A Guide To American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900.
New York: Dover Publications, 1990. Octavo (23.5 x 15.5 cm.), 422 pages. Illustrated. Index. Facsimile of the 1960 edition. Still the standard reference on the subject. Fine in wrappers.
Culinary Ephemera
Root's New Process for Clarifying Chinese & Other Cane juices. Patented October 8th, 1861.
Galesburg, Ill: Charles Faxon, Book and Job Printer, 1861. Folded folio sheet. 7, [1] pages. From the author of Journal of Travels from St. Josephs to Oregon. Root was a pioneer and early settler of Log City, Illinois and later Galesburg where he built, almost single handedly, the first grain mill. He is also patented the rotary snow blower. Other inventions included the spirit-filled level, and the glass fruit jar.....
Root's New Process for Clarifying Chinese & Other Cane Juices. Patented October 8th, 1861.
Galesburg, IL: Chares Faxon, Book and Job Printer, 1861. Quarter-folded single sheet with pages uncut (23 x 15.7 cm.), 7 pages. FIRST EDITION. Instructive text outlining Root's new process for clarifying can juice by means of native clay. Some annotations to text in pencil. Slight foxing throughout and minor edgewear, else very good. Rare. [OCLC records just three copies (Huntington, UC Berkeley, Knox College)].
The Royal Baker & Pastry Cook.
New York: Royal Baking Powder Co., 1878, ©1877. Stapled, octavo-sized booklet (23.5 x 15cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Front wrapper verso with product reviews dated 1878. Includes a wood engraving showing twenty figures of diverse pans used in baking. “The recipes in this book are new, and formulated by one of the most experienced Professors in the art of scientific and practical cookery, especially adapted for the use of.....
The Horsford Cook Book, Containing Practical Recipes for Making Superior Bread, Biscuit, Rolls, Muffins, Waffles, Short Cake, Griddle Or Pan Cakes, Pies, Cake Puddings, and Many Other Useful Recipes.
Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, circa 1880. Sewn booklet (9.5x14.5 cm), 32 pages. In chromolithograph-illustrated wrapper printed by Schumacher & Ettlinger Lithy, NY. Date based on the testimonials. An attractively printed product cookbook, promoting Horsford's Baking Powder. Wrappers printed in gold, red and black, with light soiling. Pages age-darkened and with some stains. Still near very good. Scarce. [Cagle 973 notes a similar work, but with 36 pages].
Best Dairy and Farm Books.
Manchester, NH: [circa 1885]. Quarto-sized sewn scrapbook (29 x 18.5 cm.), 36 pages. A neatly assembled scrapbook of clippings mostly related to rural life and dairying in particular. Based on the typography of the clippings, they are sourced from just a few newspapers. Subjects include: "The Flavor of Eggs", "Fish Ponds", "Canned Food", "German Hot Beds", "Sheep as Renovators", and more. A fair number of articles are on apples and.....
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["Scraps"].
[London]: [undated]. Folio (31 x 25 cm.), unpaginated [20 leaves sewn on tabs]. Seventy-six full-color cheese labels tipped onto the rectos of album. Labels uniform in size. Primarily Swiss and Dutch style cheeses, with one notable label for Emmenthaler printed in Hebrew. London stationer’s ticket on front paste-down helps locate the scrapbook’s origins. In red quarter cloth with blue boards, gilt-lettered "Scraps", with chipping, edge wear, and slight foxing, otherwise.....
J.M. Thorburn & Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds, &c.: garden, field, fruit, &c. seeds. The largest collection to be found in the world, embracing every standard & improved variety. Also, tested novelties, both of domestic and some of foreign origin, that are suited to the climate of the United States.
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 supplier based in New York City. Organized alphabetically, from Artichoke to Turnip.....
[New Favorite Cooking Receipts of the Shakers and Illustrated Almanac for 1883. The Story of an Accidental Discovery].
New York: A. J. White, 54 Warren Street, 1882. Stapled booklet (20 x 15 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated throughout. The third of the A.J. White Shaker almanacs. These promotional booklets – advertising the "Shaker Extract of Root" – were manufactured by the Mount Lebanon, New York United Society of Believers Community, but based on the recipes of Andrew Judson White, who contracted the Shakers to supply the tonic. Shaker Almanacs.....
[New Favorite Cooking Receipts of the Shakers and Illustrated Almanac for 1883. The Story of an Accidental Discovery].
New York: A. J. White, 54 Warren Street, 1882. Stapled booklet (20 x 15 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated throughout. The third of the A.J. White Shaker almanacs. These promotional booklets – advertising the "Shaker Extract of Root" – were manufactured by the Mount Lebanon, New York United Society of Believers Community, but based on the recipes of Andrew Judson White, who contracted the Shakers to supply the tonic. Shaker Almanacs.....
How the Shakers Cook, and the Noted Cooks of the Country.
New York: A.J. White, Druggist, [1888]. Duodecimo-sized booklet (15 x 9 cm.), 48 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. Issued by the A.J. White company, this almanac advertised their products, which were licensed from, and in some cases, made by the Shakers. Though not indicated as an almanac on the cover, a calendar for 1889 is included. Features profiles of some of the country's top chefs of the time.....
Vanderbilt's Candy Church. The Kings of the Kitchen.
New York: A.J. White, Druggist, [1888]. Duodecimo-sized booklet, 32 pages. Illustrated. An almanac, issued by the A.J. White company, advertising their products which were licensed from, and in some cases, made by the Shakers. Testimonials throughout praise Siegel's Syrup (Extract of Roots). The date is drawn from the fact that this serves as an almanac for 1889, and the last testimonial given is dated November. 1888. Includes profiles of some.....
Vanderbilt's Candy Church. The Kings of the Kitchen.
New York: A.J. White, Druggist, [1888]. Duodecimo-sized booklet, 32 pages. Illustrated. An almanac, issued by the A.J. White company, advertising their products which were licensed from, and in some cases, made by the Shakers. Testimonials throughout praise Siegel's Syrup (Extract of Roots). The date is drawn from the fact that this serves as an almanac for 1889, and the last testimonial given is dated November. 1888. Includes profiles of some.....
Cocktails for Two. Arranged by Frankie Carle.
New York: Famous Music Corp., 1619 Broadway, 1934. Music score, stapled in wrappers (31 x 23 cm.), 5, [1] pages. FIRST EDITION. The famous "Cocktails for Two" debuted in the movie Murder at the Vanities (1934), where it was introduced by singer and actor Carl Brisson. Duke Ellington's orchestra recorded the Johnston and Coslow song in 1934, all on the heels of the December 1933 ratification of the 21st Amendment.....
M.S. Hershey Lives On.
Hershey, Penn. [the author], 1947. Quarto-sized booklet, stapled in wrappers (27 x 19.5 cm.), 41 [7] pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION thus. A tribute to (Milton Snavely Hershey (1857-1945), the founder of the famous Hershey Chocolate Company of Hershey Pennsylvania. The title essay was first published in 1939 with the title, "Meet Mr Hershey"; here it is re-titled, and added are an essay by Hershey himself, and a memorial statement. Clean.....
Cardamoms in Ceylon: With the Compliments of the Growers. [Cover title; caption title: Cardamoms. (Elettaria Cardamomum)].
[Colombo: Cave & Co., Printers, circa 1910]. Oblong booklet (18 x 14 cm.), [16] pages. Text illustrations from black-and-white photographs. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A promotional pamphlet published by the cardamom growers of Ceylon, with information on cardamom cultivation, cardamom use in cooking, medicine and perfume, and trade statistics. The tentative date is derived from statistical data for 1909 contained in the text. Original pictorial self-wrappers. Some soil and discoloration.....
Two one-page typed letters on the state of the Hog Markets
1865, 1866. Two one-page TLs, 23.5 x 18.25 each. Letters dated December 12, 1865 and January 17, 1866. Each describe the "unsettled" hog market and increases in prices for "Best Quality", "Fair to Good","Common & Mast Fed", and "Western Dressed" grade hogs. Stahlnecker & Dorman were commission dealers in live and dressed hogs out of New York. Both letters feature fold creases and ink smudges, and the 1866 letter includes.....
Five Hundred Ways to Prepare California Sea Foods. Compiled by State Fish Exchange, California Department of Agriculture.
Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1928. Oblong booklet, stapled in wrappers (15 x 24 cm.), 119 pages. Text printed vertically, while the covers are displayed horizontally. Second printing; the original was issued in 1927, and it was issued almost every year until 1935. More than eighty California seafood varieties, listed in alphabetical order, with recipes for each. Some wear to edges, and bit of soil to a few leaves; generally.....
Elements of Dietetics and Nutrition, compiled by R.M. Sterrett.
Battle Creek, Mich. Scientific Dept. of the Postum Cereal Co, 1909. Stapled booklet (21.5 x 11.5 cm.), 48 pages. Illustrated; with a list of works consulted (page 4). FIRST EDITION. A product cookbook, promoting the therapeutic aspects of cereals as food, specifically the products of the Posstum Company, including Postum, Grape-Nuts, and Post Toasties. The little work is about evenly divided, with the first half dedicated to a general description.....
Twenty-Seven Recipes, requiring the use of good mustard.
[Boston, Mass. Stickney & Poor Spice Company, [circa 1900]. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (15 x 8.5 cm.), 12 pages. FIRST EDITION. A handsomely-produced product cookbook for Stickney & Poor's mustard, with twenty-seven recipes, including lots of salads and sandwiches. Very light soil to brown printed tan wrappers, otherwise fine. One handwritten recipe to interior wrapper panel, Scotch Wood-Cock, Ethelynde Smith". [OCLC locates just one copy (Historical Society of Penn)].
Your Work Room, Equipped for better cooking with less work (title from cover).
[Chicago, Ill. Super Maid Cook-Ware Corp. circa 1930]. Octavo-sized booklet, stapled in wrappers (22 x 14.7 cm.), 16 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photo-illustrations and vignettes. Index. Title from cover. FIRST EDITION. A well-illustrated promotional brochure from Super Maid Cook-Ware, "The Aristocrat of Cooking Utensils", provides recipes for preparation in the company's pots and pans. Minor soiling to the edges of the wraps, otherwise very good. Ink inscription at the foot.....
Menus from the S.S. Aleutian.
Vancouver, B.C. Alaska Cruise Lines, Ltd., 1930. Group of nine menus (each 21.5 x 14 cm.), single leaf, printed both sides. Illustrated with half-tones, depicting scenes of Alaska. All are breakfast or lunch menus from the S.S. Aleutian. A statement at the foot of each menu states, “Envelopes for mailing may be obtained at the print shop” reminding us that the menus served a purpose beyond delivering the meal’s choices.....
The Coca-Cola Company – an illustrated profile of a worldwide company.
Atlanta, Ga. The Coca-Cola Company, 1974. Small quarto (24 x 18 m.), 109 pages. Illustrated with colored and black & white photographic plates and additional illustrations in the text. FIRST EDITION. A promotional report touting itself as the "first official history" of the company that brought us the iconic soft drink. Much of the discusses advertising and marketing materials, the development of printed materials and global growth of the company.....
A Guide to Fine Dining in America.
[New York]: Holiday Magazine; Curtis Publishing, 1964. Stapled booklet (8 x 5.5 cm.), 55 pages. Index at rear. Title from cover; author and publication information from text. FIRST EDITION. A follow-up publication to A Guide to New York City Restaurants (1959), itself an expanded version of what began as an article in the October 1959 edition of Holiday magazine with the title "A Holiday Handbook of New York Restaurants". The.....
The Story of VendOmeter: The Self-Serve, Electric-Refrigerated, Orange Drink Vending Machine [and] VendOmeter News. Vol. 2. January-February 1928. Nos. 1-2.
New York: The Vendometer Corporation, 1927-1928. 16 x 9 cm, tri-fold and 28 x 21, 8 pages. Small promotional brochure and issue of VendOmeter News periodical. Founded in 1927, the Vendometer Corporation produced a refrigerated drink vending machine that served Oranade, “a pure fruit orange drink.” Brochure describes the convenience and sanitary functionality of the vending machine and includes a raffle ticket to win a refrigerator at the 1927 Trenton.....