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Garden City NY: American Home Magazine Corporation, 1953. (USA) Stated First Edition No markings, cover edges worn, crease to cover, pages clean, decent usedc opy. 8 x 14.5 cm, card cover with metal coil binding, 208pp, index. Each recipe is printed on the verso with a B&W photo on the facing recto page: Roast Suckling Pig; Sour Cream Beef Loaf; Barbecue Beef Potato Balls. (1.0 WL HOX 2/a13. 1st. Paperback. Acceptable. 64mo - up to 3" tall.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. (UK) Fourth Edition Owner's name and date of 1912, pages clean, cover edges rubbed with wear to leather spine, all the pages are there except four pages (391-394) of the French index, Good (-) copy; no Dj. 19 x 13 cm, original gray paper over bds, dark green leather spine with gold titles, original floral-patterned endpapers, [i-v], vi-xvi, [1], 2-400pp, index in English and in French. No illus. After some general remarks, the book launches into menus of 5 or 6 courses for each day of the year starting with Janurary 1st and including a menu even for February 29th. Beneath each daily menu are the 2 or three recipes written in the brief style of older cookbooks. There are 1200 recipes in all with a comprehensive index of recipenames in French and in English. The text is in English. There are some intriguing recipes here including one for a Sugared Spinach (Dessert) and a Creme Vierge (Virgin Cream) calling for the powdered… Read More

Toronto: Chatelaine, 1953. (CAD) No markings, slight toning of page edges, good used copy. 17 x 13 cm paper cover with colour photo of spread of food on festive table, side-stapled, no page numbers [24pp] This booklet presents menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner for each day of the week from July to December. No date, possibly early 1950s. No illus. (0.9 JM ITF2 docket 21. Staple Bound. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Toronto: H.J. Heinz Company, 1955. (CAD) Edition Not Stated Samll booklet, 15 x 8 cm, paper covers showing B&W photo of homemaker with soup tins, side-stapled, [1-front cover-3], 4-38pp. B&W photos. 57 recipes. This little booklet is copyright 1944 with the address of the H.J. Heinz Company given as 420 Dupont Street, Toronto 4; but may date from the 1950s. No markings, tiny crease to corner, VG. (0.7 JM docket 02 HOX 2a/12. Staple Bound. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Montreal: Fry-Cadbury Ltd, 194-. (CAD) Presumed first edition; no date a guess at late 1940s; dte uncertain. No markings, ribbing to foot of spine, Very Good. About 23 x 15 cm, card cover with mixing bowl and spoons with tin of Fry's Cocoa on brown background, side-stapled,i-iv, 1- 39pp, [5] pages blank for Notes Mnochrome photos of prepared dishes. Five variations on Chocolate Fudge; Chocolate Oatmeal cookies; Chocolate Cake.This is an early work by Jehane Benoit. (1.0 JM HOX 1/a13. Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: General Foods Corporation, 1940. (USA) Fourth Edition There are some cooking spots to the covers, a small dark spot to the top of the last few leaves, pages generally clean, the top and bottom 1/2" of the spine pape is chipped off, and the split to the spine has been repaired, Fair only used copy. Yellow and black plaid design wraps, 144pp, index. A few colour plates, but mostly B&W photos. This is a venerable old cookbook which appeared in 1933 with probably over 300 recipes from Swans Down Angel Food Cake to Cream Scones. There is an initial section of 23 basic recipes complete with step-by-step recipes followed by an excellent collection of recipes for cakes, cookies, pastries, biscuits, muffins and party foods. (1.3 JM HOX 1/a12. 4th. Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1963. (USA) First Thus 24 x 16 cm, grey paper over bds with illus of lemon slice, cloth spine, 106pp. marbled endpapers. Monochrome illus reproduced from copperplate engravings from encyclopedia of the period. This is a lovely editon of what is considered the first America Cookery book published in 1796 by Hudson and Goodwin in Connecticut. No markings, Near Fine in Near Fine floral patterned slipcase, just slightly rubbed to edge of the panels. No Dj as issued. (1.9 JM HOQ 100/a3. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: George Lewis and Menzies Company, 1877. (USA) First Edition 18.5 x 13 cm, green cloth with gold monogram, and spine titles, [1 title page-4], 5-212pp, index. The copyright page states that this book was entered in 1877 to the Library of Congress; this copy with 1877 to the title page. The book starts off with recipes for breads, and economical dishes for breakfast; there is a substantial number of recipes for cakes, puddings, dessert dishers, ice creams, pastry, jellies, sauces. Other chapters include meat, poultry, vegetables with special chapters on food for the sick and infants, carving, simple remedies. This copy has been refurbished with new endpapers, the original spine rebacked on matching green cloth. The original ads to the pastedowns are gone. The pages show spots and stains, (page 74 quite stained) with the memorandum pages mostly unused except for one page. There is wear to the cover edges and corner tips with the boards showing through in places. The covers are… Read More

New York / Des Moines: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1854. (USA) Edition not stated. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2", [i-v], [1-3], 4-133pp, [1] blank, [xv] publ. ads. Small line drwings in text. The title page reads: THE AMERICAN HOME COOK BOOK with several hundred excellent recipes, selected and tried with great care, and with a view to be used by those who regard economy, and containing important information on the arrangement and well ordering of the Kitchen. the Whole based on Many years of experience by An American Lady. Illustrated with engravings." There are several versions of thiis uncommon book all with the date 1854. This, Lowenstein 606. Recipes include Boiled Pig's Head to one ofr Vanilla Ice cream, which requires beating "the cream hard for half an hour". Originally this book was in damaged boards with a illustrated pastedown on orange paper, green cloth spine with printed ads to the front and rear pastedowns. This copy has been rebound in dark green cloth and… Read More

Chicago: Culinary Arts Institute, 1940. (USA) Edition Not Stated No markings, Very Good; no dust jacket perhaps as issued. 21 x 14 cm, white on white covers with floral designs with gold spine titles, vii, 815pp, index, Colour photo endpapers, full-page colour photos of prepared dishes, hundreds of B&W photos. This is the edition of 1940 with many of the recipes taken and revised from the DELINEATOR COOK BOOK with certain copyrights going back to 1927. There must be over 1000 recipes included from Food for Invalids to High Altitude Cooking. This collection is a good representative selection of American recipes from the 1930s to 1950s with an excellent index. Nothing on wartime cookery though. Published by Garden City Publishing for the Culinary Arts Institute. Uncommon in this binding. (3.51 JM HOz 403/b2. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press., 1936. (UK) First Edition Just a hint of foxing to the endpapers, small faintspot to top edge of pages, solid clean, Very Good in unclipped VG(-) Dj, with a bit of wear to spine extremities. DJ is in mylar sleeve. fFne brown cloth with gold spine titles, xxxvi, 161pp, index. Frontis photo of Hexham. A transciption of a narrative found in a rare 18th century cookery book in which the Author, Mrs Ann Cook gives an account of her life in service and of her experiences as a innkeper's wife at Hexham and Morpeth during the rising of the '45. The middle part of the narative is concerned entirely with the life and love-story of her friend. 60 recipes are included from scotch collops to whip posset, along with some snide remarks against Hannah (1.6 JM HOQ 101/a5. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: The Geographical Publishing Co., 1936. (USA) First Thus olive green banded cloth with blk titles, 256pp, index. The title page indicates that is edition is "revised and enlarged" and the front cover says "Compliments of THE DETROIT TIMES". About 400 recipes with advice on canning, carving, weight control, etc. No markings, very clean hardly any wear to cover, VG, no Dj. (1.8 JM LVR 201/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hamilton: American Can Company, 1955. (CAD) Edition Not Stated No markings, but atriangualr piece about 0.5 x 0.5 is missing from the lower corner of the front cover, crease to back cover, Good used copy. 23 x15 cm, card covers showing colour photo of housewife and daughter with shelves of canned good behind, side-stapled, 1-44pp. B&W photos . No date given, possibly late 1950s. Recipes for spreads, cakes, Meat Loaf. (0.9 Jm HOX 1/a13. Staple Bound. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1977. (USA) Book club edition with the blind stamped star imprint to the corner of the back cover. No markings, but there a several tiny faint spots to the leading edge of pages, the front endpaper has been removed, otherwsie Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 7" x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2", red boards, xxxix, 1112pp. B&W illus. This is the first edition facsimile of the 1861 edition of BEETON'S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT presented without any modern editorial comment nor changes. This is a useful work for those interested in this Beeton work as Isabella Beeton died at 28, and subsequent editions of her work were added to and transformed by many other people so that later copies bear little resemblance to the original material. Here we find Beeton's instructions to whiten scorched linen by using "dried fowl's dung", and for making a boot polish using red wine (ordinaire) as one of its ingredients. There are many, many recipes but these have… Read More

Calgary AB: American Woman's Club of Calgary, 1960. (CAD) No markings, there are several very small cooking spots to the first couple of leaves, fragile corners of cover slightly eased, overall Very Good used copy; no Dust jacket as published. 23 x 15cm, yellow cloth hardcover with blue lettering and bird, [1-title page-2] 3- 177 pages. Local advertisements, some illustrated. One-page history of the Club given by Mrs. W. F. McNeill, who notes that the Domestic Science Department of the Club produced a cook book in 1913, a year after the organization was founded. It produced another in 1923-24 and two or more during the period 1927-29. The book does not make it clear if the recipes in this 1960 edition draw recipes from the Club's earlier cookbook. Past presidents of the Club listed. The term of office for the last president listed ends with 1960, which date Worldcat accepts as the publication date. Printed by The Albertan Printers. (1.4 JM LVR 206/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo… Read More

Calgary AB: American Woman's Club of Calgary, 1923. (CAD) There are recipes written in pencil along with recipes clipped from newspapers, to the blank pages to the back of the book, page 159/ 160 is torn and was at some point repaired with clear tape, now yellowed, very light soiling to covers, red pen scribble to the back cover, small tear to the base of the spine at the rear spine gutter, about Good used copy; no Dust jacket as published. 23 x 15cm, light putty cloth hardcover with blue lettering and bird, ads to pastedowns, 1-- 240 page, then [10[ blank pages for notes. Local advertisements, some illustrated. The Club was founded in 1912; Their first cookbook was published in 1913, a paper covered volume that sold for 25 cents. In 1923-24 a cook book was publsihed by the Domestic Science Department which was so successful that the sale of the cookbooks raised sufficinet funds to purchase the club house and furnish it. I believe this is that edition although there is no date to this… Read More

[Montreal]: Robin Hood Flour Mills Limited, 1952. (CAD) No markings, some rubbing to cover edges,Very Good used copy. . 23 x 15 cm, colour card covers with title block with sliced white bread and butter as background, side-stapled, [1], 2-24pp. Small B&W instructional photos with illus. "This simple, new rolled dough method makes 4 large, delicious loaves in 6 hours. No fuss with overnight rising." A very clearly presented method for making white bread with Robin Hood Vitamin Enriched Flour. No date given, possibly early 1950s; date uncertain. Published in French under the title: UNE CROUTE DOREE DANS SIX HEURES. (0.9 JM HOX 2/5. Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Evergreen Press Limited, 1958. (CAD) This is the first edition with the date 1958 to the title page. There is an owner's inscription to the top of the title page: "To G--- with memories of Centennial Year. A keepsake, Love, B--- Christmas 1958", no other markings, tiny faint sot to the cover, otherwise Fine copy; no Dj as issued. 23.5 x 15.5 cm, white cloth with border of Dogwood flowers and titles in blue and red, map of British Columbia to front and back endpapers, [i-iv] [1-4] 5-298pp, index. The back cover has a single Dogwood blossom. B&W photos of BC locales to each chapter divider page. A few line drawings here and there. Acknowledgements from Mildred I. Roylance, president of Provincial Board of B.C.W.I's. Foreword by Ethel White, Convener of Home Economics, B.C.W.I's.There is a short history of the Women's Institute by Stella E. Gummow. Foreword by Ethel White, Convener of Home Economics. Attractive copy. (1.8 JM 0732. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No… Read More

Minneapolis: Buckeye Publishing Company, 1880. (USA) Later Printing The front end paper is missing and the title page is detached, as is pages 15 /16, no missing pages, pages clean, there is stable split to the cove rmaterial at the front spie edge, brown paper protectores have been adhered to the frnt and back covers, with smaller pieces to the spine strip, the hinge paper to the front hinge is crack but the hinge is holding nicely, about Good (-) only used copy. 21 x 14 cm, green oilcloth, [i-iv], v-vi, [7], 8-536pp, index. This is the revised edition with "Eightieth Thousand" to the title page with the date 1880 to the title page and also to the copyright page. Dedicated to Plucky Housewives. . This is a collection of over 800 recipes and household hints including antidotes to poisons, laundry tips, hints for the sick room.The recipes are in great variety ranging from Currant Catsup to Roast Haunch of Venison. . (2.4 JM HOQ 101/3. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read More

Oslo: Pran & Torgersen, 1960. (NOR) Owner's name in 2 places, cooking spots here and there, the book was originally stapled bound, but in this copy the spine of the cover has been reinforced with clear tape, and then sewn into the book, thus Good used copy. Card cover with colour photos of prepared dishes, 36pp, line drawings. Recipes using dried cod in Portuguese with contributors' names included. The text is in Portuguese. No date a guess at early 1960s; date uncertain. (1.0 JM HOX 2/a12. Staple Bound. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.