1897. Handwritten invitation [4 pp]. Card illustrated to look like an owl. ~6-1/2" x 3-1/8". Offwhite card cut in the shape of an owl, with purple illustration and lettering to front, and purple hand-written menu and sentiments to interior and rear. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Menu card..... More
![Item #42211 HOTEL JERMYN LUNCHEON. F.S. Godfrey [Proprietor]. Scranton, Pa., Wednesday, July 5,...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42211.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684260903)
1899. Single sheet, printed recto only. 7-1/4" x 4". Offwhite cardstock, with red decorative titling and black lettering. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Menu card most likely once belonging to Harry T. Wyndman (?), Pennington Seminary Class of 1897, whose name is one of the signatures on the..... More
London: 1935. Single sheet, printed recto only. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Buff paper, menu in black ink. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Copie Menu - Le Causaloup Jubilee..." More
Providence, R.I. Rumford Chemical Works, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed). Ca 1900. 48 pp. Printed note, on size of a 'teaspoon', tipped-in after p. 4. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Grey paper textured wrappers, printed in red & black. Red cord loop for hanging, upper left. Now housed in an archival..... More
Eureka, CA: Humboldt-Del Norte County Agricultural Extension Service, (1951). Limited to 500 copies. 9 leaves, printed recto only. Illustration to outside wrapper. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Yellow printed paper wrapper. Pages stapled to right margin of wraps and folded to form a book. Rare in the trade. More
Eureka, CA: Humboldt-Del Norte County Agricultural Extension Service, 1951. 12 pp. Some b/w illustrations printed within. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Pink printed paper wrappers, stapled. Rare in the trade. More
Eureka, CA: University of California Agricultural Extension Service, (1957). Limited to 1000 copies. 12 pp. Small illustrations next to recipes. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Stiff yellow printed paper wrappers, stapled. Blue paper recipe for White Sauce Dry Mix laid in. Rare in the trade. More
San Francisco: D. Ghirardelli Co., (n. d.). "New Edition". Ca. 1930s/40s. 16 sheets of paper printed recto only (1 sheet of blank peach paper), all housed inside publisher's envelope/ packet. Red and white printed lettering & red stars printed to sheets. 5-1/4" x 3-1/4". Loose numbered sheets housed inside a...... More
Los Angeles / San Francisco: Lucca Restaurant, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet, folded twice into a brochure. Many color illustrations. 6" x 3-3/4". Yellow color illustrated printed paper. Menu includes items such as: Filet of Yellowtail Hollandaise, English Broiled Lamb Chop, Stuffed Roast Turkey, Imperial Duck a la..... More
Oakland, CA: Southern Pacific Railways, (1963). 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet, printed recto only. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Stiff white printed paper. Includes prices alongside breakfast meal options. More
(n. p.): Fred Harvey Service, Consolidated Tours, 1961. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet, printed recto only. Small brown and white illustration of an Indian Chief's head to top left corner. 9" x 5-3/4". White paper printed in brown ink. "To serve you better and expedite service, waiters are NOT permitted..... More
Los Angeles: California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1937. 1st edition (presumed). 48 pp. Color illustrations throughout. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Color illustrated printed paper wrappers, stapled. More
(n. p.): MyMaid, 1937. 1st edition (presumed). Unpaginated, but 24 pages. Illustrations throughout. Oblong format: 5-1/8" x 8". Light tan stiff paper wrappers, printed in brown. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "MyMaid is completely new each year - the latest ideas in household formulas, recipes and menus, hints..... More
(Los Angeles): Department of Water and Power, (n. d.). 1st edition (presumed). 71, [1 (advert for the Electric Appliance Room, 209 South Broadway)] pp. 5-15/16" x 4-1/2". Light orange stiff paper wrappers, printed in orange and blue. More
San Francisco: California Packing Corporation, May, 1928. 3rd edition. 32 pp. Color illustrations to wrappers, b/w illustrations within. 6-7/8" x 5". Beige color illustrated printed paper wrappers, stapled. Contains a selection of recipes involving canned fruit in their makeup. More
Los Angeles: California Walnut Growers Association, Dept. F, (n. d.). 1st edition (presumed). 1 sheet folded 3 times, brochure style. Color illustrations to front and rear sides. 5-1/2" x 3-1/16". Beige printed paper. "Menu Magic in a Nutshell is the title of a larger, 32 page book containing 100 tested..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, Chesnut Street, 1827. Early edition of the original 1826 work. 3 volumes. Vol I: [2], 224, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol II: [2], 152, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol III: [2], 247, [3 (blank)] pp. 7-1/4" x 4-1/4". Half-bound tan leather spine and edges, marbled paper boards..... More
Seattle: Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company, (1915). 1st printing. 32 pp. Illustrated, with some in color, especially a center 2 page spread illustrating divers foods [e.g., "Carnation Fudge"] with color images. 7" x 4-15/16". Color lithographed paper wrappers, stapled. A promotional piece for Carnation Condensed milk, giving the history, as..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. 1st printing thus, "Corrected March 25, 1905." 31, [1 (blank)] pp. Intratextual illustrations. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Beige paper wrappers with black lettering printed to cover. More
Minneapolis: The Doomsday Press, 1968. 1st printing. 8 pp. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4". White stapled paper wrappers with green lithograph of woman's face and title lettering printed to front wrapper. More
![Item #37120 MARY WHITCHER'S SHAKER HOUSE-KEEPER. [caption title]. Cookery, Mary. Miller...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/37120.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684446740)
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, Inc., (1972). Facsimile reproduction of the 1882 1st edition (cf. Cagle 811; Wheaton & Kelly 6460). [2], 32, [2] pp. 7-1/8" x 4-15/16". Printed green paper wrappers, stapled. Whitcher's little cookbook has the distinction of being "the earliest cookbook in Shaker culinary literature, and the..... More
New York: Published for Boy Scouts of America by the Slingerland-Comstock Company, (n. d.). Ca. 1922-25. 43, [1] pp. B/w intratextual illustrations. 7-3/4" x 5-3/8". Dark green printed stiff paper wrappers. More
Hagerstown, MD. McCardell & Futterer, the Printers. (n. d.). Ca 1890s. Unpaginated, though 8 pp. Last page blank. Illustrated with 3 full-page wood engravings of the device. Oblong 8vo. 7-5/8" x 9-1/8". Blue paper printed wrappers, stapled. More
Amsterdam: Published by Van Rijkom Bros, (n. d.). Ca late 19th / early 20th C. An accordian style portfolio of 12 mounted colored photographs, each captioned in Dutch & English, depicting divers society 'types', e.g., 'Fisherman' & 'Farmerswife'. Portfolio: 13.5 cm x 9 cm. Photographs: 9 cm x 6 cm..... More
Lowell, Mass: Published by C. I. Hood & Co., (n. d.). 1st printing (Cagle 971; Wheaton & Kelly 2942). Ca 1880s. 31, [1] pp (including Index). Illustrated with series of cuts on napkin-folding, p. 3. 8vo. 7" x 4-5/8". Green paper wrappers printed in black, stapled. Cut of Hood Apothecary..... More
