[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.....

Jersey City, N.J. C.F. Mueller Co., 1937. Board game (17.5 x 17 cm.), with promotion text for Mueller’s products on the verso; printed thick card with six pre-punched “hares and hounds” for game pieces; original unprinted envelope. Fine and unused condition. Scarce.

Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co., 1893. Duodecimo, 67 pages. Fifteenth edition (wrapper states fourteenth). A promotional cookbook, including advertisements for Burnett's Flavoring Extracts, Burnett's Essence of Jamaica Ginger, and Burnett's Cocoaine. Internally very good, in red, black and blue printed illustrated wrappers, with an unfortunate tape mend to the rear panel, and some wear to spine. Better than good. [OCLC locates three copies of all printings; Brown 1526; not in.....

San Francisco, CA; Louisville, New York, London: California Fig Syrup Co., [circa 1895]. Stapled booklet (15 x 9 cm.), 20 pages. Text and illustrations printed in dark blue ink throughout. FIRST EDITION. A promotional book (not a cookbook) for California Fig Syrup, a patent medicine employed as a laxative. Also called Elixir of Senna, the concoction had no figs in it whatsoever. This booklet seeks to tie the “purity” and.....

Milwaukee, WI: National Distilling Co., [circa 1930s]. A die-cut volvelle (14 x 10 cm.), in the shape of a cocktail shaker, printed in silver and blue. Includes recipes for twelve different cocktails with three die-cut windows for ingredients for each cocktail. The verso promotes a variety of Mistletoe Gins and Liqueurs including Tom Gin, Mistletoe Sloe Gin, Dry Gin, Kummel and Ruby Sloe Gin. Also includes a suggestion at the.....

New York: Fleischmann & Co., 1902. Duodecimo-sized stapled booklet, 52 pages. Printed throughout in brown ink. Second, expanded edition originally issued in 1893. A product cookbook, distributed “with the compliments of Fleischmann’s & Co., original manufacturers, introducers and manufacturers of compressed yeast in the United States and Canada.” Contains more than eighty recipes for breads, buns, cakes and more, all with the product as an ingredient. Fleischmann’s Yeast was founded.....

Philadelphia: Giunta Brothers Manufacturing Co., [circa 1900]. Oblong stapled catalogue, 23 x 30.7 cm, 23 pages. Text in English and Italian. Heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings. Features typical Italian culinary wares: wine presses, pasta makers, coffee grinders, ice cream freezers, pizzelle irons, and more. “All items manufactured [...] are covered by patents.” In printed yellow wrappers with chipped corners and tide marks, otherwise near very good. [OCLC locates one.....

New York /Philadelphia/Boston: Whitall, Tatum & Co., [circa 1880]. Broadside (21.6 x 14 cm.). Illustrated handbill for a "Silent" Milk Shake machine. Description, dimensions, and price listed as well as locations of Whitall, Tatum & Co. locations in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. W.T. & Co. sold goods equipment and goods for pharmacies and druggists, issuing lists and catalogues from 1874 through 1899. Fold creases, otherwise fine condition. [Romaine lists.....

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.