A Year Among the Bees: Being a talk about some of the implements, plans and practices of a bee-keeper of 25 years' experience, who has for 8 years made the production of honey his exclusive business
by Miller M.D., C.C. [Charles C. Miller (1831-1920)]
Chicago: Office of the American Bee Journal, 1885. Octavo (17.5 x 13.4 cm), 114, [14] pages. Illustrations. Index. Advertisements. Publication date from the author's Fifty Years Among the Bees, (1920, page 15). FIRST EDITION. Charles C. Miller (1831-1920) was a practical commercial beekeeper that specialized in comb honey production. Miller began as an amateur beekeeper. In 1861, his wife hived a swarm into a sugar barrel when it landed on their porch in, after which he expanded his business... Read More
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Fifth edition of the Practical Proofs of the Soundness of the Hygeian System of Physiology, giving incontrovertible testimony to the afflicted, of the inestimable value of Morison's vegetable universal medicines: including, with other matter, 'The Origin of life, and cause of all diseases explained; 'an entirely new view of the origin of the small-pox virus, and of its being most certainly eradicable, or rendered harmless; and sundry cases of cure, with most important information connected with the successful promulgation of the Hygeian system in the United States of America
by Moat, Thomas; Morison, James
New York: Printed by W. Mitchell, 265 Bowery... for Dr. H. Shepheard Moat.., 1834. Octavo (18.5 x 11.5 cm.), 228 pages. Stated Fifth Edition. An American issue of the primary work of the British quack-physician James Morison "the Hygeist" (1768-1840), flogging uses of his Hygeian Vegetable Universal Medicine. The book contains "the Hygeist's account of his own cause of cure, as extracted from Morisoniana"; "origin of life, and causes of disease"; "a short treatise, on the original cause of... Read More
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Emma Jane's Souvenir Cook Book and Some Old Virginia Recipes
by Moncure, Blanche Elbert. Christian, Emma Jane Jackson Beauregard Jefferson Davis Lincoln
Williamsburg, Va: Privately Published, 1937. Octavo, stapled in wrappers (24 x ?? cm.), 87 pages. Additional unpaginated leaves for "Additional Recipes" throughout. Photographically illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Emma Jane. FIRST EDITION. Emma Jane's narrative and story in the first thirteen pages, with additional stories and anecdotes for selected recipes throughout. "This classic stapled and folded book of one hundred fifty standard recipes collected by a white woman on behalf of her black cook is the best example... Read More
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![The Junior League Recipe Book. [Compiled by Members of the Junior League of Los Angeles; Selection of Recipes by Charlotte Moody.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/365/794/1356794365.0.l.jpg)
The Junior League Recipe Book. [Compiled by Members of the Junior League of Los Angeles; Selection of Recipes by Charlotte Moody.]
by [Junior League of Los Angeles]. [Charlotte Moody]
Los Angeles: [The League]; Privately Printed, 1930. Octavo (24 x 16 cm.), [viii], 215, [i] pages. Illustrated chapter heads. Advertisements. Cover title: Los Angeles Junior League Recipes. Editorial attribution from page [3]. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. One of the earliest documented Junior League community cookbooks in a tradition that would not be firmly established until two decades later. Unusual in the context of charitable books, too, in that an outside consultant oversaw the selection of accepted contributions (Charlotte Moody... Read More
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A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors; with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits
by Morewood, Samuel (1772 - 1851)
Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company and William Carson; Printed by William Warren, 1838. Octavo (22 x14 cm.), xii, 745, [3 blank], pages. [A] , B-3A , 3B-3C . Frontispiece, engravings in the text and charts, drawn by E L Percy and engraved by Caroline Clayton. Bibliographic references; Index. Second Edition, enlarged; (first published 1824). Gabler notes "The first edition... was the first publication on this subject in English. The second edition... is more complete"; greatly expanded from the first... Read More
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The Bottlers' Formulary Practical Recipes, Formulas and Processes for Making the Soluble Flavors Used in the Manufacture of Carbonated Beverages. Published for the Benefit of Those Bottlers Who Desire to Put Up First Class Beverages
by Morris, George S[Impson], Ph.D.
Kansas City, Kansas: The Morris Chemical Co.; Callendier Printing Company, 1910. Octavo (19.5 x 13.6 cm.), 88 pages. Table of contents, really an index. Publisher's advertisement at rear. FIRST EDITION. One hundred thirty-nine numbered formulas for extracts, with additional sections on special syrup drinks, colors, artificial mineral waters, English formulas, flavors, and costs. Fascinating information from authorities: Cola Soda Extract, Cola Fluid Extract, Ginger Ales, Quinine Tonic, Extract of Root Beer, "World's Fair" Root Beer, Extract of Spruce Beer,... Read More
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Honey Bee Pests, Predators and Diseases
by Morse, Roger A. (editor)
Ithaca: Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, 1978. Octavo, 430 pages. FIRST EDITION. A collection of essays on the enemies of honey bees, from the leading scholars in the field. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with only a touch of edgewear. Inscribed by the author, "To Herman Sanders, with very best wishes - Roger A. Morse". Dr. Herman Sanders was the first American doctor to be tried for euthanasia, in 1950. While Sanders was ultimately acquitted of the charges,... Read More
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New York Stone Ware Pottery, Fort Edward, N.Y. Bought of Satterlee & Mory, Dealers in Every Description of Stone and Rockingham Ware
by [Billhead - Stoneware]; Satterlee & Mory
Fort Edward, NY, 1870. Printed billhead (38 x 24 cm.). Illustrated invoice with depictions of jugs, open and covered cream pots, pitchers, churns, preserved jars, pudding pots, butter pots, cake pots, flower pots, water kegs, and spittoons offered by Satterlee & Mory, New York stoneware pottery purveyors. Beginning in 1858, stoneware pottery was a major industry in Fort Edward, a town located along the Hudson River. George Satterlee was one of the first to establish a pottery business, when... Read More
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A Poetical Cook-Book
by [Moss, Maria J.] Camp Cookery and Hospital Diet
Philadelphia: Caxton Press of C. Sherman, Son & Co, 1864. Slim octavo (18.7 x 13 cm.), 144 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. Written by the author as a pastime, A Poetical Cook-Book was published in 1864 and sold to benefit the Civil War’s wounded, widowed, and orphaned. The book features a wide-ranging collection of recipes inspired by famous poems. For many years it was considered the first cookbook sold for a charitable cause (Cook). “A small, plain volume, it featured... Read More
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Environment, Food, and Safety
by Mrak, Emil M.
Davis, California: University of California, 1972. Library Associates of the University Library, Keepsake Number 5. Octavo-sized booklet (23 x 15.5 cm.) 17 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION, limited to seven hundred copies. Emil M. Mrak was Chancellor Emeritus at UC-Davis and served on the Finch Commission dealing with food safety under President Johnson. Mrak was an expert on pesticides, with industry leanings. He also played a major role at the Davis campus during its growth in the 1960s. In illustrated... Read More
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![Louis' Salads and Chafing Dishes. [cover title: A Book of Good Salads, for my friend with chafing dish recipes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/328/267/1606267328.0.l.jpg)
Louis' Salads and Chafing Dishes. [cover title: A Book of Good Salads, for my friend with chafing dish recipes]
by Muckensturm, Louis
Boston; New York: H.M. Caldwell Company; [Colonial Press, 1906. Tall octavo (26 x 13.5 cm.), 113, [7] pages. All pages with green rule; printed throughout in black and green. Index. Pages at rear “For your own receipts”. Evident FIRST EDITION. A cookbook, not just a recipe collection but also a guide to creating an event at the dining table, with 'How to Make a Menu or Bill of Fare', 'Four Menus for Small Card Parties', and 'Hints on Carving'.... Read More
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Murrel’s Two Books of Cookery, containing the best fashions of dressing of flesh, fish or fowle, and curious receipts for making gellies or made-dishes of any fashion. Also,... the Eighth Edition Enlarged
by Murrel, John; [John Murrell]
London: Printed by D. Maxwell, and are to be sold by Robert Horn at the Turk's Head in Cornhill [illegible], 1659. Small octavo (12 x 7 cm.), [2], 155 [10], 2-31, [1] pages. A2, B8, C-I12, K3 (-K4, and ?K5) of “table for preserving, conserving, candying and perfuming, &c.”). Stated eighth edition enlarged. The final edition of Murrell’s ‘two books’ consisting of The First Book of Cookery, The Second Book of Cookery, and A New Book of Sewing and... Read More
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Valuable Cooking Receipts
by Murrey, Thomas J.
New York: George W. Harlan, 19 Park Place; J. Campbell, Printer, Vandewater Street, 1880. Square-back stapled book, (17 x 12.5 cm.), 128 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. Author's first book, preceding the series of single-subject books published by Frederick Stokes for which he is more recognized. Murrey was the caterer of New York's Astor House and Philadelphia's Continental Hotel. The book is an amalgam of recipes for familiar New York and Philadelphia hotel fare, intermixed with articles pulled from various... Read More
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![Boletus Flavus L. Collected L'Islet County, Que. 1950. [Original watercolor with convolute of related materials]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/289/914/502914289.0.l.jpg)
Boletus Flavus L. Collected L'Islet County, Que. 1950. [Original watercolor with convolute of related materials]
by [Mushrooms – original watercolor]; Jackson, Henry A.C.
1950. Original watercolor (17 x 22 cm.), labeled, signed, and dated by the artist in pencil. On watercolor paper which had been mounted on a thicker card stock, now de-laminated, but in remarkably fine condition. Henry A.C. Jackson (1877-1960) was one of Canada's outstanding amateur naturalists. He was the elder brother of landscape painter A.Y. Jackson, and while A.Y. achieved great fame through his art, Henry chose to quietly document his mycological journeys in Quebec through copious note taking... Read More
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Feminist Food Book. Compiled by the Muskegon Area Women's Coalition. Illustrated by Kenneth Lee Wells
by Muskegon Area Women's Coalition (Mich.); Wells, Kenneth Lee (illustrator)
[Muskegon, Mich.}: Published by Depot Enterprise, 1982. Comb-bound, octavo-sized book (15 x 23 cm.), 57 pages. Illustrated and "hand lettered" by Kenneth Lee Wells. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook from a local Woman's Coalition (MAWC), founded "to provide resources for the development of women through mutual support of their commonalities as women". The detailed recipes are attributed to their contributors and several previously published recipes are credited to Rodale Press. The recipe offerings seem like Midwestern 1980s fare:... Read More
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![[Manuscript Field Notes in German over 240 Fungi Drawings of Medicinal, Edible & Toxic Mushrooms]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/288/794/1356794288.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Field Notes in German over 240 Fungi Drawings of Medicinal, Edible & Toxic Mushrooms]
by [Manuscript – Mycology]
[Switzerland or Germany, 1835. Folio notebook; loose gatherings in separate, ribbon-tied boards (38 x 25 cm.). Two hundred forty original drawings, with accompanying manuscript text, on individual trimmed leaves, each mounted thematically with others of its type, with brass pins to the inside of folio double leafs. Text is in German, with some plant names also in Latin. The lot housed in the original string-tied portfolio boards, heavy green cardstock with manuscript inscription to front. ~ A most uncommon... Read More
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Grand Complementary Banquet to Col. J.Q.A. Nadenbousch, Proprietor of Grand Central Hotel, Martinsburg, W.VA. Saturday Evening, February 2nd, 1878
by [Menu & program – Grand Central Hotel (Martinsburg, West Virginia); John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch]
Martinsburg, W. Va: [the hotel; Statesman Print], 1878. Bi-fold menu, folded on top edge (20.5 x 12 cm.), [4] pages. Printed in blue. A four-page program with menu for a banquet honoring Col. Nadenbousch at the Grand Central Hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Colonel John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch owned the Hotel in which he was being feted, as well as a lumber yard, and the Martinsburg branch of the Hannis Distillery (based in Philadelphia). He pursued these activities following... Read More
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![Habit-Forming Agents: Their Indiscriminate Sale and Use a Menace to the Public Welfare. U.S. [at head of title] Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 393](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/363/134/1506134363.0.l.jpg)
Habit-Forming Agents: Their Indiscriminate Sale and Use a Menace to the Public Welfare. U.S. [at head of title] Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 393
by [Narcotics] Kebler, L.F. [Lyman Frederick Kebler]
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (23 x 15 cm.), 19 pages. Photographic illustrations in text (halftones). FIRST EDITION. An exposé, targeted to residents of rural districts, of narcotic agents in patent remedies and soft drinks, as well as the illicit trade in morphine and other drugs. Illustrations depict numerous commercially available (and perfectly legal) preparations containing morphine and coca-leaf extracts, Coca-Cola prominent among them (Coca Cola did not become entirely cocaine-free until 1929). The... Read More
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Tried and True Recipes, Arranged and compiled by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Chaumont, N.Y. Second edition
by [New York, Chaumont]; Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Chaumont, N.Y.: Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1897. Octavo-sized stapled booklet (23 x 15 cm.), 48 pages. Advertisements. Stated Second Edition (on wrappers only). An attractively designed church cookbook emanating from a hamlet in Jefferson County (near Lake Ontario), whose central district is now listed in The National Register of Historic Places. The Methodist Episcopal Society traces its presence in Chaumont to the earliest days of settlement by Europeans during the first decades of the nineteenth... Read More
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The Home Favorite Cook Book. Published by the Ladies' Benevolent Association of Greenpoint
by [New York, Greenpoint, Brooklyn]; Ladies' Benevolent Association of Greenpoint
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 its goals. includes two tipped in recipes at the... Read More
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Les Plaisirs de la Table. Où, sous une forme nouvelle, l'Auteur a dévoilé maints délicieux secrets et recettes de bonne Cuisine, transcrit les précieux avis de Gourmets fameux et de fins Gastronomes, conseillers aimables et sûrs de l'Art du Bien-Manger. Préface de Robert de Flers. Dessins de P. F. Grignon
by Nignon, Edouard
Paris: Chez l'Auteur et chez Lapina, Editeur, 1930. Small quarto, 333 pages. Illustrated. Second, revised edition, with a new introduction by the original dedicatee, Robert de Flers. One of 2000 copies on verge, from a total of 2150 copies. A "remarquable livre de recettes." (Oberlé. Le Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus). Nignon was chef to the Tsar, and to the Austrian Emperor, before cooking at the grand Parisian Restaurant Larue. His cookbook is filled not just with recipes... Read More
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A Housekeeper's Scrap-Book. Privately Printed for the benefit of Norfolk House Centre, Roxbury, Massachusetts
by [Norfolk House Centre (Roxbury, Mass.)]
Roxbury, Mass: Norfolk House Centre, 1922. Octavo-sized booklet, stapled in wrappers ( x cm.), 23 pages. FIRST EDITION. A slim fundraising cookbook, published to benefit the Norfolk House Centre, a private school outside of Boston. Recipes include a "Ham Mousse", "Nut Wafers" and "Veronique Soup". A bit of age-toning and edge-chipping to the somewhat brittle wrappers; wrappers separated from text block at the staples. Good plus. Scarce. [OCLC locates two copies (Schlesinger & the Vehling Collection at Cornell)].
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Specialità Culinarie Italiane: 137 tested recipes of famous Italian foods. Sold for the benefit of North Bennet's Industrial Training & Social Service Work in the North End of Boston
by [North Bennet Street Industrial School (Boston, Mass.)]
[Boston, Mass: North Bennet Street Industrial School, 1936. Wire-O metal coil binding (26 x 18.5 cm.), 57, [7] pages. Index is table of contents. Advertisements. Title, author, and publication data from cover. Date from information in second edition of 1937. FIRST EDITION. A community fundraising cookbook for the benefit of North Bennett Street Industrial School. There is no front matter (title page, intro, etc.), and the recipes are not attributed, but are drawn from members of the surrounding community,... Read More
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Specialità Culinarie Italiane: 137 tested recipes of famous Italian foods. Sold for the benefit of North Bennet's Industrial Training & Social Service Work in the North End of Boston
by North Bennet Street Industrial School (Boston, Mass.)
[Boston, Mass: North Bennet Street Industrial School, 1936. Wire-O metal coil binding (26 x 18.5 cm.), 57, [7] pages. Index is table of contents. Advertisements. Foreword printed on a separate sheet laid-in at front. Title, author, and publication data from cover. Date from information in second edition of 1937. FIRST EDITION. A community fundraising cookbook for the benefit of North Bennett Street Industrial School. There is no front matter (title page, intro, etc.), and the recipes are not attributed,... Read More
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Martha's Vineyard Tested and Reliable Recipes, by... Price 35 cents
by Norton, Mrs. Ernest R.
[Martha's Vineyard: n.p., 1910. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (10 x 15 cm.), 8 pages. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A slight but interesting single author cookbook, with thirty short recipes in narrative form. About the author, Mrs. Ernest R. Norton, or her husband, we know little, though Norton is a name of great significance on the island of Martha's Vineyard, going all the way back to the original 16th century settlers. Waterstain to gutter of text block; some age-toning to... Read More
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