FAMILY COOK BOOK.
New Haven: Healy & Bigelow, Publishers, 1891. Axford, p. 141. Not found in Hoolihan, Cagle, Bitting, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 48 pp. Recipes on verso of each leaf, advertisements on recto. 19 wood engraving of Native American chiefs and medicine men, including Sitting Bull, Many Horns, Arrow Point, and Big Elk. 6-11/16" x 4-3/8". Tan stapled wrappers with black printed lettering and decoration. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning to wrappers. Bit of wear. Overall, solid VG condition. Item #42810.1
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. cookbook and patent medicine promotion. Recipes include "Chicken, Cuban Style," "Dad's Pop-Corn Balls," and the very specific, "To Make Twelve Cream Cakes," while illnesses treated range from constipation to malaria, and more.
Price: $75.00