10 Cakes Husbands Like Best from Spry's Recipe Round-Up
No publisher listed but Lever Bros. presumed, No date [c. 1950s]. Staplebound. 17 pp; color paper wrappers; illustrations throughout; clean and crisp; near fine. More
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All Doors Open to Jell-O, America's Most Famous Dessert
Le Roy, New York: The Genesee Pure Food Co., 1917. Staplebound. 18mo; 18pp; 4 pages laid in advertisement; 14 pp illustrations, 10 chromolithographed; chromolithographed paper wrapper; light soiling to front cover and bump to back upper corner; near fine. Four page laid in advertisement for Jell-O Ice Cream Powder, with..... More
Animal A B C, Big Value Series No. 2000
[Chicago]: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1916. Staplebound. Folio; [10pp]; chromolithographed glazed wrappers; all pages illustrated in sepia and black, inside wrappers in black and white; a few light creases to wrapper, a few chips to back wrapper; very good. Only 2 listed in WorldCat. More
Aristos Recipes Kitchen Wisdom
Kansas City, MO. The Southwestern Milling Company, Inc., 1911. Staplebound. 12mo; 31 pp; chromolithographed wrappers; black and white illustration on title page; staining throughout, scuffing to cover and chipping to edges; good. More
The Babes in the Wood, the Pictures by R. Andre, Little Folk Series
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1888. R. [Richard] ANDRE [William Roger Snow]. Staplebound. 8vo; [14pp]; chromolithographed front and rear stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; 4 full page color illustrations; 1 1/2" split to bottom fold not involving the staple, some offsetting of illustrations; very good. R. Andre (1834-1907 is as interesting..... More
Baker's Coconut Recipes
Philadelphia: The Franklin Baking Company, 1920. Staplebound. 32mo; 13 pp; 5 pages of illustrations, 4 pages chromolithographed; chromolithographed wrappers; light staining to front wrapper; both top and bottom corners have loss, colors bright; very good. More
Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse et de L'Enfrance. Ali Baba, Gargantua, Don Quichotte, Baron de Krack, L'Oiseau Bleu, Riquet a La Houppe; Library of Youth, and Childhood; Don Quixote, Ali Baba, Gargantua, The Baron of Krack, The Blue Bird [seemingly a story of Cinderella], and Ricky with the Tuft
Paris: L. Marinet, No date [c. 1933]. 1/4 cloth. 4to; 60pp; illustrated paper over baord quarter bound in cloth with green spine; color illustrations; age toning to endpapers, light edge wear to covers with some chipping, bumping of cover corners with some paper loss, a few closed tears and chipping..... More
Biscuit in Choice Recipes
National Biscuit Recipes, 1921. Staplebound. 32mo (3 1/2" x 6"); [46 pp]; 21 pages with chromolithographed illustrations; chromolithographed wrappers; fine. Only one listed in WorldCat in the University of Chicago library. More
Bo-Peep Mother Goose Melodies
New York: McLoughlin Bro's, 1887. Staplebound. 4to; [14pp]; bright chromolithographed glazed wrappers; 6 full-page color illustrations with rhyming text, b&w illustrations within text; 1'' closed tear to rear wrapper, owner's name in neat script to rear wrapper, small creases, chips and darkening to wrapper edges, 2'' separation at spine tail..... More
Brave and Bold Weekly, September 28, 1907, No. 249; A Madman's Secret; or, The Prisoner of Dead Man's Island
New York: Street & Smith, 1907. THORPE, Fred. Staplebound. 4to; 32pp; color illustrated front wrapper, ads to rear, two staple binding; light age toning paper, two old small repairs to wrapper, pp 23/24 and 25/26 have archibal tape applied to top edges; very good. Periodical includes a story as well..... More
The Catalogue of the Centenary Exhibition of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1827-1927
Baltimore: None listed [Baltimore & Ohio Railroad], 1927. Second Edition. cloth. Second edition, November 1927. 8vo; [9] 10-210pp; quarter bound in blue buckram, light blue buckram over board, label with title to front cover and spine; illustrated with a map of “The Fair of the Iron Horse Centenary Exposition, The..... More
Chiquita Banana's Recipe Book
Pier 3, North River, New York: Home Economics Department, United Fruit Company, 1950. Staplebound. 8vo; 25 pp; color illustrated wrappers; light soiling to wrappers; very good. More
Christmas Book, Linen 0323, Santa Claus Linen Series
Newark, N.J. Charles E. Graham & Co., No date [c. 1920s]. Staplebound. 8vo; [4pp]; chromolithographed pictorial glazed linen wrapper, 2 staple binding; Santa on a scooter front and rear; publisher’s colophon to rear; b&w illustrations with text; 2 full-page chromolithographic pictorials of Santa; small scratch to front wrapper; near fine..... More
Der Welt-krieg; English: The World War
Dresden [Germany]: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, No date [c. 1920-30s]. Stiff Wraps. 4to; 71pp [1]; red pictorial stiff wrappers with color map of Europe on front and world map on rear; stiff leaves; 1 full-page map in sepia, 1 full-page of color maps with 5 insets, and two small sepia maps in text..... More
Die Welt in Bildern, eine Sammlung alles dessen, was den gebildeten Menschen interessiert.; English: The World in Pictures. A Collection of Everything that Interests the Educated Person
Berlin [Germany]: Cigarettenfabrik Josetti G.m.b.H., No date [c. late 1920s]. Pictorial cover. 8vo oblong; 24pp with tissue guards; stiff leaves; color pictorial labels from cigarette packs glued neatly to corresponding description; a few spots to cover, light damp staining to lower corners; very good plus. A diverse collection of colorful..... More
Electric Cooking with Your Hotpoint Automatic Range
Chicago: Hotpoint, Inc., No date [c. 1945]. Staplebound. 8vo; 64 pp; color illustrated wrapper with title on front; two staple binding; light scuffing to wrapper, crease to front bottom edge, split of binding to first staple; very good. More
Frigidaire Recipes, Prepared especially for Frigidaire Automatic Refrigerators equipped with the Frigidaire "Cold Control", Second Edition
Dayton, Ohio: Frigidaire Corporation, 1929. Second Edition. Cloth. 8vo; 96pp; tan cloth over board with decorative cartouche and title on front cover; brown paper dust jacker with design and title in black printed on front cover; illustrated in color and black and white; soiling and tanning of cover, light soiling..... More
Green-Wood Cemetery 1878
[New York]: 1878. Boards. 23 ¼” x 15”, 22 1/8” x 13 ¾” within the neat line; blind-stamped border to glue cloth over board wrapper, title “Green-Wood” and vignette of entrance building gilt-stamped to front wrapper; 5 small separations at intersection of fold lines; fold-out “Objects of Special Interest” attached..... More
Hints to the New Hostess, A Book of Suggestions to the Bride on Entertaining in the Modern Mode
Community Plate, Oneida Community, Ltd., 1933. Staplebound. 8vo; [16pp]; green wrapper with photographic illustrations of a bride on front; illustrated with black and white photos of table settings and their Oneida servingware; back inside wrapper has remnants of old newspaper; very good. Rare, not listed in WorldCat. More
Home Needlework Magazine, March 1914, Volume XVI, No. 3
Boston: Home Needlework Publishing Company, 1914. Wraps. [NEEDLEARTS: CROCHET, EMBROIDERY, TATTING] [HOME ARTS] [FASHION] [PERIODICAL]. 8vo; 46pp; tan illustrated wrapper, front a close up of needlework, rear wrapper an advertisement in color; b&w half-tone illustrations throughout of needlework projects; illustrated advertisements; light soiling to wrapper, rubbing to spine; very good..... More
Home Needlework Magazine, May 1914, Volume XVI, No. 5
Boston: Home Needlework Publishing Company, 1914. Wraps. [NEEDLEARTS: CROCHET, EMBROIDERY, TATTING] [HOME ARTS] [FASHION] [PERIODICAL]. 8vo; 46pp; pink illustrated wrapper, front a close up of needlework, rear wrapper an advertisement in color; b&w half-tone illustrations throughout of needlework projects; illustrated advertisements; light soiling to wrapper, rubbing to spine; very good plus..... More
Home Needlework Magazine, October 1914, Volume XVI, No. 10
Boston: Home Needlework Publishing Company, 1914. Wraps. 8vo; 44pp; color illustrated wrapper, front a close up of needlework, rear wrapper an advertisement; b&w half-tone illustrations throughout of needlework projects; illustrated advertisements; light soiling to rear wrapper, rubbing to spine; very good plus. Well-illustrated needlework periodical with a variety of instructions..... More
Hood's Book of Home-Made Candies, No. 2
Lowell, Mass. C.I. Hood Co., 1905. Paperback. 18mo; 17pp; illustrated wrapper; 3 black and white illustrations; light staining to wrapper and a few pages; very good. Advertising booklet for Hood's products, including the Family Medicines listed on the rear wrapper. Only 4 listed in WorldCat. More
The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, Etc., Illustrated with Numerous Engravings., Volume XIX—January to December, 1864.
New York: Geo. E. & F. Woodward, 1864. Half Bound Leather. 8vo; 384pp; half-bound in black pebbled leather with 4 banded spine, gilt ruling, the title and date to spine, straight-grained leather over board; flame-marbled endpapers; some pages retain the vertical fold from mailing; illustrated; rubbing of spine with color..... More
How Royal Baking Powder Saves Eggs; 55 Ways to Save Eggs, cover title
New York: Royal Baking Powder Co., 1917. Staplebound. 22 pages of recipes using Royal Baking Powder. Chromolithograph illustrated advertisement to back wrapper. Rare, only one in WorldCat for this year. More