New York: Published by J.K. Wellman, 16 Spruce Street, 1845. Duodecimo ( x cm.), ix, 107 pages. Third edition. Originally published New York 1844 by J. Mowatt. The author's preface (following that of Dr. Lee), states her intention to address "the ignorance of nurses and attendants, in relation to the general management of the sick room and the preparation of suitable articles of drink and nourishment..." The book begins with.....

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1880. Thick octavo, 337, 57, [15] pages. First edition. The final 57 pages is a reprint of The New Family Receipt Book, containing household and medical recipes. Closed tear to pages 119-120, some medium foxing, Some tiny paint flecks and scuffing to covers of gilt- and black decorated green cloth. Spine partially discolored (rubbed?), and with the author's name misspelled "Aster". Previous owner's.....

Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ltd., [1955]. Octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), xii, 208 pages. Detailed index. The title page continues: "Containing seven hundred sixty-three popular recipes for all kinds of dishes, together with hints and other useful information." Ninth edition revised. Sections include: Kitchen Requisites, A.B.C. of Health, Roasting, baking, boiling, frying and corning meats, Meat puddings stews and made dishes, Curries and Foogaths, Balchows, Chutneys and Pickles, Bread and.....

London & Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Co. Limited, [circa 1890]. Octavo (18 x 13 cm.), 144 pages. Advertisements to endpapers. Table of contents is actually an index. ~ Edition undetermined (Driver 93.1-93.3 records three editions with slight variations on the title page, and notes she has "not been able to determine the order of publication of these three undated editions. "Born Margaret MacKirdy in 1830, the author married John.....

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851. Octavo, 303 pages + 27 ads. Second edition, expanded by 30 pages beyond the original edition of 1850. Thorough and well-indexed, Mrs. Bliss' Practical Cook Book offers a wide array of recipes, including sections on 'Creams, Ices and Water Ices', and 'Blanc Mange, Creams, Charlotte Russe, Flummery, Syllabubs, Curds and Whey.' Moderate foxing throughout, spine a bit cocked. Publisher's blind and gilt-stamped green cloth.....

Washington, D. C. Polytechnic Publishing Company, 1945. Octavo (20.25 x 14.5 cm.), [ii], 183 [i.e., 204] pages. Illustrated. Table of contents and index. Photo-reproduction of typescript with irregular pagination. Signed by the author and numbered “27” of an unspecified print run. Peculiarly American, socially ambivalent, half cookbook, half memoir; with three hundred fifty recipes arranged by what today would be called a professional event-planner for high-society functions. The recipes, mercurially.....

Wilmington, Delaware: Published by Greenwood Book Shop; [Printed by] Mercantile Printing CompanyCompany, 1920. Octavo (21 x 14 cm.), 350 pages. Advertisements (some illustrated). Index. Author credit and date of publication from copyright statement on title-page verso. ~ Evident second (revised) edition. A clarifying testament to the success of an important Mid-Atlantic single-author cookbook whose first appearances in 1910 and 1911 have created significant bibliographic confusion (cf Brown, Culinary Americana 397.....

Boston - New York: Crosby, Nichols, and Company - Charles S. Francis and Company, 1853. Octavo, 161 pages. Later printing. Author includes an "advertisement" as preface, noting among other things her inclusion of foreign recipes and how they have been modified to simplify proportions. In lightly soiled and edgeworn blind- and gilt-stamped blue cloth. Mild foxing throughout, otherwise very good. [OCLC locates twenty-one copies; Bitting, page 81 (different printing); Cagle.....

New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, No. 261 Pearl Street, 1841. Octavo (18 x 10.5 cm.), 130 pages. Index. Styled twenty-seventh edition (while Cagle does not record this printing, it can be inferred that this would be the Fourth Edition, Thirteenth Printing). Originally published as The Frugal Housewife the change was made so as to avoid confusion with Susannah Carter's earlier English work of the same name. Rear panel.....

Boston: Tappan, Whittemore, & Mason, 114 Washington Street, 1850. Octavo, vi, 190 pages. Later printing, styled "sixth thousand". The first was copyright 1845 and published in 1846. With introductory note by Eliza Farrar that dates to August 15, 1845 in Cambridge. The author is a descendent of Thomas Hooker, prominent Puritan leader who founded the Colony of Connecticut. Generally clean inside, with some foxing and stains; text block pulling at.....

London; Perth: Hutchinson & Co., 34 Paternoster Row, E.C.; Printed by Cowan & Co., Limited, 1898. Octavo (18.5 x 13.5 cm.), [2], 192 pages. Title page printed in red and black. Publisher's advertising in front matter. FIRST EDITION. Both a popular history of food and a collection of historical recipes adapted from early English and French books, by the popular English cookbook author Harriet Anne De Salis. By the time.....

Chicago: Fairbanks, Palmer & Co., 1882. Octavo (17 x 11.5 cm.), 40 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The first of four books in the Cookery Manuals series, with books on salads, breads, and vegetables to follow. A volume combining the four individual short works was published in 1891 under the title Cookery Manuals. Ewing, author of Cooking and Castle Building, was superintendent of the Chicago Training School of Cookery and later.....

The Lilly Library, Indiana University, 1983. Quarto, 111 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. With introduction by William R. Cagle. Gastronomic exhibition catalogue of the Gernon's collection that contains European titles dating from the 15th to 19th centuries. In wrappers with minor rubbing and slight discoloration to edge, else near fine condition.