Staten Island, N.Y. 1866-67. Small cord-bound booklet, [44], [12 blank] pages. A small, but very interesting account book for the construction of a new Bake House. In the mid-19th century, the term "bake-house" was often used to mean a cooking facility in what we would a social service facility, an orphanage, home for the indigent, etc. And we believe that's what was being referred to here. The previous bake house.....

New York: The Centaur Co., 1880. Stapled booklet (16 x 10 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A small promotional cookbook in the form of an almanac, from the makers of Centaur Liniments, with recipes, testimonials, and descriptions of the applications of this miraculous cure from lands far and wide. As is typical of these books, the recipes are very brief and uncredited. Short closed tear to fold of wrappers.....

Saratoga Springs: Cozzens & Waterbury, Book and Job Print, 1892. Octavo (21 x 15 cm.), 171 pages. Advertisements. All edges red. "Index" is a detailed table of contents. Later printing; a revised and enlarged edition of Our Home Favorite, published in 1882. First published under this title in 1885. A community church cookbook with attributed recipes, arranged into chapters with blanks at the end of each section for recipes to.....

Oneida, New York: The Burt Olney Canning Co., 1910. Booklet, stapled in wrappers ( 17.5 x 12.5 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. Stated "eighth edition". A product cookbook selling the "Absolutely Pure" products of the Burt Olney Canning Co., and bearing the image of "Olney's Pure Food Boy" on the rear wrapper and on the first page. Includes recipes, menus, and some shopping hints. Light tideline to a few pages; some.....

Washingtonville; Newburgh: [the society; Newburgh Journal Print], 1889. Octavo, stapled in cloth-backed wrapper (20 x 14 cm.), 62, [1] pages. Advertisements front and rear. Printer information from wrapper. Second Edition, Revised, following the original publication of 1880. A community cookbook from the Orange County, N.Y. hamlet of Washingtonville, with recipes in narrative form and mostly attributed. The advertisements, mostly for businesses in the larger towns of Newburgh or Middletown, are.....

Syracuse, NY: John Single Paper Company, 1900. Quarto (27.5 x 19.5 cm.), 81, [3] pages. Index. Illustrated throughout with steel engravings. FIRST EDITION, stated "Catalogue 'A'". A handsome trade catalogue of tools and machinery, small and large, for the butcher or sausage maker. From slaughterhouse machinery to butchers' coats, meat racks, shop counters, meat knives, butcher blocks, shavers, choppers, slicers, and more. Includes a small section of sausage recipes at.....

Syracuse, N.Y. Merrell-Soule Co., 1898. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (12.5 x 10 cm.), 24 pages. Color-illustrated. Evident FIRST EDITION; a shorter edition of 15 pages was issued in 1925. A promotional booklet advertising products in the None Such line. Ten pages of the "Mindreader" game are followed by seven pages of recipes for dishes made with None Such products, including soup, mince meat, and pumpkin, followed by pages of premiums.....

Binghamton, N.Y. Binghamton Oil Refining Co., [circa 1884]. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (17 x 11.5 cm.), 48 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. Title from cover. Date from testimonials in text. FIRST EDITION. A product book, advertising a patent medicines offered by the Binghamton Oil Refining Company, with cures for various poisons and other ailments, as well as testimonials and some culinary recipes. "Gives the exact dose of leading medicines. Furnishes reliable prescriptions.....

New York: James M. Thorburn & Co.; Sackett & Cobb, Steam Printers, 25 John Street, 1863. Octavo, cord-sewn (22.5 x 16 cm.), [3], 4-31, [1] pages. At head of title: "1863."; at foot of title: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by James M. Thorburn & Co." ~ An annual seed catalogue from this important supplier based in New York City. The Thorburn seed company was.....

Rochester, N.Y. J. Hungerford Smith Co., [circa 1925]. Stapled booklet (21.5 x 13 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. Index. Printed throughout in black and red. Date from interior panel of front wrapper. FIRST EDITION. A book of recipes for soda fountain drinks made with the flavored "true fruit" syrups of the Hungerford Smith Company. Included are recipes for soda fountain drinks, sundaes, ice creams and desserts. The book was published following.....

Westfield, N.Y. the company, n.d. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (12.5 x 10 cm.), 24 pages. Illustrated. Printed throughout in red and black. A promotional party book and cookbook, with instructions for party games like Hide the Thimble, Twenty Questions, Spinning the Platter, Pin the Tail on the Donkey, etc. Sections include Games that Test the Faculties, Old Favorites for Indoors, Games for Indoors or Out, Joker Games, The "Goodest" things.....

Brooklyn: A. Johnson Machine Works, circa 1910. Octavo, 68 pages. Illustrations throughout. FIRST EDITION. Trade catalogue featuring machines for manufacturing of crown corks, crowning machines, machines for manufacturing of corks and cork discs, machines for screw caps, and special machines which include a friction capping machine, automatic rotary cap spinning machine, single head cap spinning machine, and an automatic rotary screw cap capping machine. Each item includes detailed rendering, as.....

Plattsburgh, N.Y. Telegram Printing House, 1890. Duodecimo-size (18.5 x 12 cm.), [iv], 185 pages. Fourth edition, inferred from existence of a third edition, published by A.M. Warren, dated 1880. A well-produced church cookbook from the northern New York State town of Plattsburgh. Of the more than six hundred recipes, a number of pies hold especial interest: Silver Pie, made with potato and lemon; Acid Pie, made with tartaric acid and.....