![Carbonated Beverages. The art of making, dispensing & bottling soda-water, mineral-waters, ginger-ale & sparkling-liquors. [issued together with:] Catalogue of apparatus, materials, and accessories, for making bottling, and dispensing Carbonated Beverages, including soda-water, mineral spirits, & sparkling liquors](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/480/747/1167747480.0.l.jpg)
Carbonated Beverages. The art of making, dispensing & bottling soda-water, mineral-waters, ginger-ale & sparkling-liquors. [issued together with:] Catalogue of apparatus, materials, and accessories, for making bottling, and dispensing Carbonated Beverages, including soda-water, mineral spirits, & sparkling liquors
by [Trade catalogue – Soda fountains]; Chester, Thomas; Firm of John Matthews
New York: P.H. Reilly, Wood-Cut and Color Printer, 25 Rose Street, 1882. Quarto (27 x 20.5 cm.), 108, [4], 166, [2] pages. Profusely illustrated. Text in two columns. Table of contents at rear. FIRST EDITION. An early – perhaps the first – history of carbonated beverages. Issued together with a trade catalogue for the soda water supply firm of John Matthews of New York, an important manufacturer of bottling equipment, soda fountains, and carbonation apparatus. The fountains get progressively... Read More
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Maple Sugar Makers' Guide. Everything for the sugar maker from tapping bit to syrup can
by [Trade Catalogue – Maple Syrup; Leader Evaporator Co. (Burlington, Vermont)]
Burlington, Vt: Leader Evaporator Co, 1934. Octavo-sized booklet stapled in wrappers (22. x 15.5 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. Date from testimonial on page 32. A trade catalogue from a manufacturer of maple sugar making equipment and supplies, including evaporators, gathering tanks, sap buckets, sap spouts, tapping bits, gathering pails, hydrometers, thermometers, filters, syrup cans, pails, and cartons. Instructions for sugaring, and testimonials from satisfied customers are included. The Leader Evaporator Company was formed in 1988. Some light fading to... Read More
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Catalogue: Equipment and Supplies for Bottlers, Flavors
by [Trade Catalogue - H.C. Schranck Co. (Milwaukee, Wisc.)]
Milwaukee: H.C. Schranck Co, 1910. Oblong octavo (22.5 x 29 cm.), [61 pages, numbered 969-1030]. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Trade catalogue for H.C. Schrank Co., of Milwaukee, a manufacturer and distributor of equipment and supplies for bottlers. The catalogue covers a wide range of equipment, from carbonating machines to fillers and bottlers, crowning and filling machines, cappers, water stills, and labeling machines. Supplies include wooden boxes for bottles, siphon bottles and siphon-related parts, bottle brushes, faucets, taps, jars and pots... Read More
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Famous Milprint Products, Milwaukee [title from cover]
by [Trade catalogue – Packaging; Milprint Products (Milwaukee, Wisc.)]
[Milwaukee: the company, 1925. Trade catalogue bound with three brass fasteners (28 x 22.5 cm.), forty-two original color-printed cellophane or polyethylene food wrappers, mostly for meat (bacon or sausage) or candy products. Brand names and designs vary greatly. Some of the samples bare the Milprint Protecto-Pack or Millprint Econo-Wrap slug. "Milprint, Inc., was founded by the brothers Max T. ("Popsy") Heller and William ("Billy") Heller as the Milwaukee Printing Company in 1899. Beginning in 1908, they succeeded in developing... Read More
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American Fried. Adventures of a Happy Eater
by Trillin, Calvin; [Seymour Chwast (jacket design)]
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. Octavo (21.5 x 14.5 cm.), 215 pages. FIRST EDITION. The first work in Trillin's classic "Tummy Trilogy" and the first volume of his food writing in book form. Very good in publisher's red over blue cloth; the unclipped dust jacket with a design by Seymour Chwast has some light soiling but is otherwise very good. Signed by the author on the half-title.
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The Florence Cook Book. Edited by Women of Trinity Guild of Trinity Parish. Second Edition
by [Trinity Episcopal Church (Florence, Ala.); Women of Trinity Guild]
Florence, Ala: [The Church], 1931. Octavo (22.5 x 14.5 cm.), [x], 151, [xxix] pages. Advertisements. Table of contents. Stated Second Edition (likely a corrected printing of the first edition). An evidently well-received collection of nine hundred recipes, following closely upon the first edition of only two years previous (with the same 151 pages). Southern favorites stand in relief: Southern Egg Bread, Okra Gumbo, Bishop Whipple Pudding, Ambrosia, Owendaw, Asparagus Loaf, Blackeye Peas, Elder Blossom Wine, Creole Pralines. But it... Read More
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The Florence Cook Book. Edited by Women of Trinity Guild of Trinity Parish. Revised [Third] Edition
by [Trinity Episcopal Church (Florence, Ala.); Women of Trinity Guild.]
Florence, Alabama: [The Church], 1943. Octavo (23 x 15.5 cm.), 171, [v] pages. Advertisements. Errata list page [1]. Cover title. Table of contents. Third Edition. A generous helping of more than nine hundred recipes, clearly an act of perseverance to review and produce during wartime. Southern favorites stand in relief: Cracklin Bread, Hush Puppies, Ambrosia, Daube Glacé, Cabbage Au Gratin, Creole Peas, Fried Bananas, Black Bottom Pie, Pecan Cake. But this is a substantial revision of the second edition... Read More
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The Champlain Valley Book of Recipes. Collected by Young Ladies of Trinity Church, Plattsburgh
by [Trinity Episcopal Church (Plattsburgh, N.Y.); Ladies Aid Society]
Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Telegram Printing House, 1890. Duodecimo-size (18.5 x 12 cm.), [iv], 185 pages. Fourth edition, inferred from existence of a third edition, published by A.M. Warren, dated 1880. A well-produced church cookbook from the northern New York State town of Plattsburgh. Of the more than six hundred recipes, a number of pies hold especial interest: Silver Pie, made with potato and lemon; Acid Pie, made with tartaric acid and raisins; and Tomato Pie, its fruit sliced "like apples"... Read More
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The Mile-Above-the-Sea Cook Book: containing many new, selected and appetizing recipes. Compiled under the supervision of the Ladies' Guild, Trinity Parish, Lander, Wyoming
by [Trinity Parish (Lander, Wyo.); Ladies' Guild]
Omaha, Neb.; Lander, Wyoming: Burkley Printing Co.; the Ladies' Guild, 1920. Octavo (22.5 x 15 cm.), 201, [3] pages. Index. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A very scarce community cookbook, with recipes, "particularly adapted to the Rocky Mountain region" (preface). Most of the recipes are attributed and are organized by somewhat predictable sections. The Rocky Mountain Game section with bear, elk and venison is an exception. Unusual recipes include Hot Slaw, Dandelion Salad with Green Onions, Elk Pot Roast, Salmi of... Read More
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Cuisiniers a Roanne: Les Recettes Originales de Jean et Pierre Troisgros
by Troisgros, Jean & Pierre
Paris: Editions Robert Laffont, 1977. Small quarto (24.5 x 16 cm.), 365, [1] pages. Illustrated in the text and with eight color plates. Index. FIRST EDITION. The first cookbook from the giants of nouvelle cuisine. At the time of this publication, the two brothers had recently completed an expansion of the building and kitchen of their eponymous restaurant, Les Frères Troisgros in Roanne (Loire). This followed the restaurant receiving a third Michelin star and being called "the best restaurant... Read More
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The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean & Pierre Troisgros [cover title: The New French Cooking...]
by Troisgros, Jean & Pierre; Roberta Wolfe Smoler (translator)
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1978. Octavo (24 x 17 cm.), 254 pages. Illustrated with color photographs by Didier Blanchat. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Issued the previous year in French under the title Cuisiniers a Roanne by Robert Laffont. Recipient of the Food & Wine Gold Medal. The first cookbook from the giants of nouvelle cuisine, owner's of their eponymous restaurant in Roanne and, during their younger years, both students of the great Fernand Point. A bit... Read More
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![The Good Houswife [Huswife, Hous-Wife, Housewife] Made a Doctor, or, Health's choice and sure friend: being a plain way of nature's own prescribing to prevent [and] cure most diseases incident to men, women, and children, by diet and kitchin-physick only. Being an appendix to the book entituled, The way to health, &c. or a further demonstration of the philosophy therein contained. With some remarks on the practice of physick and chymistry. By Philotheos Physiologius, the author of The way to health, long life and happiness. The country-man's companion, &c](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/565/367/1325367565.0.l.3.jpg)
The Good Houswife [Huswife, Hous-Wife, Housewife] Made a Doctor, or, Health's choice and sure friend: being a plain way of nature's own prescribing to prevent [and] cure most diseases incident to men, women, and children, by diet and kitchin-physick only. Being an appendix to the book entituled, The way to health, &c. or a further demonstration of the philosophy therein contained. With some remarks on the practice of physick and chymistry. By Philotheos Physiologius, the author of The way to health, long life and happiness. The country-man's companion, &c
by [Tryon, Thomas (1634-1703)]; Philotheus Physiologus (pseudonym)
London: Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, in the Holloway-Lane, near Shoreditch, 1685. Octavo (14.5 x 9.5cm.), [12], 96, 91-232, [6] pages; collation: A6, B-Q8, R2 (I3 signed I2). Sheet A/R should have had R1 and R2 as A7 and A8. It was wrongly imposed so that A5r and A6v were perfected by pages of R and vice versa. The error was corrected by pasting leaves from half another copy of the sheet over the erroneous pages. Sheet I... Read More
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Plain Directions for Accidents, Emergencies, and Poisons : keep this where you can readily find it... Enlarged edition. One hundred twentieth thousand
by [Turner, Alexis Paul; a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and physician to several of the charitable institutions of the same city.]
New York: Mutual Life Insurance Company of New-York, 1875. Octavo (18.5 x 13 cm.), 126 pages. Illustrated. Appendix. Index. Stated "Enlarged edition" and "one hundred twentieth thousand". Author name from OCLC records. While all recorded printings prior to this are dated 1875, the "one hundred tenth thousand" and other lower numbers contain the printers slug "S.W. Green, Printer". This work appeared in shorter form(64 pages) in 1874, credited to Alexis Paul Turner (1840-1892), for sale by James Hammond, and... Read More
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Collezione Ricasoli di Tecnica Enologica as Uso dei Sindacati dell’Ospitalità. 1. Marescalchi, Arturo et al. I vini e gli alberghi; 2. De Astis, Giuseppe. I caratteri di un vino genuino; 3. Dalmasso, Giovanni. Dove si trovano i migliori vino italiani; 4. Palieri, Giuseppe. Ritiro, conservazione, affinamento dei vini; 5. Michetti, Ulisse. Dalla cantina alla cucina; 6. Grandi, Piero. Dalla cantina alla sala da pranzo: carta dei vini e presentazione al cliente; 7. Massano, Gino. Il vino visto dal cliente; 8. Baglioni, Silvestro. Principi igienci del vino
by [Tuscan Wine & Hospitality Pamphlets], Marescalchi, Arturo et al.
Firenze: Casa Vinicola Barone Ricasoli, 1934. Eight octavo booklets, 15; 34; 20; 39; 23; 14; 14; and 14 pages. FIRST EDITIONS. Complete set of individually authored instructional booklets for the Italian hospitality industry for use in the promotion of gastronomical tourism in Tuscany. Subjects include characteristics of “genuine” wine; where to find the best Italian wines; the wine production process; and how to best present wine to customers. Published by the Barone Ricasoli winery, notably a continuously run family... Read More
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Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, As well for the Champion or open Countrey, as also for the Woodland or Several, mixed in every Moneth, with A Book of Houswifery, over and besides the Book of Houswifery. Corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented to a fourth part more, with divers other lessons, as a diet for the Farmer, of the properties of Winds, Plants, Hops, Hearbs, Bees, and approved Remedies for Sheep and Cattel; with many other matters both profitable, and not unpleasant to the Reader. Also two Tables, one of Husbandry; and the other of Houswifery, at the end of the Book, for the better and easier finding out of any matter contained in the same. Newly set forth by Thomas Tusser, Gentleman
by Tusser, Thomas
London: Printed by T.R. [i.e. Thomas Ratcliffe] and M.D. [i.e. Mary Daniel] for the Company of Stationers, 1672. Quarto (20 x 15 cm.), [148] pages. Pagination of final leaves of main text being mis-numbered. Signatures: A-T . Text in verse. Printers' names from Wing. A later (likely fourth) edition of just the second book on agriculture in the English language. Originally issued under the title A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, Tusser's work, essentially a calendar accompanied by farming... Read More
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How to Be a Jewish Mother. Based on the book by Dan Greenburg
by [Typescript – musical book; Vall, Seymour; Greenburg, Dan]
New York: Hart - Multi-copy printing, 1967. Quarto-sized typescript play (28.5 x 22.5 cm.), 1-52, 2-31 pages, with some holograph corrections. The stage book based on the published book by the prolific American humorist Dan Greenburg. Originally published in 1964, Greenburg's work became the best-selling non-fiction book of 1965. The book and the subsequent musical dealt in familiar tropes of the Jewish woman, and has more recently been considered anti-Semitic for doing so. This was Seymour Vall's stage book... Read More
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The Old Chelsea Festival Cook Book. Compiled by Ladies of the Universalist Church, 1909
by [Universalist Church of the Redeemer (Chelsea, Mass.); Ladies of the Church]
[Chelsea, Mass.]: The Church, 1909. Octavo (23.5 x 15.5 cm.), [17] pages. Title and statement of responsibility from cover. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A church collection of one hundred seventy-five brief recipes, half of them attributed, gathered (in all likelihood) in support of a rebuilding project. A great many standards–Spice Cakes, Sally Lunns, Hermits, Cabbage Salad, Piccalilli–occasionally interrupted by a eyebrow-raising novelty: Bread Sandwiches (exactly what they sound like, bread inside bread), Botzen Omelette (with marmalade; note: "brand with... Read More
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Wages and Hours of Labor in the Slaughtering and Meat-Packing Industry, 1921
by U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922. Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, no. 294. Octavo, 93 pages. FIRST EDITION. An early statistical study of wages and work hours. Very good in printed wrappers.
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![Tafel der Toonbroden. Volgens de Jooden. [Table of the Showbread. According to the Jews]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/994/662/920662994.0.l.1.jpg)
Tafel der Toonbroden. Volgens de Jooden. [Table of the Showbread. According to the Jews]
by Van Gunst, Philip (1685-1725)
Amsterdam, 1725. Copperplate engraving and etching on verge-type hand-laid paper, with watermark. (circa 28.5 x 48.5 cm. paper size; circa 20.5 x 32 cm.image size). Table of Showbread (Lechem) are part of the altar in the tabernacle. In a biblical or Jewish context "showbread" (or in the King James Version: "shewbread"), refers to the cakes or loaves of bread which were always present on a specially dedicated table in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God. The... Read More
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Culinary Echoes from Dixie
by Vaughn, Kate Brew
Cincinnati: The MacDonald Press, 1917. Octavo (20 x 13.4 cm.), [6], 270, [5] pages. Illustrated advertisements at rear. Table of contents. Second Printing; originally issued in 1914. A cookbook of Southern recipes. The author, Kate Brew Vaughn (1873-1933), was an American writer, teacher, radio host, and home economics teacher. Sections include, Food; Living on the budget plan; Kitchen conveniences; Soups; Fish; Sauces; Meats; Poultry and game; Eggs; Salads; Cheese; Rice; Deep fat frying; Bread; Pastry; Cakes and gingerbread; Vegetables;... Read More
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Cocina de Chihuahua. Selección de recetas auténticas de la cocina regional de Chihuahua, recopiladas por un grupo de señoras y señoritas de la Congregación Mariana Establecida por los Padres Jesuitas de la Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesus en la Ciudad de Chihuahua. Aumentada con una serie de recetas modernas que se pueden confeccionar con los buenos productos de la región
by Velázquez de León, Josefina; [Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León (Mexico)]
México, D.F.: Academia de Cocina Velázquez de León, 1950. Ediciones Josefina Velázquez de León; Libros de cocina 75. Octavo in wrappers (20 x cm.), 69 pages. index. Text in Spanish. FIRST EDITION. Another of the many publications of Josefina Velzquez de Leon (June 7, 1899 – September 21, 1968). She was a Mexican cook, researcher, writer and teacher. as well as a pioneer of Mexican gastronomy and an entrepreneur of Mexican cuisine. One of the most well-recognized and prolific... Read More
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Pan Estilo Chino. Selección de recetas de panes estilo chino, económicos y de rápida preparación. Todas experimentadas y garantizadas por la Academía de Cocina y Repostería "Velázquez de León". Primera Edicione
by Velázquez de León, Josefina
México, D.F.: Ediciones Velázquez de León, 1946. Octavo (19 x 14 cm.), 64 pages. Photographically illustrated throughout. Publisher's advertisements to wrapper. Stated FIRST EDITION, "Primera Edicion". A collection of recipes for "Chinese Breads", so-called not because they were of Chinese culinary origin, but because the baked goods were baked and sold in shops owned by Chinese immigrants to Mexico. The recipes indicate that these small bakeries sold more than breads, with a range of cakes, pies, and sweets. From... Read More
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![Le Cuisinier Royal. Seizieme Edition, augmentee de douze cents article nouveau. [alternate title Le Cuisinier Imperial]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/778/456778882.0.l.jpg)
Le Cuisinier Royal. Seizieme Edition, augmentee de douze cents article nouveau. [alternate title Le Cuisinier Imperial]
by Viard, [Alexandre]; Fouret & Delan
Paris: Gustave Barba, Editeur du Cabinet Litteraire, 1838. Octavo, 616 pages. Illustrated with seven engravings. The sixteenth of reportedly thirty-two editions, this was originally published under the title, Le Cuisiner Imperial and was changed to Royal with the reinstatement of the Bourbons. Viard, who called himself "Homme de Bouche," is said to have been chef de cuisine for both Louis XVI and Napolean. This remains unclear. What we do know is that this work was one of the great... Read More
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Complimentary Dinner to Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President United States, Thursday, June 25th, 1885
by [Vice Presidential Menu, Signed – Thomas A. Hendricks; Bay State Club; Parker House (Boston)]
Boston: Kiley, Printer, 7 Spring Lane, 1885. Bi-fold menu (13.5 x 12 cm.), [4] pages. Illustrated. Engraved menu, for a banquet given for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks, former Senator from and Governor of Indiana. Hendricks was the 21st Vice President, lasting a mere 8 months in office, from March 4th through November 25th, 1885. This dinner was given by the Bay State Club at the famous Parker House. In the few short months he had left, Hendricks was... Read More
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Beadle’s Dime Recipe Book: a Directory for the parlor, nursery, sick room and toilet, for the kitchen, larder, etc. by Mrs. Victor
by [Dime Books; Mrs. Victor (Metta Victoria Fuller Victor)]
New York: Beadle and Company, Publishers, 118 William Street, 1863. Octavo (16 x 10.5 cm.), [vii]-x, [11]-99] pages. Stated "Revised and Enlarged Edition"; originally published 1859. The Dime Recipe Book serves as companion to the Dime Cook Book that was published just fourteen days earlier in July 1859; second in the series of Beadle's Housekeeper’s Hand Books. "The first edition has ... 100 pages ... A revised edition of the same size and with buff wrappers was issued by... Read More
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