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Shawnee Mission, KS: Circulation Service, 1966-79. , 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Cover title: Favorite Virgina Recipes from Bath County. A Book of Favorite Recipes compiled by Women of the Church, Hot Springs Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs, Virginia. Shawnee Mission, KS: Circulation Service, 1966-79. 17th printing, date is based on the calendar in the rear. 8vo, red spiral-bound softcover148 pages + ads and index. Condition is VERY GOOD+: light edgewear, light toning to inside cover and top of rear cover, internally clean and tight.

London: J.M. Dent, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. G+. 1st edition. sm. octavo, green cloth, 242p, b/w illus by Adrian de Fristan, bibliography. Condition is GOOD+/ no jacket: some lt. edgewear to spine head and tail and corners, very sl. cocked, spotting to endpapers, gilt on spine is dulled, owner name on fep. "This book attempts to give an outline of the many changes which have taken place in the character of British food, drink and cookery, for the last five or six thousand years...

Los Angeles, CA: California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1937. Soft cover. VG-. 48p. stapled pamphlet wraps, color illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD- : lt. edge and cover wear; tear at spine below bottom staple.

NY: Church & Dwight, 1933. Soft cover. VG+. 103rd edition...all recipes have been tested and approved in the Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda Kitchen. 32 page stapled pamphlet, 5 3/4" tall; color illus on front and rear covers. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with sl. wear.

Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Daye Press, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. G+. 1st edition [NAP], 12mo, green check boards with original wrap-around paper advertising with spine title, 90 pages, [6] pages local adverts, b/w illustrations [old engravings]. GOOD+ with some light soiling and scuffing to boards, paper-wrap is faded, internally clean and tight.

Johnstown, NY: The Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., 1929. Soft cover. VG. No edition statement, 16mo, stapled wraps, 47p, color illus. Condition: VERY GOOD with slight edgewear, stain to spine tail, in a mylar cover. Lovely illustrations, lovely recipes...

Johnstown, NY: The Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., 1929. Soft cover. VG-. 16mo, stapled wraps, 47p, color illus. Condition: VERY GOOD- with some lt. edgewear, cover is just pulling away from the staples, crease to front corner. Lovely illustrations, lovely recipes...

Worcester, MA: Pearl Lodge, No. 123, Knights and Ladies of Honor, 1887. Soft cover. Fair. 12mo, stapled paper wraps, 46 pages, 1887 calendar in rear. Paper covers are missing, otherwise intact. Condition is: FAIR - GOOD: covers missing, edgewear and staining at edges and scattered stains throughout. Recipes are on the verso of each page, local business advertisements on the recto. Published in Worcester Massachusetts and includes ads for area businesses. Date is determined by the 1887 calendar on last page. Recipes cover breads, pies, cakes, puddings, pudding sauces, salads, candy, miscellaneous (beef loaf, roast rabbits, clam chowder, escalloped lobster and oyster, pickled cauliflower, green tomato pickles, etc.), herb teas, and ends with a recipe for furniture polish! These older cook books make great reading material! The Knights and Ladies of Honor was a fraternal organization from the late 19th - early 20th century. This cookbook was a fund and awareness raising publication to support their… Read More

Orange, MA: Minute Tapioca Company, 1927., 1927. Soft cover. G+. 32p. Color illus; 12mo stapled pamphlet. GOOD+ : light soiling; small tear at fore-edge throughout book.

Bruceton Mills, WV: Scotpress [ no date ]. Soft cover. VG+. No edition statement, oblong, stapled wraps, 43 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD+ : sl. edgewear, clean and unmarked.

Swansea: Celtic Educational services, 1976. Soft cover. VG+. Oblong 16mo, wraps, 48 pp. Condition is VERY GOOD+: sl. cover wear. Delicious.

NY: Church & Dwight Company, 1937. Soft cover. G. 16mo, wraps, 38p, color illus. GOOD with some soiling to covers and a few pages, covers are detached from bottom staple, spine fold is rubbed. A cookbook for use with Arm & Hammer or Cow Brand Baking Soda.

NY: G.P. Putnam & Son, 1868. First Edition . Hardcover. Collectible; G+. ...comprising a bill of fare or breakfast, dinner, and tea, for every day in the year; with an Appendix, containing recipes for pickles and sauces." 1st edition, 12mo, green cloth, 134 pages, [10] pages publisher adverts (these are bound in out of order and mispaginated]. The book has been professionally repaired: a cloth reback. Condition: GOOD+ : binding is now tight, some light spotting and a few tiny tears to the endpapers, some typical browing to pages, light scattered spotting, a faint damp stain at bottom page edge throughout book, a light brownish damp stain at hinge through part of the book, a few pages have a crease and page 119 has a 1" closed tear at margin, otherwise the book is quite clean, and a nice copy of this uncommon early cookbook. "The design of this Manual is to suggest to ladies, without the trouble of THINKING [in italics], what is seasonable for the table, each day of the… Read More