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The P. D. & Co. Keystone Cook Book

By: Anonymous

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, Paine, Diehl & Co.: 1888

Seller ID: 39654

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

85 pages; Contents unmarked, shallow marginal stain at lower edge of rear pages. Pictorial light green wrappers are rubbed and soiled with some chipping. Front wrapper shows a woman standing at a table in her kitchen using a Keystone Beater with a large fireplace and tall cabinet in the background with the phrase: "Better the Utensil; Better the Cook." OCLC: 166594332 Illustrated with images of the Keystone Beater and the Keystone Ice Cream Freezer manufactured by Paine, Diehl & Co. The Keystone beater was invented and patented in 1885 by Edwin Baltzley, who was then working for Senate...
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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION being An EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK and An Exotic Cookery Book

By: Baker, Charles H

Price: $134.95

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 1946

Seller ID: 42578

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Both volumes clean, unmarked and tight in original red cloth bindings. Books are Near Fine in Very Good slipcase. A wonderful collection of truly exotic food recipes and cocktail & drink recipes accompanied by Baker marvelous tales of where he first encountered the drink plus his (& others') variations on the original recipes. For example there are seven pages devoted to the history & recipes for mint juleps. My own favorite stories/recipes are much too long to reprint here, but a sample of Baker's style is below:ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S REVIVER on Mornings After Anything, Made of Hollands & other ...
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THE SOUTH AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION [in Slipcase] Up and Down the Andes with Knife Fork & Spoon and Up and Down the Andes with Jigger Beaker & Glass

By: Baker, Charles Henry

Price: $249.95

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 1951

Seller ID: 42579

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

2 Volume Set; Two volumes in original blue cloth bindings in black slipcase with printed panels of front and back. Cloth faded a bit at spine (as usual), interiors clean and unmarked ; Bright knife, fork and spoon logo on cover and spines. Slipcase splitting at lower edge, a few scratches to labels, still quite nice. Volume I: Being an Exotic Cookery Book Including: a select company of hand-picked South American receipts gleaned from Divers Chefs of high and low estate. Each one beloved & notable in its place, faithfully collected on a journey involving over 30,000 air-miles visiting and ea...
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The Young Housewife's Daily Assistant on all Matters relating to Cookery and Housekeeping containing bills of family fare for every day in the year, which include breakfast and dinner for a small family, and dinner for two servants: also twelve bills of fare for dinner parties, and two for evening entertainments, with the cos annexed, also di

By: Cre-Fydd

Price: $99.95

Publisher: London, Simpkin, Marshall, And Co: 1888

Seller ID: 41824

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Cre- Fydd's Family Fare; cci, 341 pages; Former owner's name and drawing on feps and first blank, otherwise clean and tight in original brick coloured cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine, decorative stamping to front board in black and gilt. A number of cookery books designed to assist the young housewife of the rapidly increasing middle class were produced in the second half of the nineteenth century in Britain, and some of these gave suggested menus for every day of the year. One of these was Cre-Fydd's Family Fare: The Young Housewife's Daily Assistant, [first] published in 1864...
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FLAVORS AND SAVORS FROM DOWN EAST

By: Doane, Myrtle ; [SIGNED]

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Brownfield, Myrtle Doane: 1973

Seller ID: 37021

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Autograph; 36 pages; A wonderful booklet of recipes from this Maine author and poet from Brownfield Maine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with a typed note from her laid-in. OCLC: 783284046 Recipes include Maine Meatloaf, Maine Meat Pie, Aunt Myrtle's Health Bread, Aunt Myrtle's Company Pudding, Maine Apple Dumplings, Aunt Myrtle' Chocolate Cupcakes, Maine Pumpkin Pie, Outdoor Maine Stew, Aunt Myrtle's Bird Cake, etc. ; Signed by Author; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral ...
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THE INSTRUCTOR - OR YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION

By: Fisher, George ; [ William Brattle, Jr.'s Copy]

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Glasgow, J & A Duncan, J & M Robertson, and J & W Shaw: 1795

Seller ID: 42274

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

xii, 396 pages; Previous owner William Brattle Jr.'s signature in three places, otherwise clean and tight in original full sheepskin binding. Leather rubbed at spine ends and corners, hinges strong, small spot of worming on rear board; three page numbers in pencil on rear endpaper. Frontispiece engraved plate, fold-out plate, and numerous in-text illustrations, tables, etc. Printed by David Niven. OCLC 11969058 William Brattle, Jr. (1745-1826) of Pittsfield, Massachusetts was the eldest son of William Brattle and Mary Wright. He was a Lieutenant of the Massachusetts militia who participated...
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HINTS ON DRESS Or, What to wear, when to wear it, and how to buy it

By: Gale, Ethel C

Price: $149.95

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam & Sons: 1872

Seller ID: 39117

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Putnam's Handy-book Series; 107 pages; Clean and tight in original brown binding with decorative stamping and lettering in gilt and black. OCLC: 1289101 A fabulous look at fashion advice in the 19th century - history of costume, suggested budgets for ladies in various socio-economic circumstances (from the working woman employed in an editorial position at a major weekly publication to the young married lady keeping house in a large American city and not obliged to consider economy), advice on color and form, things indispensable, how and what to buy, etc. ; Experience the pleasure of read...
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The Antient Bee-Master’s Farewell Or, Full and Plain Directions for the Management of Bees to the Greatest Advantage

By: Keys, John

Price: $649.95

Publisher: Dublin, Printed for P. Byrne, P. Wogan, J. Moore, and J. Rice: 1796

Seller ID: 39176

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

xii, 1-96, 61-252 pages; Full contemporary sheepskin leather binding with black leather title label at spine with gilt lettering. Binding has wear with boards revealed at edges and some eroded spots on front and rear boards, front hinge starting. OCLC: 34985255 Former owner's name on titlepage and a brief manuscript note on pp. 60-61 critiquing the "story method" and suggesting an alternative. Although the title page states "Illustrated with plates" - no plates are in evidence in this Irish edition. The provenance of this copy is particularly interesting, with the clear ink...
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My Mother or, Recollections of Maternal Influence

By: Mitchell, John ; (1794-1870)

Price: $74.95

Publisher: Boston, Gould and Lincoln: 1856

Seller ID: 42070

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

xii, 254, (6) pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown cloth binding with extensive gilt decoration and lettering to spine and both boards. Lovely floral borders in gilt. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece of mother and son in the garde in front of their cottage. Cloth worn at ends of spine. Similar to OCLC: 16725404 The author John Mitchell (1794 – 1870) was an American minister and author. He was the son of John and Abigail (Waterhouse) Mitchell, and was born in Chester, Conn. in 1794. He graduated from Yale College in 1821, then entered Andover Theological Seminary. In Ja...
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TESTED FAVORITE RECIPES - Happy Eating

By: Newell, Frances Warfield

Price: $19.95

Publisher: San Francisco, Frances Warfield Newell: 1943

Seller ID: 40882

Binding: Spiral bound

Condition: Very Good

A collection of tested recipes from various sources but mostly from recipes that had been in her family for many years. There must be 200 recipes, very simply presented, many using canned vegetables and soups. Warfield Corn Hot Cakes, Potato Flour Cake, Never fail Sabayon, Veal Birds with Mushroom sauce, Ox Tail Casserole, Spice Islands Baked Ham, Turnip Greens, Imperial Deviled Crab, and Hog Jowl Maryland. Excellent illustrated charts on Vitamins, Cuts of Beef, Cuts of Lamb, etc. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history...
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RECOLLECTIONS OF A SOUTHERN MATRON

By: Packard, Mrs. Clarissa ; [Caroline Howard Gilman]

Price: $74.95

Publisher: New York, Harper and Brothers: 1838

Seller ID: 42299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

viii, 9-272 pages; Contents clean and tight in modern burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine. Former owner's name on first blank (after new endpapers) -- "A Huidekoper 1884". Scattered foxing. Caroline Howard Gilman (pen name, Mrs. Clarissa Packard; 1794–1888) was a nineteenth century American author. Her writing career spanned 70 years and include poems, novels, and essays. Cindy A. Stiles asserts that Gilman is best understood as a “gentle reformer” and “early feminist” rather than a “sentimental moralist” (Stiles, The History of Southern Women’s Lite...
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RECOLLECTIONS OF A SOUTHERN MATRON

By: Packard, Mrs. Clarissa ; [Caroline Howard Gilman]

Price: $74.95

Publisher: New York, Harper and Brothers: 1838

Seller ID: 42300

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

viii, 9-272, 16 (ads) pages; Contents clean and tight in modern black cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine. Former owner's name on title page (after new endpapers) -- "Catharine ?? from Cousin Joe". Scattered foxing. Sixteen page publisher's catalogue at rear. Caroline Howard Gilman (pen name, Mrs. Clarissa Packard; 1794–1888) was a nineteenth century American author. Her writing career spanned 70 years and include poems, novels, and essays. Cindy A. Stiles asserts that Gilman is best understood as a “gentle reformer” and “early feminist” rather than a “sentiment...
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Rules of the Road Being talks to boys who are in their first years at public school

By: Sewell, J. S. N.

Price: $24.95

Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 1925

Seller ID: 38645

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

159 pages; Publisher's terra-cotta ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A lovely copy, clean, tight and with just the faintest signs of any use or wear. Pencil signature on front free endpaper ["Coleman Jennings / April 1929]. No date specified on the volume, but OCLC supplies a date of 1929 [see OCLC Number: 41332284], which is strongly supported by the dated pencil signature in this excellent copy. The author, J. S. N. Sewell had degrees from both the Sorbonne (Paris) and Trinity College, Dublin. According to a note on the website of his last school [Farnborough Grammar School, in ...
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HYGIENE OF THE NURSERY including the General Regimen & Feeding of Infants and Children; Massage and the Domestic Management of the Ordinary Emergencies of Daily Life

By: Starr, Louis

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co: 1891

Seller ID: 40438

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Child-rearing practices in the Victorian era. Chapter headings include health, the nursery, the nurse-maid, clothing, exercise and amusements, sleep, bathing, food, dietary needed, massage, and emergencies. Original green cloth binding with lettering and decorative devices stamped in black. A few text illustrations. Clean and tight, endpapers toned,, dhort closed tears to the foreedge of three leaves, cloth rubbed at extremities (see image). ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking i...
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Bundling - Its Origin, Progress and Decline

By: Stiles, Henry Reed

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Albany, Knickerbocker Publishing: 1870

Seller ID: 41960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

138 pages; Clean and tight in original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine, cloth rubbed at lower spine, small bit of ad for this book on ffep. Bundling was a sort of practice run at marital compatibility under the family roof; couples were each wound up in cloth or sacks then shared a bed with a bundling board keeping them apart. The tradition originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles and later became common in colonial United States, especially in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. In courtship, it allows intimacy without intercourse.
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IN SEARCH OF CHARM

By: Young, Mary ; Richard Daynes (book design) ; Nancy Sandys Walker (photographer) ; Alice Edwards (fashion designer) ; Donald Gott (illustrator)

Price: $84.95

Publisher: Cleveland, World Publishing Company: 1965

Seller ID: 42544

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

122 pages; Contents clean and tight in original white binding in a very nice dustjacket picturing a young fadhionable couple dancing with a background of the bright orange and pink that punctuated 1960s fashion and design. Jacket photograph by Nancy Sandys Walker, woman's dress designed by Alice Edwards. A fabulous example of 1960s design and mid-century manners and style. It was a different time! From the dustjacket: "'Charm,' says Mary Young, 'is something that can be acquired.' And here she shows how to set about becoming that charming young woman you would like to be. Mary Youn...
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Category: Domestic Sciences