Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1922. Octavo (23 x 15 cm.), 296, [xl] pages. Index. Advertisements. An ambitious anthology of some one thousand recipes, all but a few attributed, directed at an audience familiar with canapes, caviar, and cheese from Neufchâtel-en-Bray. A number were sent in by well-known chefs, presumably on request – for instance, Apricots With Rice and Delice Joseph Relish , both from Joseph Boggia of.....

[Raynham, Mass.]: [The Church], [circa 1900]. Stapled booklet, (18.75 x 13.5 cm.), 48 pages. Advertisements throughout. Title from cover. Identification of church surmised from photo-reproduction on cover. Date of publication proposed from internal evidence. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. Tentatively identified community recipe collection of modest proportions, with some two hundred brief entries solicited from acquaintances in both Bristol County and around the nation. Recipes include: Maryland Beat Biscuits (from Baltimore).....

Westfield, Mass. Press of The Valley Echo, 1900. Octavo (20 x 13.25 cm), 92 pages. Advertisements. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. An unreported church cookbook with three hundred recipes, the majority attributed. Fully of its era, emphasizing baked goods, sweets, and puddings – with five separate approaches to Walnut Cake, and five renditions also of Lemon Pie. Settlers from Northampton, in what is now the central western county of Hampshire, moved to.....

Boston: B. Wilkins & Co., Printers, 1889. Octavo (19.5 x 13.25 cm.), 64, [ii] pages. Advertisements. Title on cover: Housekeeper's Hand Book. Index is actually a table of contents. FIRST EDITION. A church recipe collection with two hundred brief entries, all attributed. A straightforward chapter of standards called Fancy Dishes claims center stage: Charlotte Russe, Strawberry Blanc-Mange, Orange Pudding, Lemon Creams, Jellied Peaches. Shortly after the organization of the first.....

Lawrence, Massachusetts: The Boothby Press, [ca. 1928]. Octavo (23 x 16 cm.), 164 pages. Cover title: City Mission Cook Book. Publication date derived from image in Walter Baker advertisement on page [107]. Includes table of contents. Advertisements interspersed. Second printing (see Brown). A generous anthology of seven hundred recipes assembled by delegate members of a community defining itself on a wide franchise. An idea of the scope can be inferred.....

Greenpoint, N.Y. Ladies' Benevolent Association of Greenpoint, 1887. Octavo (23 x 15 cm.), 75 pages. Advertisements. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A charitable Brooklyn cookbook. "Money accruing from this sale of this is for the building of the Home for the Aged", states the title page. Recipes are not attributed, but there is an excellent two-page description of the "Work of the Association" with names of the officers of the society, and.....

New Albany, Ind. [Printed by The Tribune Company(?), between 1913 and 1916]. Octavo (22 x 15 cm.), 44, [iv] pages. Advertisements. Author from cover. Printer and date of publication from external evidence. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. A contract community cookbook undertaken "in answer to the demand among church and club women for something new" – a reference to "relishes, garnishes, and much [else that] will appeal to the women seeking.....

[San Francisco; Chicago: Southern Pacific Railroad]; [Printed by] Poole Bros. 1900. Duodecimo-size booklet (14.75 x 8.5 cm.), 80 pages. Blue and brown ink on pink paper. Two photographic portraits (Monsieur and Madame Bégué). Illustrations. List of railway agents. Title from cover. In logo at head of title: Southern Pacific Sunset Route. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. A souvenir anthology of writings, including sixty recipes from two landmark New Orleans restaurants, offered.....

Germantown, NY: Woman's Club, 1930. Octavo-sized stapled booklet, 82, [2] pages. Advertisements. Table of contents. Title from wrappers. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook from this small Hudson River town in New York's Columbia County. Recipes are attributed, and a few have an owner's small pencil checkmarks, likely indicating approval. In blue wrappers, printed in gold. Previous owner's name neatly inked on first page. Worn at spine, with internal repair; with.....