Hawaiian Cook Book: Compiled by the Ladies' Society of Central Union Church
by [Central Union Church (Honolulu, Hawaii); Ladies' Society; McCulley, Helen H. (original compiler)]
Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Co, 1909. Octavo (21 x 14.5 cm.), 150, [16] pages. Interleaved with unpaginated blanks for the addition of handwritten recipes. Index and advertisements. Stated "Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged". Later edition of Hawaii's first cookbook, a community cookbook with recipes attributed. The much slimmer first edition - just forty-nine pages - was issued in 1879 by "The Ladies of the Fort Street Church" and printed by P.C. Advertising Printing Establishment. In the new preface to this... Read More
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The Vital Question
by Cereal Machine Company (Worcester, Mass.)]
Worcester, MA: Cereal Machine Company, 1899. Duodecimo-sized booklet, limp cloth wrappers, stab-sewn on cords (11 x 10 cm.), 147 pages. Illustrated with three pages of chromo-lithographed images of dishes. Styled seventh edition. A product cookbook from the company that brought us Shredded Wheat. Almost every recipe, from Blueberry Shortcake to Welsh Rarebit, contains Shredded Wheat. A bit of dog-earing, and some fly-specks to the first plate, otherwise near very good in a good, somewhat mottled green cloth wrapper, titled... Read More
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Cocktail Recipes, Mixed by Famous People for a Famous Hotel
by Cerwin, Herbert (compiler); [Hotel del Monte; Ernest Hemingway; Edgar Rice Burroughs; Theodore Dreiser; etc.]
Del Monte, California: Hotel Del Monte, 1933. Stapled, octavo-sized book (16.5 x 11.5 cm.), unpaginated [32] pages. Illustrated throughout by Jo Mora; printed on alternating green and yellow paper, and printed in black, red, and green ink. Second printing (styled "second edition"). Originally printed and distributed less than one week after the repeal of Prohibition, with this second printing just thirteen days later. This cocktail manual also preceded publication of the Hotel del Monte's cookbook, Famous Recipes by Famous People,... Read More
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Pharmacopoea Taurinensis, nunc primum edita jussu Augustissimi Regis
by Chais, Giovanni Battista (publisher); Giuseppe Bartolomeo Tasniere (engraver)
Torino; Turin: Augustae Taurinorum, Apud J.-B. [Jean-Baptiste] Chais, 1736. Quarto (24 x 18.5 cm.), [8], 246, [18] pages. Signatures π A-2H . Illustrated with two large folding engraved plates; woodcut printer’s device and two engraved woodcut initials with architectural scenes. FIRST EDITION. A pharmacopoeia, prepared by doctors at Turin’s medical college at the order of Charles Emmanuel III, Duke of Savoy. Its first section comprises a list of all substances generally used in the preparation of medicines, with synonyms... Read More
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Joyce Chen Cook Book
by Chen, Joyce
Cambridge; Boston: Joyce Chen Associates; Designed and printed at The Nimrod Press, 1962. Square octavo (23 x cm.), 223, [4] pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. The original self-published cookbook that was to become an evergreen classic of Chinese-American cooking, a book which perhaps did more to introduce Chinese home cooking to Americans than any other before. Cambridge-based Joyce Chen (1917-1994) was a chef, author, television personality and enterpreneur. She had several acclaimed restaurants in Cambridge. Chef Ming Tsai called Chen... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed ("Julia Child"), to Mrs. Fairbanks
by Child, Julia
Paris, 1953. One and one half page pen and ink letter (26.5 x 21.5 cm.) on single sheet of pale blue Paul Cushing Child stationery, with ink date stamp ("May 18 1953"), addressed, "USIS. 5 Place de Rome, Marseille (B du Rh)". ~ An early letter from Julia Child, written while she was living in Paris with her husband Paul and working on her first book, the seminal Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Child writes to a Mrs.... Read More
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UCSD Medical Faculty Wives Cooking Series Proudly Present Julia Child: A Benefit for the UCSD Medical Center. Tuesday, February 7 & Wednesday, February 8, 1978. Mandeville Center, University of California at San Diego
by Child, Julia; UCSD Medical Faculty Wives
San Diego: UCSD Medical Center Faculty Wives, 1978. Octavo-sized booklet, stapled in wrappers (14 x 21.5 cm.), 72 pages. Advertisements throughout. A cookbook issued on the occasion of a presentation by Julia Child, in support of the UCSD Medical Center. Includes a short biography of Julia, recipes drawn from her books and TV shows, and advertisements from sponsoring businesses. The intro states that Julia was assisted in the presentation by Paul Child and her business manager Ruth Lockwood, as... Read More
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Correspondence from Julia Child to Beverly Jackson, with photographs and other materials
by Child, Julia; Beverly Jackson
[Santa Barbara; Cambridge, 2003. A convolute of correspondence, photographs, and other materials documenting the relationship between American icon Julia Child, and Beverly Jackson, reporter, novelist, collector, and a legend of the social circles of Santa Barbara. The two were long-time friends, and neighbors in Santa Barbara's Montecito. ~ Contents: Fifteen original note cards or postcards, typed or handwritten, signed by Julia Child; one TLS; one fax, and one TLS in photocopy. Some on Child's Montecito Shores, Santa Barbara stationery,... Read More
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Two typed letters signed, dated February 10 and April 6, 1979
by Child, Julia; Llewellyn Howland III
Cambridge, Mass, 1979. Two typed letters, each signed (23 x 15 cm.), [1] and [2] pages each, typed rectos only. Both on Ecole des Trois Gourmandes stationery, and each signed by Julia Child in black ink. The correspondence concerns Julia's response to Llewellyn Howland III's request for a contribution to Boston's Birthday Book. In the first letter she reluctantly agrees, citing the demands of her schedule. The second letter has her more engaged and reacting to the plans for... Read More
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A Dissertation on the Ancient Chinese Vases of the Shang Dynasty, from 1743 to 1496, B.C. London, Published by the author, and sold by James Gilbert, 1851
by [Chinese Ceramics]; Thoms, Peter Perring
London: Published by the author... and Sold by James Gilbert, 1851. Small quarto (24 x 16 cm.), 63 pages. Illustrated with forty-two woodcuts in the text. Title printed within decorated woodcut border in red. FIRST EDITION. Thoms (1814-51) was a British book printer and sinologist living in Canton and Macau from 1814 to 1825. He is mainly known for the printing of Robert Morrison's Chinese Dictionary (1815-23). During his time in China he developed an interest in ancient Chinese... Read More
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Choice Receipts: Selected from the best manuscript authorities. Published for the benefit of Christ Church Fair
by [Christ Church (Hartford, Conn.)]
[Hartford, Conn: Worthington, Dustin & Co.], 1872. Octavo (23.5 x 16 cm.), 66, [6 blank] pages. FIRST EDITION. The first community cookbook published in Connecticut, and one of the earliest of community cookbooks from any state. A second edition was published the following year, slightly expanded to 68 pages, and now with the proceeds "for benefit of a Girls' School at Walla Walla, Washington". With recipes in narrative form, and only a few attributed. Some light soiling throughout, but... Read More
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A Book of Recipes. Second and Improved edition, compiled by the Womans Guild of Christ Church Cathedral
by [Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral (Lexington, Ky.); Womans Guild]
Lexington, Kentucky: [The Church; Printed by] Press of James M. Byrnes Co, 1926. Octavo (21 x 14.75 cm.), 122 pages. Advertisements. “Index” is actually a table of contents. ~ Stated “second and improved edition.” A church cookbook from the heart of the Bluegrass interior, with three hundred fifty recipes, a few of them attributed. Among those of more than passing interest: Kentucky Spoon Bread, Currant Loaf, Gritts Muffins, Buckwheat Cakes, Black Bean Soup, Mushroom Soup, Dutch Chicken Pie, Succotash,... Read More
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A Book of Recipes. Second and Improved edition, compiled by the Womans Guild of Christ Church Cathedral
by [Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral (Lexington, Ky.); Womans Guild]
Lexington, Kentucky: [The Church; Printed by] Press of James M. Byrnes Co, 1926. Octavo (21 x 14.75 cm.), 122 pages. Advertisements. “Index” is actually a table of contents. ~ Stated “second and improved edition.” A church cookbook from the heart of the Bluegrass interior, with three hundred fifty recipes, a few of them attributed. Among those of more than passing interest: Kentucky Spoon Bread, Currant Loaf, Gritts Muffins, Buckwheat Cakes, Black Bean Soup, Mushroom Soup, Dutch Chicken Pie, Succotash,... Read More
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Notice on the Beet Sugar: containing 1st. a description of the culture and preservation of the plant. 2d. an explanation of the process of extracting its sugar. Preceded by a few remarks on the origin and present state of the indigenous sugar manufactories of France. Translated from the works of Dubrunfaut, De Domballe, and others
by Church, Edward (1779-1845)
Northampton; Boston; New York; Philadelphia: Published by J.H. Butler; Hilliard, Gray, & Co.; D. Appleton & Co.; William Marshall & Co, 1837. Duodecimo (19 x 11.5 cm.), v, [7]-54, [2], 4 pages. Publisher’s advertisements at rear. FIRST EDITION. A second edition was issued the same year as this first. An effort to encourage Americans to embrace the sugar beet as a sweetner and the necessary extraction process. The author had planned to farm sugar beets in France until war... Read More
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Reliable Receipts. Contributed by the Ladies of the Central Congregational Church, Newtonville, Mass
by [Central Congregational Church; Ladies of the Church]
Boston: Columbia Engraving Company, 1899. Octavo (20 x 14 cm.), 184 pages. Advertisements. Index. Second Edition. An earlier edition, without mention of Newtonville in the title, was published by the Central Congregational Church in 1890. An ambitious charitable cookbook of nearly eight hundred recipes, for the most part brief and unattributed, published in the year of the Church's incorporation as an independent congregation. A work, too, of intentional comprehensiveness, with no fewer than twelve sorts of vegetable fritters, eighteen... Read More
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Civic League Cook Book. Compiled by..
by Churchill County Civic League (Fallon, Nev.)
Fallon, Nev: [Churchill County Civic League], 1924. Octavo in wrappers (23 x 16 cm.), 64 [18 mis-numbered] pages. Table of contents. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook, created by The Churchill County Civic League, an organization that that grew from the Nevada Equal Franchise Society, a suffrage organization organized in 1913 that participates in the effort to successfully win the vote in Nevada in 1914. With that mission behind them, the Equal Franchise Society, like other Suffrage groups, were... Read More
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New York Cook Book: or choice gleanings, from many households: a collection of tested and approved recipes, dedicated to American housewives
by [Almanac – patent medicine; F.W. Kinsman & Co. (New York City)]
New York; Lockport, N.Y.: Published by F.W. Kinsman & Co., apothecaries: Union Printing & Publishing Co, 1890. Octavo, stapled in wrappers (18.3 x 11 cm.), 32 pages. Printed throughout in black and red. Calendars for 1890 and 1891 printed on rear panel of wrapper. Advertisements. Other titles: Kinsman's New York Cook Book. The third and final almanac promoting Adamson's Botanic Balsam and other nostrum's and remedies produced by F.W. Kinsman, Apothecaries of New York. Previous issues of the almanac... Read More
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Centennial Dinner of the Saint Nicholas Society, at the Waldorf-Astoria, February 28th, 1935
by [Menu – Oranje Boven; Waldorf-Astoria (New York City)]
[New York: N.p.], 1935. Menu printed on orange silk (30.5 x 15.3 cm.), [1] page. Printed verso only. Menu for a banquet celebrating the 100th anniversary of the St. Nicholas Society. The menu for the banquet, held at the Waldorf-Astoria, includes some tasty dishes, including Parmesan Straws, Vol au Vont of Sweetbreads with Quenelles and Mushroom Regence. The toasts include one each to Santa Claus, Our City, and Woman. The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York... Read More
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The Old Chambers Street Candy Manufactory. Established 1806.... Broken Candy... Ridley & Co. Steam Refined Candy & Sugar Plums
by [Packaging - Ridley & Co. (New York City)]
New York City: [the company, 1857. Original candy packaging, a bag (28 x 16.5 cm.), printed in blue with text and engraved illustration on verso and recto. A confectionery bag from the famous Ridley & Co., suppliers of candy to New York City, and renowned for their Sugar Plums. Founded in 1806 and backed by the Stewart sugar interests, the original Ridley & Co. was located at Chambers and Greenwich Streets. In 1850 the headquarters, incorporating both steam-powered manufacturing... Read More
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Gæsteporten
by [Restaurant guest book – Old Denmark Restaurant (New York City)]
[New York], 1993. Wooden guest book in the shape of a door, wooden metal hinges, 50 leaves sewn with pink cord, with seventy-five holograph signatures, nearly forty of which we have been able to identify. The Old Denmark was a casual restaurant, at 135 East 57th Street, and later, 113 East 65th Street on New York’s Upper East Side. A 1964 review gave the restaurant one star, and described it as “first and foremost a purveyor of Scandinavian delicacies... Read More
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Park & Tilford Quality Group
by [Trade catalogue – spirits distributor]; Park & Tilford Import Corporation (New York City)]
New York: the company, 1940. Oblong metal ribbon-bound book (14.5 x 22.5 cm.), 41, [12] pages. Illustrated. Images of product on rectos, with descriptive text on versos. A salesman's promotional catalogue for the “Quality Group” line of spirits from Park & Tilford, including Harvey’s Sherries, Marie Brizzard, and champagnes and wines from Heidsieck, Beaulieu Vineyards, Blanchy, Martel & Co., Booths, Sanderson, and a number of spirits under the Park & Tilford brand. The text descriptions contain more technical information,... Read More
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The Agate Cook Book [title from cover]
by [Trade catalogue – Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company (New York City)]
[New York: Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper, Printers, 30 Beekman Street, 1885. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (15.5 x 12 cm.), [136] pages. Illustrated throughout. Title from cover. Date from page of medals received. Stated "Fourth Edition". There were at least three distinctly different works with this title, issued by the corporate author: (1890) 72 pages, with the Lalance and Grosjean Manufacturing Co name; (1891) 32 pages, an almanac, not a trade catalogue; and this one (undated)... Read More
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Twenty-Five Years of Progress: Being a slight historical sketch of the Civil Engineers' Club of Cleveland, 1880-1905
by [Menu – Civil Engineer's Club of Cleveland]
Cleveland, Ohio: Privately Printed, 1905. 16mo. (15.5 x 10.5 cm.), 24 pages. Illustrated. All edges gilt. FIRST & ONLY EDITION, limited, number 363 of 400 copies hand-numbered copies. A commemorative book for the Silver Anniversary Banquet of the Civil Engineers' Club of Cleveland, held at The Colonial on March 13, 1905. The fare included Canape a la Russe, Blue Points, Clear Green Turtle, Broiled Shad, Broiled Spring Chicken, Bermuda Potatoes, and several desserts. Portraits of eminent club members and... Read More
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Favorite Recipes. Recommended by the Colorado Wellesley Club
by Colorado Wellesley Club
Denver: Merritt Printing and Stationery Co, 1915. Duodecimo (17 x 12.5 cm.), 57 pages. Second Edition; originally printed in 1907. A simple, small recipe collection from the local college organization for Wellesley. Many recipes are attributed, and with the note, "Some of these recipes were taken from other publications, the names of which were not in many cases known by the contributors" (title page verso). Text block a bit shaken, but still sound. Light soiling to edges of leaves.... Read More
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Clysmic King of Table Waters, Booze Book
by [Clysmic Spring Company (Waukesha, Wisconsin)]
Waukesha, Wisconsin: Published by Clysmic Spring Co, 1912. Booklet, cord-tied in wrappers (18 x 13 cm.), [2], 32, [2] pages. Illustrated. Title and publication information from wrapper. Date from external evidence (1912 issue of Life Magazine announcing the publication). Evident FIRST EDITION. A promotional bar manual consisting of cocktail recipes made with Clysmic water. Most of the recipes are followed by quoted toasts. At the bottom of each page is a line of advertising for Clysmic brand table water.... Read More
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