Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885. Octavo, 536 + [2] ads. First edition, early, but not first, printing. Originally published in 1884, although copyright 1883. Except for the ads, the pagination of the 1884, '85, '86 & '87 printings were identical. The milestone cookbook from the first principal of the Boston Cooking School and a student of Maria Parloa. According to the preface, the work was "undertaken at the urgent request of.....

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1929. Octavo, 145 pages. FIRST EDITION. Several plates showing title pages and illustrations from cookery books. Important early bibliography of American cookery books, listing 490 titles with author's annotations. Rebound in quarter-cloth over blue boards with "Bibliography" written by hand in red ink, has rubbing and some wear to edges.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1890. Small octavo, 80, [1] ads. First edition. A guide for hosting a dinner and to the etiquette of attending. Attention is paid to various levels of dinner parties, from informal to formal, and to proper invitations. Behavior at the table, company dinners, setting the table and arranging a menu are all included. Some light foxing throughout, in gilt-stamped, green cloth. Tidemark to.....

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Co., [1908]. Octavo, 105, [1] pages. The second printing, with the price of 35 cents on the printed cover. The second in a series of five collections of prize-winning recipes issued under the Los Angeles Times imprint between 1902 and 1917. According to Glozer, this volume was first published in 1908, although others indicate 1905 or '06. This collection offers, according to the front cover, "One Thousand.....

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872. Octavo, 123 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Facing English and French texts. Third edition, an early facsimile of the original G.&C. Carwill edition of 1827. In 1829, Cargill issued a slightly expanded edition with some changes in the translation. Loubat was among the first to recognize the potential of American soil for quality wine grapes. He claims to have planted as many.....

New Orleans, LA: F.F. Hansell & Bro, [1915]. Octavo, 268 pages. Frontispiece. Third edition, styled "Second edition". While the title page states "1885" it was likely printed about 1915. A classic American cookbook, and one of the great books of Creole cuisine. The original was one of the first two books on the subject.; it was anonymously printed in 1885, but it is generally accepted that Lafcadio Hearn is the.....

Undated. Octavo, 72 hand-numbered pages. Handwritten recipes in a ruled notebook. Manuscript notebook for a "Division #1 food class" by a Gloria Holden. Penciled in neat cursive, topics include notes on food preservation; cold pack methods for tomatoes, peaches, and pears; nutritional value of fruit; general rules for cereals; breakfast and lunch menus; rules for waiting tables; food value of vegetables; plus thirty recipes. Composition notebook; corners and text-block edges.....

St Louis. MO: [circa 1940]. One page autographed letter signed, from Irma Rombauer, author of The Joy of Cooking, and a major figure in the history of American cooking. Addressed to Louise [Diallo],The last name was supplied by the seller and is not indicated on the letter itself. In black ink on cream colored stationery printed in brown, "Mrs. Edgar Rombauer - 5712 Cabanne Avenue - St. Louis - Mo.....

New York: Robinson & Franklin, 1839. Duodecimo, 216 pages. With a folding table depicting a table setting, as well as two other engravings: one a butchering guide and the other James and Cornell's Improved Cooking Stove. Later American edition, substantially abridged. Originally published under the title A New System of Domestic Cookery, London 1806 or 1807. Handsomely rebound by St. Michael's Abbey in full brown calf, with red morocco spine.....

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Octavo (21.5 x 14.5 cm.), xxii, 230 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Full-page black-&-white reproductions of watercolors and illustrated chapter headings. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION, in a second state dust jacket, with "$3.00" on the flap. ~ Idiosyncratic, literary elucidation of cookery as described in the memoir of a “northern” transplant to a small community in a corner of Alachua County (in north-central Florida). Widely venerated.....

[New York]: [T.W. Marsden], 1866. Sewn booklet with wrapper (17 x 11 cm.), [32] pages. Evident FIRST EDITION of this promotional item for T.W. Marsden, makers of popular patent medicines such as Marsden's Pectoral Balm, and Marsden's Carminative Syrup. The content is a mixture of culinary, household, and medicinal recipes, with the latter employing a Marsden's product, of course. Also included are lists of the agents for various products across.....

New York: International Magazine Company Inc., 1933. Small octavo, 254 pages. First edition of this popular Good Housekeeping cookbook. A bit of wear to spine head and foot, otherwise a fine copy, in publisher's green and white printed cloth. No dust jacket, as issued.

[Place of publication not identified]: 1839. Stab-sewn booklet (25 x 15.5 cm.), 46 pages. Bastard title page. FIRST EDITION. A landmark legal action, containing the Report, Minority Report, and finally the Act to regulate the sale of alcohol in the state of Massachusetts This was the first attempt to regulate temperance by law, limiting the sale of alcohol in quantities smaller than fifteen gallons. The Act passed April 19th of.....