San Francisco: Printed in the United States by The Abbott Press, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca pre-WWI. Not in Bitting, Cagle, nor Glozer [though see #112, for Gay's 1924 publication, "New Presentation of Cooking", which is also recorded by Bitting]. Not found on OCLC. 47, [1] pp. Front cover..... More
[Los Angeles]: [Casablanca Restaurant], (n. d.). Circa 1985. Laminated bifolium in the shape of a fan, menu printed in green to inner pages. Menu: ~ 13" x 11". Fan: ~16-1/2" x 12". Laminated paper printed in pink, red and green. Affixed to a fan made of woven grass. A souvenir..... More
New York: The New York Public Library, 1946. 1st separate printing. 26 pp. Index at rear. 10" x 7". Paper wrappers, stapled, with black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Catalogue of a cookery collection bequethed to New York Public, ranging in..... More
San Francisco: British War Relief Association of Northern California, 1940. 1st Printing. Not in Axeford, though see p. 303 for a 1941 NYC edition; not in Wheaton & Kelly. 125, [3 (blank)] pp. Pp 5-10, Calories, Minerals & Vitamins charts. Pp. 36 - 43, divers meat illustrations [e.g., Beef, Port..... More
San Francisco: The Wine Advisory Board, 717 Market St, (n. d.). Ca 1956 - 1957. Not found in Gabler. Each one sheet, folded vertically, to form a multi-page brochure. Drawings on most pages. 6-1/8" x 3". White paper, printed in colored ink [different color for each brochure]. All now housed..... More
[Santa Rosa?]: (n. d.). 1st printing. Ca early 20th C? 44 pp (local business adverts interspersed). Recipes signed [in type]. 6-3/4" x 5". Printed buff paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. We find no record of this modest regional publication in all the standard cookery..... More
Greeley, Colorado: (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1940s? 83, [3] pp. Adverts throughout. Recipes attributed to their contributors. Table of Contents at rear. 7" x 5-1/4". Pale yellow paper covers, yapp edges, printed in black ink. More
San Jose, California: San Jose Printing Company, (1908). 1st printing. Not in Axford, Brown, Cook, Glozier nor Wheaton & Kelly. 112, [2] pp. Recipes signed in type. Inserted blank leaves [for notes]. Local business adverts throughout. Facsimiles of the letters sent by the first ladies. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Original..... More
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(n. p.): [Charley Brown's], 1968. Broadside. 12-5/8" x 8-1/2". Light tan cardstock printed in green, brown and black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Menu most likely from a southern California Charley Brown's restaurant: three such locations had opened by 1968, the latest being in West Covina. The..... More
(n. p.): 2011. 1st Edition. [4], 45, [1 (blank)] pp. 11" x 8-1/2". White stiff stock covers, color illustration to front cover ["Tomatoes", by Anne Halsted], black comb binding. One of a series of annual cookbooks which began in 1999, and continues through 2016. From "The Annual Cookbook" blog: "This..... More
(n. p.): 2010. 1st Edition. [4], 47, [1 (blank)] pp. 11" x 8-1/2". White stiff stock covers, color illustration to front cover ["Baguettes", by Mary Longeran], black comb binding. One of a series of annual cookbooks which began in 1999, and continues through 2016. From "The Annual Cookbook" blog: "This..... More
(n. p.): 2009. 1st Edition. [4], 49, [3] pp. Laid-in a printed note, on red paper, from Dick, saying Mary "still in the hospital recovering from heart surgery and a stroke." Mary Longeran passed away in 2010. 11" x 8-1/2". White stiff stock covers, color illustration to front cover ["Preparation"..... More
New York: M. J. Ivers & Co., 86 Nassau St. (n. d.). 1st printing thus (?), ca 1880. Not in Bitting, Cagle, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 47, [1 (advert)] pp. Text double column. Woodcut vignette, of a meal being served, to front wrapper. 8vo. 8-3/16" x 6". Buff paper wrappers..... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co., (1888). 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though ~ 250 pp. Tinted frontispiece. 16 chromolithographed divisional title leaves, followed by a lithographed leaf of text [poetry]. Oblong format: 6-7/8" x 9-1/2". Tan linen cloth binding with color printed spine & boards. Marbled edges. A mostly blank recipe book..... More
Oakland, California: Published by Lakeview Club 124 Montecito Avenue, (n. d.). 1st edition (Glozer 148), ca 1930 - 32. Not in Brown, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 61, [3] pp. Adverts throughout. 2 paper slips laid-in, with mss reciptes thereon [one from McFarland, Genevieve Beckwith - on Ms McFarland's letterhead]. 5..... More
[San Rafael?]: (1906). 1st Edition thus, and 2nd Edition overall (Axford, p. 357 [giving a date of 1907 ?]; Cook, p. 29). Cf. Brown 51, for the first edition of 1898. [3] - 222 pp. Contributions attributed. Advertisements throughout. Half-tone b/w photographic vignette of the First Presbyterian Church to first..... More
Willmar, Minn. The Willmar Argus Printing House. 1895. 1st edition. 195, [1 (Table of Contents)], [16 (blank, 10 w/ mss recipes recorded thereon], [16 (1st 15 local Willmar adverts)] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding with black stamping. Red edgestain. An apparently unrecorded regional cookery..... More
(n. p.): San Francisco Presbyterian Orphanage and Farm, 1940. 1st Printing. Not in Brown. [2], 105, [7] pp. 5 pages of local firm advertisements follow the main text. Contents include: Beverages -- Breads and rolls -- Cakes and Cookies -- Canapes -- Cheese and Egg Dishes -- Fish and Shellfish..... More
Gloucester: Printed by Henry Osborne, (n. d.). 1st edition [stated]. Ca 1935. [3] - 254 [= 252] pp. 7-1/8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's flexible light green cloth binding with black printed lettering to the front cover. Scarce regional cookery book, with OCLC recording no institutional holdings of this first edition..... More
Berkeley: Published by the Twentieth Century Club of Berkeley. Press of A. Newman. 1914. 1st Edition (Glozier 325). Not in not in Axford, Brown nor Wheaton & Kelly. 146 pp. Adverts throughout. Newspaper extract & mss recipe card laid-in. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Very pale green plactized binding, with dark..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Wrightson & Company, Printers, 1868 / 1867. 4th Edition, Thirty-Fifth Thousand (Wheaton & Kelly 2996). Not found in Axford. Cf. Monaghan 734, for the 1865 1st printing of Biographies. 96; [2], 46 pp. 2nd title illustrated with 19 bust portrait wood engravings. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's..... More
[Los Angeles?]: (n. d.). Circa 1950. Leaf folded to form 3 panel menu, printed on both sides. B/w illustrations. 6-3/8" x 3". Light cream/pink paper overlay to to recto, verso white. Printed in black. Lunch menu circa 1950s, for a diner we speculate was located in southern California due to..... More
New York: Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co., (1877). 1st printing thus, ca 1878. Cf. Axford, p. 352 & Bitting, p. 410 for the 1882 [and later] editions. Not in Cagle [though see 1011n], nor Wheaton & Kelly. OCLC records 4 holding institutions. [2], 32, [2 (adverts)] pp. 2..... More
[San Francisco]: The Wine Advisory Board, (n. d.). Not in Gabler. One sheet, folded twice vertically, to form a 6 panel brochure. 3 photographic images: one of a cook using sherry in a recipe, and two of divers recipes contained herein [Pot Roast & Potato Salad with White Wine]. Folded..... More
San Francisco: The Wine Advisory Board, (n. d.). Cf. Gabler 13710 for a 'Wartime' edition. [2], 29, [1] pp [including wrappers in pagination]. Index at rear. The occasional drawing. Oblong format: 5" x 7". Paper wrappers, printed in brown & green, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve..... More
