/288420.JPG?v=1591218741)
New York: Cleanliness Institute, [c. 1928]. Stapled Pamphlet. A reprint from educational material published by the Department of Public Information. 20 pps, of household hints -- some of which sound more like directives: “Clean Doorknobs”, “Keep Dish Towels Dainty”... More
[France]: Hachette, [1956]. Hard Cover. Photographic illustrations throughout, some color. Hardcover; photographic paper covered boards. More
Hachette Littérature, 1996. Quarto. Hard Cover. Pictorial boards; binding sound; no markings in text; digital images available upon request. More
![TYPED LETTER SIGNED] COOKING ADVICE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST. Craig Claiborne](/pictures/thumb/288427.JPG?v=1591218743)
1969. Typed letter signed on New York Times letterhead, from Craig Claiborne, the famous food columnist. The text suggests “Indeed I do think that Sauternes ... would be ideal for your souffle. I would serve it highly chilled as always.”..... More
Gold Horse Publishing, 1993. Spiral Bound. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. More
![THE DINNER CALENDAR 1917 [Boxed]. Fannie Merritt Farmer](/pictures/thumb/264977.JPG?v=1591215925)
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