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Chicago, IL: Morton Salt Company, 1935. Staple-bound Pamphlet. Good. Advertising magazine, 10.8 in. x 8.3 in., pp. 40. Pictorial paper covers and versos in full color. Pages in red and black ink. Old tape stains and rubbing to spine, but holding. Light thumbing to corners. Two pages (8 in. x 5 in.) of recipes for brine-cured meat handwritten… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1910. Good Plus. 16mo, 5.6 in. x 4.25 in., pp. 89. Illustrated with sixteen drawings and photographs. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine.Rubbing to extremities. Bottom corners lightly nudged. Light age-toning to unmarked interior. Hinge split at p 77/78, but mull holding well. Information, instruction and recipes to nourish… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Drake and Company, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo, 5.75 in. x 2.75 in., pp. 135, [1] (advertising). Contemporary red cloth on stiff boards with rounded corners. Black title and design of relaxing drinker stamped to front. Red edges. Light fraying to bottom right edge of front board; front board slightly warped. On… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Illinois: Charles Apell (Self-Published), 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Navy blue boards double ruled in red, with gilt lettering to front board and spine. (8 7/8 in. x 6 3/8 in.). Rubbing to extremities. Solidly bound. Hundreds of tested recipes, and many drawings of machinery. "Knowing the demand there is today for a candy teacher… Read more about this item

New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Plus. 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 space to fill in the… Read more about this item

London, England: Alexander Gardner, 1888. Softcover. Good only. 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 in. Fragile. Straight-forward essential and basic… Read more about this item

Waseca, Minn: Herter's, Inc, 1974. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Good Only. 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 boards. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning to… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: The Hotel Monthly, 1904. Eighth Edition. Leather-bound. Good Only. 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 to top/bottom of spine. Booksellers sticker… Read more about this item

Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1915. 20th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. 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 stamps to front endpaper. Final… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Proctor and Gamble, 1919. Very early printing. Softcover. Very Good. 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, available in 1, 1.8, 3, 6,… Read more about this item

New York: M. Barrows and Company, Inc, 1947. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Only Dustjacket. 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 on jacket,… Read more about this item

Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen Journals Limited, 1932. Card Covers. Very Good. 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 Scones". A bit of wear to… Read more about this item

1864. Hardcover. Good only. 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 institutions, according to WorldCat.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Proctor and Gamble, 1921. Very early printing. Softcover. Very Good. 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 setting, etc. Last page advertises Crisco,… Read more about this item

North Adams, Massachusetts: Walden & Crawley, printers, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 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] a few pencil marks to margins and… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: John W. Luce & Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Will Jenkins. 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] [6]. Leaf 15, contains publisher's advertisements;… Read more about this item

Paris: Gustave Barba, 1844. Hardcover. Good Plus. In French: [5] 606 pages. Illustrations for table setting. 1/2 leather over marbled boards, spine title in gilt, octavo. Corners bumped and chafed, some scratches and small scuffs to spine, some spotting and scratches to boards, textblock square, binding sound. Interior foxed. Viart was said to have been chef to both… Read more about this item