London: Printed for Thomas Boys, 7, Ludgate Hill, by C. Green, Leicester Street, Leicester Square, 1821. Tall duodecimo (18 x 11 cm.), [vi], 160, xxiii, [1] pages. Title page with hand-colored engraved illustration of a brick oven. Advertisements at rear for other works by the author. Bibliographical references. Twelve pages of reviews of Accum's Treatise on Adulterations of Food, inserted at end. FIRST EDITION. One of two 1821 editions (one.....

Montvale, New Jersey: Heritage Kitchens, [1980]. Comb-bound book in stiff wrappers (21.5 x 19 cm.), [ii], 108, [3] pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. An early collection of recipes describing uses of bulgur wheat, with an historical introduction. "... 9000 thousand years are embodied in presenting a useful, tasty, and nutritious food in a variety of dishes" (from the Introduction). Some light soil and spots to the wrapper panels; internally clean. About.....

Phoenixville, PA: circa 1890. Broadside (35.5 x 28 cm.); set of six photographs, approximately 13 x 11 cm each; and business card, 4.5 x 9 cm. Broadside with pasted down photograph by A.W. Rothengatter & Company of Philadelphia. Offers fresh baked items daily, seasonal treats, and event catering. Four photographs are pasted down to individual rough-edged board, remainder with descriptions to verso. Photos illustrate various exterior and interior shots of.....

London: Printed and Published by C. Clement, No. 183, Fleet Street, 1822; [1821-22]. 16mo. (19 x 11.5 cm.), [iv], 207, iv pages. Index. FIRST EDITION, original issue, bound from the seven monthly parts published between August 1, 1821 and March 1, 1822 (no entry for February, 1822 was issued); with an added title page for the whole, dated 1822, and an added Index at rear. An important rural handbook, from.....

[London: Elizabeth David Ltd. Kitchen Utensils, 1969]. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (14.7 x 11.8 cm.), 20 pages. FIRST EDITION. In just twenty pages, David surveys the syllabub and fruit fool from Sir Kenelm Digby to Max Beerbohm. This is one in the series of eight little books by David, mostly issued from her shop in Pimlico, Elizabeth David Ltd., Kitchen Utensils. A tiny bit of age-toning to wrapper edges, otherwise.....

[No place: copyright by the author;] Calumet Baking Powder Company, 1916. Octavo (24 x 16 cm.), 108 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A hyper-rationalized short course in domestic science, and a good example of the path America was well along by the Great War. All is in the service of economy and nutrition, and aesthetics and taste be damned! Offered for example, "balanced ration: always there one thing in mind, the.....

London: Baker and Confectioner, 1895. Octavo, 198, x pages. Advertisements. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A technical manual of commercial breadmaking, from the Consulting chemist to the London Master Bakers' Society, and the author of The Dietetic Value of Bread. Contains lots of technical analysis of the principles of bread creation, as well as illustrations of the chemical activities, and equipment of breadmaking. The book is quite shaken, and several signatures are.....

Staunton, Va. John D. Hounihan, [1877]. Small octavo, (17 x 13.5 cm.), iv, [2], 363, [1] pages. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text, and with twenty-six full-page monochrome plates in blue, green, dark green, orange, and pink. Advertisement on final leaf. Spine title: The Art of Baking. FIRST EDITION. A baking and confectionery manual for the public, practical baker, and tradesman. Sections include: yeast, bread, cakes, pastry (which includes pies).....

London: Gresham Publishing Company Ltd., 1924. Four volumes. Large octavos, xvi, 246; xvi, 278; xiv, 269, [1]; x, 250 pages. One hundred-eight plates (1 folding; 25 color; some with tissue guards with legends). Five colored maps on four plates. Two folding tables. numerous text illus. (some full-page). Second, revised edition. The first edition, issued 1907-1909, appeared in six volumes. A comprehensive and well-illustrated work, intended to offer a faithful record.....

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1956. Small octavo, 223 pages. Later printing of the classic Italian dessert book, originally published in 1952. Contains "over 250 recipes for delectable desserts, confections, liqueurs, and other specialties..." Some age toning and light foxing to text block, otherwise very good in gray cloth, with a slightly dusty, unclipped dust jacket with a small smudge to the center of the front panel. Still.....

LeRoy, N. Y. The Genesee Pure Food Company, 1924. Oblong, stapled booklet (18 pages). Illustrated throughout in color; with color wrappers illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Includes recipes, menus, and text reassuring the consumer about the quality of Jell-O. With original cord tie, for hanging the booklet in the kitchen. Light soiling to wrappers, otherwise fine.

[Boston, Mass. Chester Kent & Co., circa 1920]. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (16.5 x 11.5 cm.), 24 pages. Illustrated. Product cookbook, promoting Chester Kent & Co., with alternating pages of recipes and testimonials for their patent medicine, cod liver & iron tonic "Vinol", Saxol Salve, and Saxo Soap, remedies for skin diseases, and Vinlax Tablets for constipation. The cover has been customized for a distributor of the Vinol products, “with.....

Boston: M. Barrows & Company; [Thomas Todd Company, Printers], 1926. Octavo (19 x 13 cm.), 113 pages. Index. Second edition. A rather precise manual of cake baking, from the "instructor of Home Economics in Los Angeles City Schools". Clean and sound, in publisher's tan cloth, with printed title label to front panel. Some light rubbing to extremities, otherwise fine.