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
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
Philadelphia: The A. Colburn Co., No date [c. 1900]. Stiff wraps. 4 3/16” x 5 7/8” oblong; 24pp; red glazed paper wrapper with company trade mark to front, illustrations of their products to rear; 2 staple binding; text with b&w illustrations; near fine. No library holdings located in WorldCat. Description..... More
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
[Augusta] Maine: Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries with the cooperation of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and funds provided by P.L. 88-309, No date [1967]. First Edition. Stiff wraps. First edition. 8vo; 32pp; color pictorial stiff glazed wrapper, 2 staple binding; color drawings and photographic illustrations throughout with..... More
Rochester, N.Y. The R.T. French Company, Mustard Street, 1925. Wraps. [COOKERY] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. Cover title: Made Dishes Salads and Savories with French’s Cream Salad Mustard 16mo (6 ½” x 4 ½”); 28pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring a table set with dishes and a salad on the front, pictorial rear wrapper..... More
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
Chicago: The Household Refrigeration Bureau National Association of Ice Industries, 1937. Staplebound. 8vo; 15 pp; illustrated wrapper in navy and white; light bumping to corners and head and tail of spine; very good. Tips of food storage, economic advantages, description of use and its mechanics, and a few culinary instructions..... More
Hoopeston, Illinois: The lllinois Canning Co., No date [c. 1930s]. Staplebound. 12mo; 64pp; glazed illustrated wrapper with Joan of Arc on a white horse on front; red background; color illustrated back wrapper with woman and cartouche announcing "Pride of Illinois"; 2 staple binding; light soiling to wrappers; very good. Scarce..... More
New York: Riviana Foods Inc., No date [c. 1970]. Staplebound. 8vo; 32 [2]pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring an anthropomorphic spoon with rice as hair; 2 staple binding; color printing and photographic illustrations; light scuffing to wrapper edges; near fine. Published as a promotional for Water Maid Rice and Mahatma Rice..... More
[Los Angeles]: [Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press], 1927. Boards. [HOME ARTS] [WOMEN’S HISTORY]. Caro F. Chamberlain, copyright. 12mo; [1-10], 11-160pp; black silhouette-style pictorial of a signpost over a cobbled street on marbled tan boards; quarter-bound navy cloth, blue printed silver label on spine; b&w pictorial title page; text printed..... More
[Philadelphia]: [Paine, Diehl & Co.], No date [c.1888]. Cloth. 16mo; 84pp; pebbled cloth over board; fraying of head and tail of spine, bumping to cover corners with some loss; paper cracked on front seam, light age toning to paper; bookplate on front pastedown to The American Antiquarian Society from Waldo..... More
No publisher listed [presumable the Brazil Nut Association], No date [c. 1930-40s]. Staplebound. 12mo; [30pp]; illustrated wrapper with drawings and photographs; illustrated pages; light finger smudges to back wrapper; near fine. Scarce, 6 listed in WorldCat libraries with slightly different descriptions. More
Bangor, Maine: Priest Drug Company, 98-100-102 Exchange Street, No date [c. 1920]. Wraps. 8vo; 39pp; cream colored wrapper printed with the title in a black frame-style border; 2 staple binding; light creasing to some upper corners; near fine. In 2 WorldCat libraries, both in Maine. Established in 1914, Priest’s logo..... More
Chicago: Calumet Baking Powder Co., No date [c. 1921]. Wraps. [COOKERY] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. Wrapper title: Reliable Recipes 8vo (8 9/16” x 5 ¼”); 80, [4]pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper, a woman mixing on the front with a Kewpie-esque boy running with a can of Calumet baking powder on the front..... More
New York: Consumer Service Department, General Foods Corporation, 1933. Wraps. [BAKING] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. Second edition, 3rd printing. 8vo (8 ¾” x 5 ¾”); 48pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring a vignette of two cakes on the front, and a slice of cake on the rear with an inset of a Swans..... More
Portland, Maine: Afternoon Guild of State Street Congregational Church, 1954. Comb-style plastic wraps. 8vo; 41 [8]pp; glazed pictorial wrapper; black plastic comb-style binding; illustrated; community ads; light wear to wrappers; very good. Community style cookbook from Portland, Maine containing advertising from local merchants. More
New York: General Food Corporation, 1933. Second Edition. Cloth. Second edition. 8vo; 144pp; plaid cloth over board with title and contents stamped on ribbon onlay to front cover; illustrated with both black and white and color photographs; light soiling to cover; very good. More
Memphis, TN: Wimmer Brothers Books, No date [c. 1980]. Elizabeth BAILEY. Stiff wraps. 8vo; 206pp; stiff glazed color pictorial wrapper, lobster boat to front and waterfall to rear; blue plastic comb binding with title stamped in white; text printed in blue with small vignette of a lobster boat; light shelf-wear..... More
The Pixie Press, 1952. Jack O'HARA. Boards. In presentation box. 4to; [30pp] + illustration on recto rear free endpaper; color pictorial paper over board; illustrated endpapers; color illustrations throughout text; small chip to front bottom board and scruff to spine tail, light spotting to rear board; in original color pictorial..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald Publishers, 1854. First Edition. Paper over Board. First edition thus. 12mo; [ii ads], 133pp + [14pp ads]; relief printed in black on pale orange paper over board, kitchen pictorial to front, rear an advertisement for “Good Books”; brown cloth spine; small b&w illustrations in text;..... More
Mt. Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1958. Ruth McCREA. Boards. First edition. 12mo; 62pp; illustrated paper over board with title and publisher in front cover cartouche, title on spine; illustrated throughout text in black and green; clipped dust jacket; light soiling to dj, light bumping to cover corners; very..... More
Chicago: Woman's World Magazine Co., Inc., 1923. First Edition. Stiff wraps. First edition. 4to; 46pp; stiff black illustrated wrappers with color printed title and picture of two girls baking; illustrated; original loop for hanging attached; light crease to bottom corner front cover, light age toning of paper; near fine. This..... More
No place [possibly New York City]: Fleischmann & Co., No date [c. 1900]. Wraps. 12mo; [14pp]; chromolithographed illustrated glazed wrappers with a chick on the front and a bid flying over a wheat farm on the rear wrapper; illustrated throughout in dark green ink; fine. Scarce, located in 3 WorldCat..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, No date [c. 1869]. First Edition. Boards. First edition, thus. 12mo; [iv pp ads], 130pp + [4pp ads]; relief printed decorative paper over boards, red, green & black; red cloth spine; front and rear pastedowns are ads; light foxing to edges and some pages; very..... More
[New York]: Review of Reviews Company, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 48pp; brown mottled paper over board with printed title and seal of the Life Extension Institute Inc., New York to front cover; tan cloth spine; lightly bumped corners; black and white illustrations; double frontispiece and one other..... More