Sandwich, MA: Shawme Press, Inc., 1916. Octavo, 73 pages. Second printing, revised and enlarged. Illustrated with delightful line drawings of a clambake, dunes, farmhouses, etc. Originally printed in 1911. With a foreword in poem form by Joseph C. Lincoln of Harwichport. Recipes include: macaroni and clams, oyster curry, old fashioned spider corn cake, doughnuts (much talk here about doughnuts!), tomato marmalade, and "sea foam." Some offsetting to endpapers, and an.....

New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1875. Octavo, 459, [2] pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. The second in the author's "Common Sense in the Household" series. Marion Harland was the pen name of Mary Virginia Terhune, a Virginia born novelist and author of non-fiction, mostly for women. She wrote a number of cookbooks and domestic works, and was the first woman elected to the Virginia Historical Society. Her daughter, Christine Terhune.....

Baltimore, MD: I. & M. Ottenheimer, Publishers/Crawford & Co., 1907. Octavo, 156, [4] pages. Later, Baltimore printing. One of the many cookbooks from the prolific author who wrote under the pseudonym Marion Harland. Some flyspecking to rear end papers, otherwise very good, lightly edgeworn but presentable in an illustrated white oilcloth binding. [OCLC locates ten copies of this printing; not in Cagle].

Chicago; Lunenberg, Vermont: [by the author; printed at the Stinehour Press], 2004. Octavo (23.5 x 16 cm.), 145 pages. FIRST EDITION. Privately printed cookbook. Fine copy in gilt-stamped red cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Scarce. [OCLC locates no copies].

Savannah: The Beehive Press, 1975. Small octavo (21 x 13 cm.), 59, [1] pages. FIRST EDITION, limited to 300 copies, one hundred for the author and two hundred for the publisher. Harwell's elegant volume provides a delightful foray into the ceremonial, traditional, and regional history of the Old South's favorite drink. Taking the reader through several oft-debated recipes for creating the perfect julep, Harwell unveils the elusive history behind the.....

New Haven: Healy & Bigelow Publishers, 1891. 17 x11.5 cm, 64 pages. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A promotional cookbook for Healy & Bigelow's Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company. Cooking advice and over one hundred recipes for beverages; breads, biscuits, etc.; cakes; candies; cheap breakfast; farmer's dinner; fish; food for the sick; pies and puddings; poultry; roasts; soups; vegetables; warm-over dishes; and miscellaneous dishes. Verso of each page has testimonials and information.....

New York: Published by Leavitt & Allen, no. 379 Broadway, [1857]. Octavo, 360, 61, xii, pages. Engraved title and frontispiece. Illustrated with two engraved plates. A later American edition of this work, originally titled The Housekeeper's Instructor (London 1791), including Hughson's improvements and the New Family Receipt Book, reprinted here with separate pagination. As Cagle reminds us, "this is an entirely different work from Elizabeth Hammond's Modern Domestic Cookery." Chapters.....

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1907. Octavo, 126 pages. FIRST EDITION. A nicely designed and charmingly written cookbook (except for the swipe at the New Englander's taste for brown bread and baked beans for supper). The recipes are in narrative paragraph form. printed in brown and black throughout. In patterned tan cloth, with illustrated paste-down, and printed text. Inscribed by the author on the half-title.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1910. Octavo, 407 pages. Later printing, first issued in 1909. Photographically illustrated. Starts off with a basic scientific explanation of foods, the chemistry of cooking and biology of nutrition, as understood at the time. A thorough list of kitchen needs, equipment and staples, is next. And finally recipes, aimed at the newlywed and small household. Some light wear, otherwise very good in publisher's black and.....

[Minneapolis]: The Buzza Company, [1920-1929]. Tall, stapled and cord-sewn booklet (26 x 11 cm.), [48] pages, including blanks at the end for handwritten recipes. Illustrated with two color vignettes. Printed throughout in black and green. FIRST EDITION. Author and illustrator information from title page verso, "Compiled by Florence Hofflin, designs by L.V. Mero". An attractive publication from the Craftsman School-influenced novelty publisher, The Buzza Company. Topics include Beverages, Sandwiches, and.....

Lowell, Mass: C.I. Hood, n.d. Small octavo, 32 pages +ads. A later reprint, still issued by the company. A small product book, with both recipes and remedies, from the makers of Hood' Saponaceous Tooth Powder and Hood's Sasparilla. Very near fine in publisher's printed wrappers.

Cincinnati, (OH): Published by Geo. Conclin; [Stereotyped by Glezen & Sheperd], 1839. Octavo (21 x 13 cm.), 544 pages. Illustrated. Second printing, following the first of 1839. A dictionary-style compendium of agricultural information. Hooper is perhaps best known for his later work, Hooper's Western Fruit Book, which appeared in 1857. "One of the Cincinnati horticultural circle, which just before the civil war included probably the most enthusiastic horticulturalists in American.....

San Francisco: Putney Haight, Telegraph Press; Printed and Bound by the Hicks-Judd Company, 1910. Octavo (24 x 16 cm.), [31], 67-307 pages. Advertisements. Illustration of the Hotel on page [3]. Portrait of the author in chef’s whites and smoking cap on page [6]. ~ FIRST EDITION, stated subscription issue. One of the more important and influential early California professional cookbooks, marking San Francisco’s emergence as a world culinary center. Divided.....