Search Results: Cookbooks & Domestic Arts from Classic Books and Ephemera

Asheville, N.C.: Buncombe County Democratic Party, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good +. [80] p.; 22 cm. White card covers with black comb binding; red and blue cover title with illustration of Democratic donkey. No publication information. Inscribed at foot of first page: "Rena James 1986-87" (Rena Genoble James Farnsworth (1921-2011)). Sold as a fundraiser for the Buncombe County, N.C., Democratic party, this cookbook contains 78 recipes, many with an Appalachian perspective, along with cooking tips. Includes: brown sugar pound cake; likker pudding; batchelor's pie; garlic & cheese grits; molasses johnny cake; upside down pie (a hamburger and tomato soup dish); apple & pork pie; shrimp pie; chicken huntington; pickled peaches, and squash; perfection salad (with pickles); Asheville barbeque beef; hot riz egg bread; honey dew biscuits; best hushpuppies ever; Asheville salad; and chicken & slicks. In Very Good+ Condition: small discoloration at upper edge of front cover; first… Read More

Chambersburg , Pa: Thomas J. Wright, 1839. Hardcover. Good +. 332, [10] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary tree calf; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Experienced Farrier. Former owner's inscription on front fixed endpaper: John Burkholder's Book 1853. Name repeated on front free endpaper. "To the reader": signed C.D. Lesher. Includes Table of Drugs and Herbs, and Where They May Be Had, and index. Contents: I. The most and best approved method of ordering, dieting, exercising, purging, scowering, and cleansing of horses -- II. A certain sure method to know the true state of any horse's body, as to sickness or health -- III. The true shape of a horse explained; with choice directions for buying -- IV. An experienced and approved method of raising horses -- V. A sure and certain rule to know the age of any horse -- VI. The best and experienced way of keeping the common hackney -- VII. An approved method of purging, bleeding, and feeding cattle -- A valuable and fine… Read More

Thornbury Township, Pa: Glen Mills Elementary School P. T. A., 1962. Paperback. Near Fine. 92 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled; green cover printed in black with cover illustration of a smiling cow. Cover title: "Want to be contented? Try Our Cook Book." Recipes include: Dutch hustle cake; Queen Elizabeth cake; Moravian mints; brown butter balls; Welsh cookies; baked fruit pudding; apple scrapple dessert; Spanish cream; beef drumsticks; Joloff rice; shoo fly pie; Egyptian salad (neither Egyptian nor a salad); pickled shrimp; and sweet potato souffle. One contributor's name has been corrected in ink. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: faded along spine and upper edge; clean and tight.

Paris: Le Décor d'Aujourd'hui, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good -. [14], 324 p.: 21 color plates tipped in on heavy, captioned stock, and many black-and-white photographs, drawings, and plans; 30 cm. Buff linen spine with black-stamped spine title; buff paper over boards printed in black with a leaf pattern. Grey endpaper. Lacking dust jacket. The third volume in the series Le Décor de la Maison. Call number in white on lower spine. Small stamp of Drexel Institute of Technology Library on lower section of title page. Remains of book pocket on back fixed endpaper. A detailed look at mid-20th-century French furniture and interior design. In Very Good- Condition: ex-library, as described above; edges rubbed; ends of spine frayed; cover slightly soiled; pages and plates clean and tight.

Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good -. 143, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Green cloth with gilt stamped spien and cover titles. Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of "Hans M. Sylvester, M.D." The author, Edwin Erich Dwinger (1898-1981), was one of the most popular authors in Nazi Germany. He published many works of fiction and nonfiction with a right-wing nationalist perspective and was a member of the Reich Culture Senate. This depiction of life on a German farm in the Allgäu region in southern Germany is heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs. In Very Good- Condition: spine is faded; starting to separate at head of back joint; ends of spine starting to fray; p. 44-45 lightly soiled in margins; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Seagram-Distillers, 1934. Paperback. Very Good. Third Printing, April 1934. 38, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled illustrated paper cover. Pages of recipes for cocktails face pages with instructions for magic tricks suitable for performing at cocktail hour. Published the year after the end of Prohibition in the United States. Julien J. Proskauer (1893-1958) was an American magician; he was president of the Society of American Magicians in 1935 and 1936. In Very Good Condition: cover slightly rubbed and creased; clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. ix, [2], 12-184 p.: frontispiece, in-text plans and line drawings; 18 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Dark brown endpapers. Frontispiece is an elevation of the garden front of a stable of Fairman Rogers, Philadelphia. First edition. The author, Robert McClure, was a veterinarian from Scotland who settled in Philadelphia and taught at the first veterinary institution in the United States, the Veterinary College of Philadelphia. That institution received a charter from the Pennsylvania legislature in 1852 although its founders struggled for some years to establish a school, which ceased to exist after 1866. In 1877 McClure was convicted of selling diplomas from the now defunct veterinary college, for which he was fined $200 and imprisoned for nine months. In Very Good Condition: corners very lightly rubbed; lower corner of back board discolored;… Read More

Boston: Fellowcrafters, 1936. Paperback. Near Fine. [16] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled illustrated paper covers. Page count includes cover. Includes directions for making basket-weave bracelets, leashes and lanyards, braided bracelets, round gimp bracelets, and braided belts. Gimp is twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it. In Near Fine Condition: back cover slightly discolored; otherwise, clean and bright.

Johnstown, N.Y.: Knox Gelatine, 1959. Pamphlet. Very Good. 15, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled pamphlet with illustrated cover. Cover title. Contains directions for using unflavored gelatine and recipes for whips, sponges and snows, chiffons, mousses and charlottes. Recipes include chicken mousse, strawberry ginger pie, turkey-tomato mold, and nesselrode pie. The "Students" referred to in the title are clearly female students. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly rubbed and soiled; closed 1-cm. tear from lower edge of front cover; lower corner of front cover creased; clean and solid.

New York: Atheneum, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine. [2], x, 254 p., color frontispiece and [24] p. of color and black-and-white illustrations; 27 cm. Off-white linen with gilt-on-green spine title and gilt cover title with the author's initials in gilt on brown. Top page edge green; green endpapers with site and floor plans of the house. Lacking dust jacket. The story of the design, along with architect John Stonehill, construction, and decoration of her house in Connecticut; includes menus and recipes. Dorothy Feiner Rodgers (1909-1992) was the wife of composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979). In Near Fine Condition: fore-edges of pages slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.

Philadelphia: s.n., 1883. Paperback. Fair. [32] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Sewn. Lacking wrapper? No publication information; probably published in Philadelphia. Contains calendar for 1884 with recipes, medical advice, and other useful information for the housekeeper. The recipes include chestnut sauce for roast turkey; Westphalia loaves; mock turtle soup; coffee jelly; cauliflower salad; flax seed lemonade; ginger pop; and chicken cheese. In Fair Condition: first leaf is detached with loss at 2 corners, but no loss of text; closed 1-cm. tear from gutter throughout; corners are creased throughout; first page and last are lightly soiled.

Philadelphia, Pa: Better Baby Press (an Institute of the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential), 1982. Paperback. Near Fine. 104 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated covers and clear overlays. Cover illustration is from woodblock print by Kuniyoshi Utagawa. An extremely scarce guide to teaching children to draw. In Near Fine Condition: indentations in plastic overlay; otherwise clean and tight. ISBN: 0-936676-27-2.

Lancaster, Pa: Lancaster General Hospital, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by Conn & Slote, Lancaster, Pa. 224 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Plain black cloth. No date of publication; section about the Lancaster General Hospital is dated 1912. Contains advertisements for Lancaster County businesses. Recipes include: apple snow; meat cakes; apple omelet; walnut pie; transparent pies; temperance mince pie; Comanche candy; kippered cherries; and various ice cream and water ice recipes. In addition to recipes, includes other household tips such as how to take care of your parasol during the winter and how to bleach a straw bonnet. Handwritten recipe on front fixed endpaper for sponge cake from "Mrs. S." The Memoranda pages include two handwritten recipes: "Gertie Rogers fine Ginger Cake" and "Miss Landis Devil Food." Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; tail of spine starting to fray; cloth is lightly soiled; older solid repair of both hinges;… Read More

Paris: De l'Imprimerie Anglais, 1793. Hardcover. Good. Nouvelle Edition. [24], 264 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. 19th-century repair of joints with dark brown linen; later repair of front joint with white linen. Small bookplate of the Lynn Public Library on front fixed endpaper; "Rules and Regulations" of the Lynn Free Public Library on front free endpaper. Embossed stamp of the Lynn Free Public Library on the French title page, which has on its verso a small label reading "Lynn Library Association, No. 224." A very scarce edition (3 copies on WorldCat) of this popular advice book by John Gregory (1724-1773), with parallel English and French texts. Much of Gregory's advice to his daughters paints a vivid picture of the lives of girls and women in comfortable circumstances in late 18th-century England; some advice is just as accurate today: "Do not marry a Fool." In Good Condition: loss of most leather over spine; old… Read More

Berlin: Königl. Preuß. Akademischen Kunst- und Buchhandlung, 1803. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "oder Sammlung der neuesten und wichtigsten Entdeckungen, Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen, zur Beförderung und Vervollkommnung der Wollen-, Seiden-, Baumwollen- und Leinenfärberei, der Zeugdruckerei, und der Kunst zu bleichen." xii, 308 p.: 1 leaf of an engraved plate (bound as frontispiece); 20 cm. Original red and white speckled paper over boards with original printed spine label (lacking half). Former owner's small stamp at head of title page: A. Schoen. This is the second volume from a scarce early 19th-century series by the chemist Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt, which presented developments in fabric dying and bleaching. In Very Good Condition: joint and corners are rubbed, but solid; lacking half of spine label and the underlying paper; vertical crack in spine with slight loss of paper; browning and light foxing throughout; clean and solid.

Boston: Manning & Loring, 1806. Hardcover. Very Good -. "Printed by Manning and Loring. Sold by them, and by Etheridge & Bliss, Boston; Cushing & Appleton, Salem; Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; Charles Peirce, Portsmouth; Henry Cushing, Provience; Lincoln & Gleason, Hartford; Bronson, Walter & Co. New-Haven; I. Thomas, jun. Worcester; J. Prentiss, Keene; as also in various other places." [4], 378, [6] p.; 22 cm. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf spine; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. At head of title: Useful Family Book. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: E.H. Sessions. Volume contains Jan. 1806-Dec. 1807, v. I, no. 1-24 (all published). Sabin, 11:47305. Contains research and information on both medical and agricultural matters, including "Natural History of the Horse-Bee" by Rowland Green; meteorological observations for various locations; and "Case of Recovery from apparent Consumption"… Read More

Plymouth Meeting, Pa: Mrs. C. Naaman Keyser [Mildred Davis Keyser], 1946. Paperback. Very Good. 16 p., illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled beige wrapper printed in dark brown on front wrapper. Inside back wrapper contains list of titles in the Home Craft Course Series. The author provides some hitory of Pennsylvania German splint and straw baskets, as well as directions for making a splint basket. Well-illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Inscribed by the author on the title page to Virginia Thompson, March 24, 1946. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; foxing at edges of title page; otherwise, clean and tight.

London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good +. Second Edition. viii, [2], 265, [3], 32 p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of illustrations; title vignette and in-text diagrams; 20 cm. Off-white cloth with gilt spine title and red cover title; red spine and cover series titles; cover illustration in brown. Black endpapers. List of title in The Badminton Library edtied by the Duke of Beaufort on 2 pages following text. Publisher's catalog on 32 pages following The Badminton Library series list. This title is part of a series identified on the cover as the Fur, Feather and Fin Series, but on the half title page as the Fur and Feather Series, six titles of which are listed on the half title page verso. Former owner's inscription on Contents page: "Alan T. Cairnes, Drogheda 1898." Alan Thomas Cairnes (1859-1902) was a director and general manager of the Castlebellingham and Drogheda Breweries in Drogheda, Ireland. In Very Good+ Condition:… Read More

Richmond, Va: Jordan's Old Virginia Smokehouse, 1955. Paperback. Near Fine. 15 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled; cover title. Printed in red and black on brown paper throughout. No date of publication. Includes menus and recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and party dishes. In Near Fine Condition: front cover is lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.

Galveston, Tx: American National Insurance Co, 1961. Paperback. Very Good. [16] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Stapled wrappers with front wrapper illustration; wrappers included in page count. Stapled to the front wrapper is the business card of Western Realty realtor Robert McBroom. Contains "a wealth of wonderful, interesting recipes," including: pita sa orasima; imp of satan cake; cowboy cake; coconut potato fudge; California-style burgers, which involve cream cheese and olives in the center, the burgers cooked in a sea of tomato soup and spaghetti sauce; meat-za-pie; shrimp wriggle; and, under "Men's Recipes," the tater dog, in which the man is told to "Insert the wiener in the cavity" of a halved potato prior to baking. In Very Good Condition: front wrapper and business card are slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight.