Philadelphia: Printed by Lippincott & Co., 1887. Duodecimo (17 x 11.5 cm.), 95 pages. Includes two pages of "Opinions of the Press". Stated Thirtenth Edition, though more likely a later printing of the first edition. Originally published by Lippincott in 1878, this Temperance tract in verse was republished almost yearly until its final issue, in 1889. The Daily Leader of Binghamton, N.Y. described the work as "an intensely interesting Temperance.....
Spokane: McKee Printing Co., [circa 1915]. Stapled booklet (20 x 14 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated throughout with duotones, printed in yellow and brown. An attractively designed product booklet, with recipes for dishes which share crackers as an ingredient. Stiff pale blue wrappers printed in blue and yellow; a bit of bumping to corners, very light soiling to wrappers. Very good. [OCLC locates no copies].
New York: Charles A. Lilley, Publisher, 7 Murray Street, [circa 1879]. 115, [1] pages. Advertisements. Date based on external evidence. The publisher produced only a very few books, all issued in 1879. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. A promotional cookbook, featuring recipes that are brief, if not altogether lacking in detail. The book is in service to Houghton & Dutton, a dry goods specialist from Boston, and the recipes are interspersed.....
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857. Small octavo, xii, 136 pages. Later printing, originally published in 1849. Pages stained and with some foxing throughout. In faded and slightly worn brown cloth with some splatters to text, otherwise very good. Generally nicer than most copies of this book we've encountered. [OCLC locates no copies of this printing; Bitting, page 384; Cagle (other printings); Lowenstein 739].
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1882. Octavo, 540, [2] pages. Illustrated with eight chromo-lithographed plates and woodcuts in the text. Third edition, published in the same year as the first. A Victorian era cookbook aimed at reasonably modest households, with some of the menus containing more elaborate preparations. With an eye to a larger audience she states, "It is hoped that the greater portion of [the recipes] and the early.....
London; Paris: Published for the proprietor by John Dicks; A. and W. Galignani, 1847. Octavo (25 x 16 cm.), [3], x, [1], 242 pages, printed double-column. Illustrated with small woodcuts of animals and food throughout the text. FIRST EDITION. "The whole book, it is hoped, forms a compendious Cyclopoedia for the tradesman, mechanic, emigrant, and amateur, as well as the heads of families ... advice of the best living authorities.....
Philadelphia: Arnold and Company, 1897. Tall duodecimo, 63 [9], pages. Ads. First edition. Another of the many books of Sarah Tyson Rorer, Director of the Philadelphia Cooking School, and author of Mrs. Rorer's Cook Book. Dozens of recipes for salads. Title page ruled in red. Internally near fine. In publisher's gray and burgundy printed green cloth, with some adhesion to the back panel, otherwise near fine. [Axford page 297; Cagle.....
Philadelphia: Arnold and Company; made by George H. Buchanan and Company, 420 Sansom Street, 1887. Octavo (19 x 12.5 cm.), 78, [18] pages. Index. Publisher’s advertisements at rear. FIRST EDITION. A solid guide to canning and preserving, from the Principal of the Philadelphia Cooking School, and author of Mrs. Rorer’s Cook Book (and many others to follow). Alongside the usual pickles, piccalilli, and jams and marmalades, the author includes peach.....
New York: Cleveland Baking Powder Co., [circa 1891]. Octavo (17.5 x 12.5 cm.), 76 pages. Date from preface. Index. Later edition, stated "Second Million". A wide ranging little product cookbook, from Cleveland Baking Powder Co., the New York based baking powder manufacturers. Included are a number of testimonials, including a letter from Sarah Tyson Rorer, Principal of the Philadelphia Cooking School which is accompanied by a pair of recipes (Apple.....
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Philadelphia: North Brothers Mfg. Co., 1895. Duodecimo-sized booklet, 104 pages. Later printing, originally issued 1890. Another of the many books of Sarah Tyson Rorer, Director of the Philadelphia Cooking School, and author of Mrs. Rorer's Cook Book. The book's publishers were the manufacturers of the Gem Freezer, and ice cream maker, and the recipes are for ice creams and ices. Also includes descriptions with illustrations, of a variety of kitchen.....
Philadelphia; New York: Curtis Publishing Company; Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. Duodecimo (15 x 10 cm.), viii, [2], 245 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. FIRST EDITION. A book of best practices and techniques more than a collection of recipes, though recipes are present as well. Sarah Tyson Rorer was the principal of the Philadelphia Cooking School and the "Culinary Editor of the Ladies' Home Journal". There.....
Philadelphia/New York: Curtis Publishing Company/Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. Ladies' Home Journal Household Library. Duodecimo, 245 pages. Later printing. A pocket sized cookbook from the founder of the Philadelphia School of Cookery, and a member of the staffs of both Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping. Some light foxing throughout, otherwise very good. In publisher's gilt- and green-stamped dark green cloth.
London: Bickers, Spottiswoode, 1898. Thick octavo (21.5 x 15 cm.), viii, 580 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. “The great faults of English kitchen management used to be Haste, Waste, Greasiness, Wateriness, and Clumsy Flavouring.” So the authoress begins her work. She boils it down to one root cause – “Ignorance” – and puts a fair bit of the blame on the earlier cookbooks. “Vague directions, impossible theories, and mistaken advice, are.....
New York: Sheldon and Company, 498 and 500 Broadway, 1970. Octavo, viii, 150 pages. Illustrated. Later printing, originally published under this title in 1868. One of six volumes from the Juvenile Library of the Natural History of Animals. An introductory text on bees, butterflies and insects, for children. includes additional sections on spiders, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, barnacles, etc. Some light foxing throughout, and a bit of mustiness. In publisher's blind-stamped.....
Milwaukee, WI: The Settlement Cook Book Co., 1941. Octavo, xlvi+623 pages. Twenty-first edition, revised and enlarged. A much later edition this influential and massively successful cookbook, originally published in 1901. The emphasis is American, with a smattering of hearty Jewish Eastern European fare. In earlier editions, the Jewish/Eastern European influence was more prevalent. This copy is extraordinary, in unused condition bright and fresh, with the original white, washable boards shiny.....
Milwaukee, WI: The Settlement Cook Book Co., 1951. Octavo (20 x 14 cm.), xlvi, [2], 624 pages. Index. Menus. Cover title: The Way to a Man's Heart, "The Settlement" Cook Book.Thirtieth edition, revised and enlarged. A later of edition this influential and massively successful cookbook, originally published in 1901. The emphasis is American, with a smattering of hearty Eastern European Jewish fare. In earlier editions, the Jewish/Eastern European influence was.....
Chicago/Philadelphia: Monarch Book Co. (formerly L.P. Miller & Co.), 1894. Large octavo, 527 pages. Illustrated. Index & table of contents. Later printing. Also published, starting in 1891, as the Imperial Cook Book, and in 1894 as the Star Cook Book, issued by the Lone Star Pub. Co. of Texas. Internally browned and brittle throughout, which is sadly par for the course for this work under all of its titles. Front.....
Washington, DC: Judd & Detweiler, Printer, 1890. Octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), 110 pages. Subtitle on cover and flyleaf: A Cook Book. "Index" (page 17) is actually a table of contents. Advertisements on pages 1-14 and 95-110. First edition. Two hundred twenty ascribed recipes gathered in support of a beloved urban space where "The seats in the church are free at every service". The dishes bear echoes of a British.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, [copyright 1885]; 1886. Octavo (21 x 12.5 cm.), viii, 639 pages. Table of contents. Index. Evident FIRST EDITION. Intended as a general household manual but containing one of the earliest cumulations of Creole recipes in their myriad variety – succeeding by perhaps only a few months the first two Creole summations, The Creole Cookery Book issued by the Christian Woman’s Exchange (New Orleans.....
Hartford: Ira Webster, 1854. Octavo, xi, 12-236 pages. Frontispiece, plus folding, hand-colored plate. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text. First edition, likely 14th or 15th printing, although styled the Twentieth Edition on title page. "Mrs. Webster was at best, what one would call a good plain cook, and yet she too reflects some of the virtues of her time", writes Karen Hess, who stops to point out that up to.....
Hartford: A.L. Webster [Stereotyped by R.H. Hobbs], 1844. Octavo, xi, 12-214 pages. Frontispiece, plus woodcuts in the text. First edition, second printing, although styled Second Edition on the title page. "Mrs. Webster was at best, what one would call a good plain cook, and yet she too reflects some of the virtues of her time", writes Karen Hess, who stops to point out that up to Mrs. Webster, "most cookbook.....
London: Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Limited, 1893. Small octavo, 104 pages. Illustrated. First edition. Practical recipes, as long as one enjoys meat extract in nearly everything. Justus von Liebig's Meat Extract was produced in Uruguay and sold worldwide, promising health and vitality. These were issued in various bindings, this copy in black and gold printed red cloth. Red boards lightly soiled, otherwise very good. [OCLC locates eleven copies, only.....
London: Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Limited, 1893. Small octavo, 104 pages. Illustrated throughout. First edition. Practical recipes, as long as one enjoys meat extract in nearly everything. Justus von Liebig's Meat Extract was produced in Uruguay and sold worldwide, promising health and vitality. These were issued in various bindings, this copy in black and gold printed red cloth. Internally age-toned throughout; somewhat brittle. Hinges pulling a bit. Red boards.....