[New York]: Published annually by A.L. Scovill & Co, 1851. Stab-sewn booklet (19 x 12 cm.), 36 pages. Illustrated wrapper signed, Forbes del. N. Orr. Other illustrations engraved by F.A. E. and N. Orr. The OCLC record cites a printer's statement on page [4] of the wrapper, "Printed by E.N. Grossman & Son., 59 Ann-Street, New-York." We find no such statement anywhere on this copy. Evident first edition of this.....

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.....

Indianapolis: Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Co., [circa 1914]. Flat box (26.5 x 16.7 cm.). Yellow, blue, and red printed original popcorn container with circus illustrations and featuring imagery of the Butter-Kist Pop Corn Popper Machine. Box flaps include recipes for Butter-Kist Breakfast Food, Pop Corn Balls, and Dainties, as well as information about Holcomb & Hoke’s trademarks. Unused and in its original folded form. Some edgewear and rubbing, small chip.....

Trenton, N.J. C.V. Hill & Co., Inc., 1934. Octavo, 9-208 pages. Illustrated. First edition. A thorough guide to food presentation and the planning of food markets, "the aim of which is to give readily followed instructions for making our food stores more profitable to the owners and more pleasant to the public. Illustrated with plans, diagrams and photographs of store interiors and exteriors. A bit of rubbing to the printed.....

[Detroit, Mich. Printing Department of Horton-Cato Manufacturing Co., 1895. Stapled booklet (14 x 12 cm.), [16] pages. Illustrated. Photographic portrait of the author. Evident second printing, as OCLC records copies dated 1894. A product cookbook, containing salad recipes made with Horton-Cato's "Royal Salad Dressing." Some ink annotations to the margins, otherwise internally clean and sound. Wrappers, attractively printed in black, red, and yellow, are separated from the text, and split.....

Muncie, Indiana: Published by the Durham Manufacturing Co., [circa 1920]. Duodecimo (17 x 13 cm.), 64 pages. Table of contents. Index. Illustrated. Later printing, with one cross-section diagram of the stove instead of two; some paragraphing re-spaced, but total pagination identical. A manufacturer’s cookbook designed to accompany a fireless stove brought to market shortly after the close of the First World War. With two cross-section diagrams of the stove. Approximately.....

[Hartford, Conn. The Company; Press of A.W. Lang, Courant Building, [circa 1885]. Small octavo (14.5 x 12 cm.), 32 pages. Cover title: Do You Keep House? If Not, Why Not? Printer from cover. Illustrated advertisements interspersed. An engaging promotional cookbook for George W. Flint & Co., a Hartford-based-based household furnishings supplier. The ninety or so recipes found here are indeed "every-day", although Breeze Pudding and Hickory Nut Macaroons at the.....

Leeds: Goodall, Backhouse & Co., 1885. Duodecimo, 104 pages. Nineteenth edition. Illustrated. A little cookbook from the makers of powders and jellies, including Goodall's Blancmange Powder, and Goodall's Calf's Foot Jelly. Each page is framed and ringed in proverbs and sayings, and the tiny illustrations are quite sweet. Previous owner's bookplate tipped to front hinge, otherwise very good to fine in black and gilt-decorated blue cloth boards.

Oneida, New York: The Burt Olney Canning Co., 1909. Booklet, stapled in wrappers ( 17.5 x 12.5 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. Stated "sixth 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. Some very light soil internally, otherwise fine.....

LeRoy, New York: Gennesee Pure Food Co.; [printed by] J. Ottman Lith. Co.], [1913]. Stapled booklet (16 x 12 cm.), 16 pages, including wrappers, with six additional semi-detached pages bound only with cord. Date from external evidence (see Schreiber, Jell-O: A Checklist). Twelve full-page chromolithographs including the cover and centerfold. The chromolithographs illustrate Coffee Jell-O, Orange Jell-O, Raspberry Jell-O, a collection of attractively plated Jell-O desserts (on the centerfold), Peach.....

circa 1895. Oblong booklet (8.9 x 16.2 cm.), 8 pages. Illustrated with photographs and engravings. Promotes the Mudge Patent Canner, a household canning processor that “does away with the stewing kettle” and is “the cheapest, most efficacious and economical system of putting up high-standard goods that has ever been invented.” The Boston Cooking School Magazine reviewed the device saying, “a great point in its favor is that, by the use.....

London: Keen, Robinson & Co., [circa 1900]. Small octavo, 36 pages. FIRST EDITION. Rare collection of one hundred traditional English recipes, each now promoting the use of Robinson's tinned barley crystals. The tentative dating is based on the corporate history of the venerable Keen's mustard and Robinson's barley brands. Keen, Robinson & Co. was acquired by the Colman mustard company in 1903. Wear and staining to covers, paper lightly age-toned;.....

London: Sotheby & Co., 1966. Octavo, 79 pages. Illustrated. Auction catalogue of the culinary collection of M. Leon Lambert of Brussels. Original green wrappers with very mild wear; very good.