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Item #3564 The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes,...

[First Baptist Church (Haverhill, Mass.); Ladies of the Church; Caroline Matilda Whittier Train]

The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes, Contributed by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass. Third Edition.

Haverhill, Mass. [The Church; Printed by] Press of Chase Bros. 1888. Octavo (22 x 15 cm.), [viii], 144, [x] pages. Advertisements (some illustrated). Title page printed in red and black. Decorated chapter head- and tailpieces. Table of contents. List of corrections. Editor inferred from copyright statement on title-page verso. Third Edition. A church cookbook likely issued in concert with the dedication of a new meetinghouse in 1882. With approximately five.....

Price: $250.00

Item #8149 The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes,...

[First Baptist Church (Haverhill, Mass.); Ladies of the Church; Caroline Matilda Whittier Train]

The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes, Contributed by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass. Third Edition.

Haverhill, Mass. [The Church; Printed by] Press of Chase Bros. 1888. Octavo (22 x 15 cm.), [viii], 144, [x] pages. Advertisements (some illustrated). Title page printed in red and black. Decorated chapter head- and tailpieces. Table of contents. List of corrections. Editor inferred from copyright statement on title-page verso. Third Edition. A church cookbook likely issued in concert with the dedication of a new meetinghouse in 1882. With approximately five.....

Price: $250.00

[First Baptist Church (Lafayette, Ala.); Ladies of the Church]

True and Tried Recipes. Collected by The Ladies of the Baptist Church, Lafayette, Ala.

Lafayette, Ala. The Church, 1921. Octavo (22.5 x 15 cm.), 44, [xvi] pages. Advertisements. Title from cover. Evident FIRST EDITION. A church cookbook, with more than 250 recipes, many attributed. Most entries adhere to the reliable conventions promised by the title, but there are also such glimpses of the geography as Pecan Cake (requiring two and a quarter pounds of pecans), a custardy Burnt Almond Cream, Banana Fritters, and Squash.....

Price: $500.00

Item #5386 The West Hartford Cook Book. Compiled by the Ladies of the Gray Stone Church, West...

[First Church of Christ (West Hartford, Conn.). Ladies of the Church]

The West Hartford Cook Book. Compiled by the Ladies of the Gray Stone Church, West Hartford, Conn. Republished with additions.

Hartford, Conn. The Burr Index Co., Printers, 1914. Octavo (23.5 x 15.5 cm.), [xiv], 80, [xxii] pages. Advertisements (some illustrated). Index is actually a table of contents. Evident third edition; first appearance under this title. An enlarged revision of two earlier editions, of 1890 and 1895, both titled Bazaar Cook Book. Three hundred attributed recipes, gathered (one surmises) on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the congregation’s recognition.....

Price: $250.00

[First Congregational Church (Portland, Conn.); Ladies of the Church]

Good Things To Eat. By the Ladies of the Congregational Church, Portland, Conn.

[Portland, Conn. The Church, circa 1910]. Octavo (23 x 15.5 cm.), 32 pages. Title from cover. Date of publication undetermined. Includes blank pages. Evident FIRST EDITION. A compact church cookbook, approaching two hundred brief recipes, all of them attributed; containing almost entirely baked goods, puddings, pies, and preserves. Commonplaces, to be sure, but also: Squash Biscuits, Green Tomato Pie, Huckleberry Pudding, Poached Apples, and two versions of Pear Chips (with.....

Price: $200.00

[First Methodist Episcopal Church (Derby, Conn.); Ladies of the Church, R. S. T. U. V. W. Committee]

The Unxld Cook Book. Published by The R. S. T. U. V. W. Committee.

[Waterbury, Conn.]: Mattatuck Press [of the] Waterbury Blank Book Mfg. Co., 1901. Octavo (23.5 x 15 cm.), 88 pages. Advertisements. Photograph of a kitchen with credit to Curtis Publishing Co. on title page. Image captioned Derby Methodist Episcopal Church on title-page verso. FIRST EDITION. Roughly three hundred fifty brief recipes, arranged so as to be, in the aggregate, unexcelled. In view of the contraction wordplay in the title, the abbreviated.....

Price: $150.00

Item #5104 The Twentieth Century Cook Book. By California Caterers and Teachers of Cookery in...

[First Presbyterian Church (Salinas, Calif.); Ladies of the Church]

The Twentieth Century Cook Book. By California Caterers and Teachers of Cookery in Connection with the Ladies of the First Presbyterian Church.

Salinas, California: [The Church; Printed by] E. H. Green, Printer, 1902. Octavo (23 x 15 cm.), 382, [x] pages. “Index” is actually a table of contents. Advertisements. Cover title: 20th Century Cook Book. Evident first edition. A church cookbook with approximately four hundred recipes, from a region famous for its root and vine vegetables, its farm produce, as well as its long-established Mexican and Asian communities. Among items of note.....

Price: $300.00

[Grace Episcopal Church (Stafford Springs, Conn.). Ladies of the Church]

Choice Recipes. Arranged by the Ladies of Grace Church, Stafford Springs, Conn.

Stafford Springs: The Press Job Print, 1902. Duodecimo (15.5 x 13 cm.), 106 pages. Ads. Cover title: Grace Church Recipes. Advertisements interspersed. First edition. A Connecticut church cookbook with one hundred fifty recipes, most of them attributed. There is an emphasis on meat and fish dishes somewhat unusual for the time; among them: Swedish Baked Fish, Potted Shad, Pressed Chicken, Beefsteak Pie, Stewed Liver, Glazed Sweetbreads. But not to despair.....

Price: $250.00

[Grace Episcopal Church (Stafford Springs, Conn.). Ladies of the Church]

Choice Recipes. Arranged by the Ladies of Grace Church, Stafford Springs, Conn.

Stafford Springs: The Press Job Print, 1902. Duodecimo (15.5 x 13 cm.), 106 pages. Cover title: Grace Church Recipes. Advertisements interspersed. FIRST EDITION. A Connecticut church cookbook with one hundred fifty recipes, most of them attributed. There is an emphasis on meat and fish dishes somewhat unusual for the time; among them: Swedish Baked Fish, Potted Shad, Pressed Chicken, Beefsteak Pie, Stewed Liver, Glazed Sweetbreads. But not to despair: the.....

Price: $150.00

Item #5882 Windham Recipes Old & New. Published by the Ladies' Aid of the Windham Congregational...

Ladies' Aid of the Windham Congregational Church (Windham, Connecticut)]

Windham Recipes Old & New. Published by the Ladies' Aid of the Windham Congregational Church.

Windham, Conn. Ladies' Aid of the Windham Congregational Church; [Printed by Edmund B. Thompson, Hawthorn House], 1934. Stitched booklet (24 x cm.), 51, [3] pages. Advertisements. Table of Contents. Cover title: Windham Cook Book. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. Attributed recipes contributed by the Ladies' Aid members. In publisher-issued, printed, pale green floral wallpaper wrappers; wrapper edges chipped. Good or a bit better. With one manuscript recipe, for Shad or Haddock.....

Price: $60.00

[St. John’s Episcopal Church (Ensley, Ala.); Ladies of the Church]

Cook Book. Compiled by ladies of St. John's Episcopal Church, Ensley, Alabama.

Ensley, Alabama: [The Church; Printed by] Garrison Printer, [between 1909 and 1915]. Octavo (21 x 13.5 cm.), 89, [i] pages. Advertisements. Index and “Index of advertisements.” Date of publication estimated from external evidence. Evident FIRST EDITION. A church cookbook from a once independent municipality at the moment of its absorption into greater Birmingham. Nearly three hundred recipes, some of them attributed; including: English Currant Bread, Poached Eggs with Creamed Celery.....

Price: $350.00

Item #5674 Second Edition. Trinity Parish Cook Book. [Compiled and Edited by the Ladies of...

[Trinity Episcopal Church (Torrington, Conn.); Ladies of the Church]

Second Edition. Trinity Parish Cook Book. [Compiled and Edited by the Ladies of Trinity Parish.

Torrington, Conn. The Church; Printed by] The Torrington Printing Company, 1911. Octavo (23.25 x 15.75 cm.), 99, [iii] pages. Advertisements (some illustrated). Author from prefatory remarks on title page. Printer from rear panel of wrappers. Stated second edition, “revised and enlarged.” A church cookbook with more than four hundred recipes, many of them attributed. Included among the entries: Sweet Rusk, Asparagus Soup, Green PeaSoup, Oyster Fritters, Turbot à la Crème.....

Price: $90.00