Rabelais' Fresh Arrivals no. 53: American Cookbooks: 19th and early 20th Century

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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink

Fresh Arrivals, no. 53 June 28th, 2017

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see item no.10

Rabelais' been busy here with a number of projects simultaneously, and as usual the short lists have been on the side burner. This means there's a backlog of interesting material we've catalogued but not offered, so much in fact that we've sorted the books into a number of categories, each with separate lists. In the next two months, we expect to send out short lists of Asian and Asian-American Cookbooks & Ephemera, Diplomatic Menus, and Food Production & Marketing books and paper, as well as a list of about fifty really special books. This current list focuses on American Cookbooks and Recipe Books, and mostly features single author cookbooks of the 19th Century, a few books whose "recipes" fall outside of the culinary world, including a patent medicine almanac, a compendium of commercial recipes from Buffalo, and an unrecorded barber's recipe formulary (also from Buffalo). Other topics covered on this list include etiquette, viniculture, military cooking, and mineral salts. You can view more American cookbooks at our website, RabelaisBooks.org.

The summer is upon us now, and with that we are seeing more visitors in the shop. Some are yearly regulars who come to see us as part of an annual Maine vacation; others are finding us for the first time. We welcome you all and hope to see you when you are able to make the trip to Biddeford. We have a full selection of new books along with the rarities and the hard to find. And we do have posted hours for the summer! Wednesday through Saturday 11-5, and Sunday 11-4. We try to be closed Mondays and Tuesdays to play in the garden and catch a bit of the Maine summer for ourselves. Of course, as soon as we post hours there is an exception. Which brings me to the first of a few announcements.

The shop will be closed July 4th through 12th so I can attend the Oxford Food Symposium where I will be presenting a paper. I'm really thrilled to have been included in the presentations, along with many of my absolute favorite food writers and historians who are too numerous to mention here. Click on the link for more information on the Symposium, its history, and activities. I'll be back in the shop on the 13th, and we'll return to regular summer hours for the duration.

Earlier this month we spent a day or two with the very talented folks at Knack Factory, who managed to condense those many hours down to a short video portrait of what we do here at Rabelais. This was made possible by our friends at Big Tree Hospitality who I'm sure you know as Hugo's, Eventide, or the Honey Paw. Big thanks to them for making us look great, and for including Lark's cameo. Here the link:

The final announcement is that we're very close to issuing the first catalogue of our very long-term project, still tentatively titled Local American Cookery. For several years we've been building a collection of community, church and charitable cookbooks printed prior to the Second World War. Now somewhere between seven and eight hundred books, the collection has been organized by state, and we've gone deep on the cataloguing, as we feel these books have - for the most part - not gotten the close attention they deserve. In addition to the community cookbooks, we've added selective examples of books that address aspects of place explicitly. The first of the three catalogues (Alabama through Kentucky) - with almost three hundred books - should be out by the end of the summer.

Until then, Happy Summer!

1. [Bill of Fare - Food & Lodging]; Samuel Hathaway.

Samuel Hathaway's Inn, Worcester, near the bank.

Worcester, [Mass.]: September 24, 1816.

A printed, single-leaf bill of fare, (16 x 11 cm.), with price, date and innkeeper's signature in manuscript. Printed locally but, according to typographer Alastair Johnson, likely "set in Fry's imitation of Baskerville type with Richard Austin's italic (& his display for INN) plus a nifty Figgins border. British imports at their finest." (in a note to the cataloguer). The travelers availed themselves of lodging, breakfast, dinner and lunch for a total of $3.00. Other items for sale at Hathaway's Inn include liquor, "segars", bottled cider, servant, horse at hay, grain, and a "Seat in in the Stage from... to... Baggage..." Samuel Hathaway was a merchant who came to Worcester from Taunton and owned the Inn and an adjacent farm. He sold both in 1823 and opened a hotel in Washington Square in 1825. He died a wealthy man in 1831. A detailed description of the original Inn can be found in a lecture given by a Major F.G. Stiles titled, "Exchange Street Sixty and More Years Ago" After establishing that the hotel was indeed Samuel Hathaway's, Stiles continues,

"The Central Hotel was a wooden structure two and one-half stories high, painted white and fronting on Main street, but with a side entrance on Exchange street for the convenience of patrons of either the bar-room or stage office, both of which occupied the same room. At the time my knowledge, of the place begins, a Mr. Stockwell, whose given name I cannot recall, was landlord of the hotel. On the Main street front there was a piazza running the entire width of the building. It was a popular " stage tavern " and the head quarters of the Worcester, Barre, Brattleboro and Keene line of coaches. Genery Twichell owned the line, a coach leaving every morning and returning the next day, arriving late in the afternoon. The two drivers were Marcus Barrett and Elliott Swan, both of whom have passed away. Mr. Twichell died some years ago. In the north end second story of the building was a large hall in which public meetings were held, and balls and parties frequently given by the people of the town. It was also in great demand for exhibitions, concerts and other entertainments. "Old Potter," as he was dubbed by everyone, the " sleight- of-hand magician," gave shows here which were well patronized by old and young alike. We youngsters thought him a world wide wonder, and to our boyish minds, Satan himself could not have breathed fire out of his mouth and nostrils with greater ease and freedom. It was the only hotel having a public hall, and in winter time especially was almost in constant nightly use. In the rear of the hotel was a large yard, and the stables, barn and sheds belonging to the same, all of wood. Mr. Stockwell had one son, Stephen by name, who learned the printers' trade under John Milton Earle in the office of the Massachusetts Spy, afterwards removing to Boston, where he became a noted journalist. There was also one daughter. Mr. Stockwell kept the hotel several years, and finally removed to the state of Maine. The hotel remained under various landlords until about 1853, when the then prosperous city of Worcester outgrew its architecture and dimensions and it went out of commission, was demolished and the Bay State House built upon its site."

( The Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. Worcester: 1898).

Ink note to verso. Some light paper discoloration; unevenly cut. Very good. $250.00

with a handwritten recipe for beer
made from the shells of green peas

2. [Webster, Mrs. A.L.]; by a Married Lady. The Improved Housewife. Or Book of Receipts: with Engravings for Marketing and Carving. The Second Edition, revised. Hartford: A.L. Webster [Stereotyped by R.H. Hobbs], 1844. Octavo, xi, 12-214 pages. Frontispiece, plus woodcuts in the text.

First edition, second printing, although styled Second Edition on the title page. "Mrs. Webster was at best, what one would call a good plain cook, and yet she too reflects some of the virtues of her time", writes Karen Hess, who stops to point out that up to Mrs. Webster, "most cookbook writers... measured dry ingredients by weight rather than volume." Mrs. Webster advises measuring rather than weighing, a serious step in the degradation of American cooking skills. This book is also one of the first to include a recipe for bread made with Sylvester Graham's flour, and Hess stops again to lament that "one of our earliest "health"-bread recipes is also one of the first to call for sweetening - a pattern that has only intensified since." Foxing and some dark spotting throughout. Textblock pulling and separated at first two signatures. In publisher's gilt and blind-stamped brown cloth, in some wear, but not not unattractive. Good only. Previous owner's name in ink to front fly. With a handwritten recipe, on the rear free endpaper in pencil, for Pea Beer, a beer made form the shells of green peas.

[OCLC locates twelve copies of this second printing; Bitting 429; Cagle 797; Lowenstein 328]. $250.00

3. Howland, E.A. The New England Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book. Stereotype edition. Montpelier: E.P. Walton and Sons, 1845. Small octavo, 108 pages. Frontispiece. Index.

Second, stereotyped, edition, following the Worcester, MA edition of 1844. A new preface for this second edition, indicates an additional fifty recipes have been added, and the medicinal section has been expanded. The elaborate frontispiece depicts two women working in a new England kitchen: one kneading dough and the other preparing poultry for cooking. Birds, a rabbit and a ham hang on the walls. The whole kitchen landscape is encapsulated in a whimsical home-shaped typographical frame. In very worn and soiled, printed, paper-covered boards, now re-cased with black library cloth spine, new endpapers. Internally fresh and bright.

[OCLC locates twelve copies; Bitting, page 236 (different printings); Cagle 383; Lowenstein 364]. $150.00

4. Soyer, Alexis. The Modern Housewife, or Ménagère. Comprising nearly one thousand receipts, for the economic and judicious preparation of every meal of the day, with those of the nursery and sick room, and minute directions for family management in all its branches. Illustrated with engravings. Edited by an American housekeeper. New-York; Philadelphia : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway; G.S. Appleton, 146 Chestnut St., 1850. Duodecimo, vi, 364, [12] pages. Index. Publisher's advertisements. Illustrated with two engravings in the text.

First American edition. Originally published London 1849. Soyer's famed recipe book adapted by an American housekeeper, "to make a verbal correction here and there, necessary to render the meaning of the author more plain; to erase certain directions for cooking different kinds of game and fish unknown in the new world; and to omit the purely local information, and scraps of history, which only increased the cost and bulk of the book, without, in any way, adding to its value." (v). Staining and foxing to first few leaves, including title; tideline to front edge of final leaves. In full brown pebbled cloth, with simple gilt title to spine. Likely and early rebinding, judging from the clean state of the endpapers. With the ownership signature, "Sarah Loeser, San Diego, Cal., 1857".

[Bitting, page 443 (citing 1859 Amer. printing); Cagle 723 (different printing); Lowenstein 491]. $200.00

an early household patent medicine almanac

5. [A.L. Scovill & Co.]. The Family Receipt Book & useful medical adviser. 1852, For gratuitous distribution, to be had gratis of all our agents. [Title from wrapper]. [New York]: Published annually by A.L. Scovill & Co, 1851. Stab-sewn booklet (19 x 12 cm.), 36 pages. Illustrated wrapper signed, Forbes del. N. Orr. Other illustrations engraved by F.A. E. and N. Orr. The OCLC record cites a printer's statement on page [4] of the wrapper, "Printed by E.N. Grossman & Son., 59 Ann-Street, New-York." We find no such statement anywhere on this copy.

Evident first edition of this series of household medical almanacs. We've been unable to locate an earlier Scovill almanac. Consists of receipts, testimonials and advertisements for patent and proprietary medicines sold by A.L. Scovill & Co. Publisher's notice (page 1) states, "This 'Family receipt book' is to be published annually. Its object is to explain, in a familiar manner, what every mother may do for her children, or her family, in cases of emergency, or in ordinary complaints, where it would be inconvenient or impossible to obtain the services of a doctor ... The volume for 1853 will contain matters of interest to the farmer, the gardener, the kitchen, the toilet, etc." Includes "An Indian's Testimony, Kah-ge-gah-ga-bowh, or George Copway, the Indian Chief... gives the interesting particulars of the case of Miss R___, of this city, who was cured of a severe and protracted disease of teh lungs, by a few bottles of Dr. Rogers invaluable syrup of Liverwort, Tar, and Canchalagua..."(page 8). Bit of predation to the bottom left corner of wrapper and first few leaves. Some dog-ears; damp-staining and light stains to a few pages. In publisher's printed wrappers, a bit soiled and edgeworn. Good.

[OCLC locates six copies]. $90.00

6. Leslie, Miss [Eliza]. New Receipts for Cooking. Comprising all the New and Improved Methods, for preparing all kinds of Soup, Fish, Oysters... with lists of articles in season and suited to go together for breakfasts, dinners, and suppers...

Philadelphia: T.B Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, [1854]. Octavo, 520, 8 pages. Publisher's advertisements.

Third edition, third printing, Philadelphia, 1856 (see Cagle for details on the printing history). Originally published under the title, The Lady's Receipt Book, (1847), and enlarged under the title Miss Leslie's Ladies' New Receipt Book in 1850. Recipes clearly written in narrative style. Internally quite fresh and clean; recipes and ownership notes in pencil and ink to front endpapers; lacking rear free end paper. In gilt-decorated brown cloth with blind- and gilt-stamped decoration; front hinge separating, and some minor edgewear to boards. Good only.

[OCLC locates twenty-six copies; Bitting, page 285; Cagle 466]. $250.00

7. Bliss, Mrs. The Practical Cook Book; containing upwards of one thousand receipts: consisting of directions for selecting, preparing and cooking all kinds of meats, fish, poultry, and game, soups broths, vegetables and salads... and numerous preparations for invalids. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1855. Octavo, vi, 303 pages. Index.

Second edition, later printing, expanded by thirty pages beyond the original edition of 1850. Thorough and well-indexed, Mrs. Bliss' Practical Cook Book offers a wide array of recipes, including sections on Creams, Ices and Water Ices, as well as Blanc Mange, Creams, Charlotte Russe, Flummery, Syllabubs, Curds and Whey. Heavily foxed throughout, spine a bit cocked, but still sound. Publisher's blind and gilt-stamped brown cloth with some general wear and rubbing to the head and foot of the spine. Previous owner's ink inscription to front paste down. Good only.

[OCLC cites six locations for the 1850 first edition, and a few for other later printings, but none for this 1855 printing; Bitting, page 45 (citing earlier printings); Lowenstein 564 (earlier printings; not in Cagle]. $150.00

8. Matthews & Co., A.I. Hints on Various Subjects Connected With Our Business. Buffalo: Steam Press of Thomas & Lathrops, 1856. Octavo, 151 pages.

First edition of this book of commercial recipes for household and medicinal products, wines, perfumes, cosmetics and toiletries, soda water, spices, and more. With a special section at the rear explaining why the do not sell patent medicines, "the pill taking propensity, which a few years since was so general as to be called by foreigners an American nationalism...." A marvelous attack on the humbug. very light age toning throughout, otherwise near fine, in gilt and blind stamped brown cloth. With the bookbinder's ticket, "L. Danforth, Buffalo" to the rear paste down. $350.00

9. Henderson, W.A.; enlarged & improved by D. Hughson.

Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book. Adapted for Families... Enlarged and Improved by D. Hughson with Specific Approved Patent Receipts, Extracted from the Records... New York: Published by Leavitt & Allen, no. 379 Broadway, [1857]. Octavo, 360, 61, xii, pages. Engraved title and frontispiece. Illustrated with two engraved plates.

A later American edition of this work, originally titled The Housekeeper's Instructor (London 1791), including Hughson's improvements and the New Family Receipt Book, reprinted here with separate pagination. As Cagle reminds us, "this is an entirely different work from Elizabeth Hammond's Modern Domestic Cookery." Chapters include: Soups and Broths - Boiling - Roasting - Baking - Broiling - Frying - Stewing - Hashing and Mincing - Fricaseeing - Ragoos - Gravies, Cullises, and Other Sauces - Made Dishes - Vegetables and Roots - Boiled Puddings - Pies - Pancakes and Fritters - Tarts and Puffs - Cheesecakes and Custards - Cakes, Biscuits, &c. - The Art of Confectionery - Pickling - Collaring - Potting Meat and Poultry - Curing of Various Kinds of Meats - Methods of Keeping Vegetables, Fruits, &c. - Possets and Gruels - Made Wines, &c. - Cordial Waters - The Art of Brewing - Directions for Trussing Poultry, &c. Although the book is in its original blind-stamped and gilt-titled brown cloth, the text block appears to have been trimmed down, with narrow margins, and so we wonder if it was stereotyped onto a smaller page than originally intended, to fit standard American case binding sizes of the era. Some light foxing throughout; later ink name and comment to two preliminaries. Medicinal newspaper clippings pasted to endpapers, including Cure for Cholera, Cure for Scrofula, Hydropathia, and The Tomato as a Food. With the bookplate "Library of Sam. C. Colt". Sam. C. was either the son or nephew of the industrialist and inventor of the revolver. Sam. C.'s mother, Caroline Henshaw Colt, was married to Samuel Colt, and later to Samuel's brother John. After Samuel's death Sam. C. produced a marriage certificate, and successfully argued that he was indeed son of Samuel, earning a piece of the estate.

[Bitting, page 224; Cagle 354; Lowenstein 735]. $450.00

10. Nicholson, Elizabeth. What I Know; or the Economical Cook and House-Book, Hints on the Daily Duties of a Housekeeper. Comprising nearly five hundred receipts for cooking, preserving, pickling, washing, ironing, gardening, plain and fancy needle-work, putting up of winter stores, and numerous other receipts, useful and needful in every well-regulated household. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 48 N. Fourth Street, 1860. Small octavo, 160 pages. Index.

Stated fourth edition, originally published Philadelphia, 1856 under the title What I Know, or Hints on the Daily Duties of a Housekeeper. One of a number of Quaker cookbooks to appear in the 1850s. Narrative form recipes in "The Economical Cook Book" section with various hints and instructions in the latter household guide. Nicholson offers an early recommendation for cooking with gas (even endorsing a particular brand). She highlights other recently patented consumer products that aid the work of a housekeeper: an apple parer and a clothes-drying machine, for example. Instruction provided in Grecian painting, lamp shades, knitting, making a city garden, and more. Pages moderately soiled and stained throughout; ink and pencil notes and small corrections throughout, including a nice manicule to the Weights and Measures instruction on page 49. A few small archival tape repairs. Rebound in full black cloth, with original blind-stamped brown cloth laid down over boards. New, red morocco spine label. Good or better. Previous owner inscriptions in ink, "Sarah E. Dunn" and "Philip Dunn, Philadelphia" to preliminary blank.

[OCLC locates three copies of this printing; Bitting, page 342; Cagle 570-571 (earlier editions); Lowenstein 834]. $250.00

a scarce Civil War-era cookbook

11 . Putnam, Mrs. A Primary Cook Book, by Mrs. Putnam, for New Beginners in Housekeeping. Receipts suited to the times. Second thousand. Boston: Loring, Publisher, 319 Washington Street, 1862. Small octavo, 84 pages.

First edition, second printing. A scarce Civil War-era cookbook, from the author of Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book and Young Housekeeper's Assistant (1849). Includes instructions for establishing a household in preparation for marriage, with a full list of recommended furnishings for each room, cleaning schedule, and weekly menus in addition to recipes. In an effort to include both sexes, there is a section of sixteen recipes for bachelors. Text block age-toned and lightly foxed throughout. Bookseller notes to paste-downs. In soiled and rubbed printed yellow paper-covered boards, over textured brown cloth. Head and foot of spine rubbed. Good. Scarce in the marketplace.

[OCLC locates eighteen copies; Brown 1493; not in Bitting or Cagle]. $350.00

12. Martine, Arthur. Martine's Hand-Book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness. A complete manual for those who desire to understand the rules of good breeding, the customs of good society, and to avoid incorrect and vulgar habits... New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, (1866). Octavo, 167, [21] pages. Publisher's advertisements (5 pages of at front and 21 pages at end (including endpapers).

First edition, early but undetermined printing (variants in publisher's advertisements being the distinction). Contents include: "General observations - The art of conversation - General rules for conversation - On dress - Introductions - Letters of introduction - Dinner parties - Habits at table - Wine at table - Carving - Etiquette of the ball and assembly room - Evening parties - Visiting - Street etiquette - Traveling - Marriage - Domestic etiquette and duties - On general society." Original color pictorial paste-downs to front and rear boards, over orange cloth. some pulling to front hinge, otherwise fine. A much nicer copy than is usually encountered. $250.00

13. Ellet, E. F.; [Elizabeth Fries Ellet, (1818-1877)]. The Practical Housekeeper: a cyclopædia of domestic economy. New York: W.A. Townsend, Publisher, 1867. Thick octavo (22 x 14.5 cm.), 599 pages. Lacking one leaf (pages 13-14, a section title and blank leaf). Illustrated with five hundred woodcuts in the text. Detailed index.

Evident second edition; originally published in 1857. This work would later be re-titled The New Cyclopaedia of Domestic Economy and Practical Housekeeper and published by Henry Bill of Norwich CT, in 1872. Cagle incorrectly labels The New Cyclopedia a first edition. In fact it is a new edition of this 1867 issue, but added are twenty-three additional recipes in the Miscellaneous section at the rear, and with Addenda featuring these recipes to the index. The first two lines of the preface would also be changed to reflect that the book is no longer being published in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. A short section of advertisements also appears in the newly-titled work. ~ A popular encyclopedic recipe compendium, joining a number of others in the middle part of the 19th century. Elizabeth Fries Ellet was a poet and playwright, an early writer on women's history, and author of Women of the American Revolution (1848). She is perhaps best known for an unseemly contretemps with Edgar Allen Poe which involved smeared reputations, unkind literary criticism and at least one love triangle. ~ Lacking one leaf (pages 13-14: section title and blank page). Some chips, tears and dogears to pages throughout; text block age-toned. Hinges worn and starting. In worn and bumped publisher's pebbled brown cloth over beveled boards; gilt-titled spine with gilt vignettes to front board and spine. Good only. Scarce.

[OCLC locates four copies of this 1967 printing; Bitting, page 142 (citing the 1857 first edition); Cagle 230 (incorrectly citing 1872 edition with new title as 'First Edition")]. $200.00

14. M. E. P., Mrs. [Peterson]. Peterson's preserving, pickling & canning fruit manual. New York: Fisher & Denison, 98 Nassau Street, 1872. Small octavo, iv, 72 pages. Index.

First and only edition. "Containing a choice collection of receipts for preserving, pickling, and canning fruits, many of them being original from housewives of experience." Text block shaken, stained and darkened throughout. Lacking front free end paper; tissue repairs to front hinge and one other interior hinge. In publisher's red-printed yellow paper covered boards, over tan cloth. Stained and worn. Good only. Scarce.

[OCLC locates just one copy (Kansas State); not in Cagle]. $200.00

15. Loubat, Alphonse. The American Vine-Dresser's Guide. New and Revised Edition. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872. Octavo, 123 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Facing English and French texts.

Third edition, an early facsimile of the original G.&C. Carwill edition of 1827. In 1829, Cargill issued a slightly expanded edition with some changes in the translation. Loubat was among the first to recognize the potential of American soil for quality wine grapes. He claims to have planted as many as eleven hundred vines in New Jersey and Long Island, all imported from his fathers nurseries in the Gironde and Lot. His Long Island nursery was along the banks of the East River, on what is now the Brooklyn waterfront. The vines were dug out and - according to Pinney - "the vineyard property was sold for building lots". Internally fine, but with some wear to the head of the spine, and the spine faded; in lavender pebbled cloth, the title brightly stamped in gold.

[Gabler 28040]. $250.00

the first printed American military cookbook

16. [War Department]. Manual for Army Cooks. Compiled from the report of a board of officers convened under general orders no. 117, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, 1877, and special orders no. 246, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, 1878; published by authority of the Secretary of War. Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 1879. Octavo (19 x 13 cm.), 145 pages. Index.

First edition of the U.S. Army's first cookbook. The initial section records the correspondence that led to the approval and creation of the Manual, initiated December 1877 by the Commissary General of Subsistence, R. MacFeely. The book was separately issued in cloth and in wrappers. This is the wrappered issue. Internally near fine; with one or two tiny dog ears. Printed gray wrapper has a bit of edgewear, and a tape repair to spine, and some chipping to the head and foot of spine. Still, near very good. Scarce in either issue.

[OCLC locates fifteen copies; not in Bitting or Cagle]. $300.00

an unrecorded collection of barber's recipes, with medicinal recipes included

17. Schenk, J.[John] C. The Barbers' Recipe Book, for the use of barbers especially, giving the formulae and most approved method for making the various preparations used by the trade. Also a valuable collection of miscellaneous recipes and useful information. Buffalo, N.Y.: Printing House of Matthews, Northrup & Co., Office of "The Morning Express", 1884. Octavo, 192, [4] pages. Index. Advertisements. Glossary.

First and only edition. The author, a barber of Buffalo, NY, seeks to remedy a lack of reference works for barbers as, he states in the preface, "All tradesmen, mechanics, and professional men have works that are composed to aid them in their respective calling. Barbers, therefore, should enjoy an equal right to all the knowledge they are capable of acquiring on all subjects pertaining to their trade." Schenk seeks "clearness, definiteness, and accuracy..." in his recipes, which broadly cover the needs of the barber, from Quinine Hair Tonic, to Razor Strap Paste, from Hair Curling Fluids, to Gray Hair Preparations. Beyond the needs of the hair, the recipes address Ingrown Toenails, Freckles, Sunburn and, Tan, Mad Dog Bite, Pimple Cures, and Sweating Tender Feet. A final section of Miscellaneous Recipes include treatments for Venereal Diseases, Aquarium Cement, and Colored Illuminating Fires (a type of flash firework). The medical section and inclusion of other quasi-medicinal recipes gives a good look into the barber's role in dispensing medical care in a small community. The advertisements at rear include a handsome engraving of a barber's chair. A bit of light soil to the fore edge of the text block, and a light tide-line to the title page and a few early leaves. In pebbled green cloth, gilt-titled on spine; with some soiling and edge rubbing to boards, otherwise very good. Unrecorded.

[OCLC locates no copies]. $350.00

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At our shop in Maine we have thousands of works on food, drink, farming and gardening, as well as a large collection of culinary ephemera. If you seek something in these fields, please ask.

18. Hall, Mrs. S.C.; Constance Beverley. Digging a Grave with a Wine Glass. [with] : [Little Blind May]. Chicago: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 13 & 15 Washington St., [1890]. Cord bound booklet (22 x 16.5 cm.), 39 pages. One engraving illustrates the first page of Little Blind May. Printed in double columns. Date supplied from OCLC record.

An unusual and attractive edition of two popular Temperance tracts. Mrs. S.C. Hall - Anna Marie Hall née Fielding (1800-1881) was an English novelist and editor of The Saint James Magazine and Sharpe's London Magazine. She wrote numerous tales and novels, and a few volumes of travel writing together with her husband. In Digging a Grave, the action takes places in the course of a single day as seamstress Mary Flynn walks to work and along the way encounters people of good character as well as those whose character and economic prospects have been harmed by alcohol. Frequently those diminished by alcohol are Irish. The second work included here is Little Blind May, originally published in London by the Religious Tract Society in 1876. The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronical of January 1877 reviewed the work thus, "This interesting tale illustrates the temptations of poverty, the danger of strong drink, the benefit of Sunday-schools, and the gracious influence of a poor blind girl, through the ministry of suffering, on a wild street arab who at last became a city missionary" (page 38). Lightly soiled and a bit musty, but very attractive in elegant green and red printed cream-colored, cord-bound wrapper. Near very good.

[OCLC locates one copy (Huntington Library)]. $90.00

19. Clarke, Mrs. Anne. The Latest and the Best. The Ideal Cookery Book. Economy, Wealth and Comfort in the Household. 1349 New, Useful and Unique Recipes, in, Cookery and all Departments of Housekeeping. [Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company; F.J. Schulte, 1891. Octavo, 402 pages. Index.

Later printing. Originally issued in 1889, this work was published in Chicago, Philadelphia and Toronto, in editions with "1178 New, Useful and Unique Recipes" or "1349...", with 317 and 402 pages respectively. The order of the printings and dates of the larger edition remains undetermined. A general omnibus cookbook, with recipes drawn from "some of the most successful housekeepers and homemakers in the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Great Britain". The recipes indeed are compiled from many sources, though unattributed, and are presented in some detail. Includes a short but very interesting beverage section with recipes for Noyeau, Gooseberry Water, Primrose Vinegar, Quince Ratafia, Ginger Beer and more. Sick Room cooking, and a section called The Doctor, with general medical procedures are at the rear. Text-block age-toned, but still generally clean and tight. Some foxing to preliminaries. In publisher's brown-lettered, white oilcloth with a blue marble crackling effect. Binding generally soiled and edgeworn. Good.

[OCLC locates four copies of this printing; Bitting page 90; Brown 702; not in Cagle]. $75.00

first American appearance of this work
on taking the mineral waters in evaporated form

20. Jaworski, Dr. W. [Walery]; (translated by) A.L.A. Toboldt. The Action, Therapeutic Value and Use of the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt (Powder Form) and Its Relation to the Carlsbad Thermal Water. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1891. Octavo, Viii, 9-100 pages. Charts and one illustration.

First American edition and first of this English translation. Originally published Vienna, 1886 as Ueber die Wirkung des karlsbader Thermalwassers. Carlsbad Sprudel Salt was the evaporated form of water from the Karlovy Vary or Karlsbad Spa, where "taking the waters" had been a cure for centuries, and to which the European elite flocked for cures and rest. This work is a translation and expansion of "The increasing interest manifested in this country in natural mineral waters and in products derived therefrom, coupled with the almost total lack of really scientific research in this branch of medicine, have been the incentives that have led to the translation of this work from the German of the renowned balneologist, Dr. Walery Jaworski, a professor of medicine at Poland's Jagiellonian University Medical College. "As the Carlsbad Thermal Waters have for over 200 years held such a prominent place in the treatment of disease in Europe, and as American physicians are becoming more and more impressed with the importance of making themselves familiar with the therapeutic values of these as well as other mineral springs, a systematic and scientific treatise, together with carefully tabulated experiments, must of necessity prove acceptable" (from the preface by translator Albert Toboldt). The illustration, depicted in the text and duplicated on the front board, is of a patient being administered the powdered sulfur waters. In publisher's pebbled green buckram, with a blind-stamped and gilt-decorated front panel. Previous owner's name, "Thomas G. Allen" to preliminary blank. Very near fine.

[OCLC locates twenty copies]. $300.00

in an attractive vernacular protective binding

21. Rorer, Mrs. S. T. How to Use a Chafing Dish. New edition. Revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: Arnold & Co.; Printed by Geroge H. Buchanan and Company, 1894. Duodecimo, 73 pages.

Later edition, revised and enlarged. Another in the series of small, single subject cookery books from Sara Tyson Rorer, culinary educator, editor, and founder of the Philadelphia School of Cookery. Interesting recipes include Puff Ball Omelet, Frizzled Beef, Tripe and Oysters, and Japanese Eggs. Some light soiling internally; in publisher's cloth, now covered with a protective pasted-down wrapper of linen with the ink title, "A Chafing Dish, Rebound Oct. 8, 1903" and on the rear panel, "Labor in-utilis". An attractive vernacular protective measure and witness to evidence of use.

[Not in Cagle]. $150.00

22. Rorer, Sarah Tyson 1849-1937. Sixty selected cocoanut receipts, by Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer and other famous chefs. New York: Dunham Manufacturing Company, [circa 1900]. Small stapled booklet (16 x 9 cm.), 31 pages. Illustrated. Title from cover. Date from OCLC record.

Evident first edition. A scarce promotional recipe book, advertising Dunham's Original Shred Cocoanut, with attributed recipes for dishes with cocoanut. The one notable contributor, as one might guess from the title, is Sarah Tyson Rorer, the culinary educator, cookbook author, and editor at Table Talk and Household News, before becoming a contributor to Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping. Offset from a laid-in newspaper clipping to two pages, otherwise very good in printed wrappers. Scarce.

[OCLC locates just one copy (UC San Diego); not in Cagle]. $60.00

23. Smiley, James B. [James Bethuel Smiley, editor]. Smiley's Cook Book and universal household guide. A comprehensive collection of recipes and useful information pertaining to every department of housekeeping. Chicago: Smiley Publishing Company, Publishers, 1901. Large octavo (24 x 16 cm.), 768, [8], 801-991, [1] pages. Pages 769-800 replaced here by blank leaves. Publisher's advertisements at rear. Color engraved title page. Illustrated with color plates and black and white engravings in the text.

Later printing; originally issued in 1894. A complete household guide, but with the emphasis on matters culinary. The work was assembled from various others, including work by Mrs. Owens, a fact that is admitted in a Note by the Publishers, tipped in at front. Smiley claims to have "sifted the material for it during many years while he was general agent for Mrs. Owens' Cook-Book. while it is unclear if Owens approved of Smiley's use of her work, ownership disputes of some sort may have played a role in the appearance of blank leaves at pages 769-800. Also, the shift in type size and style in the Cake section, seems unlikely to be in order that the recipes be more easily read (why just this section), as the author states in the Preface. Whatever the origins of the recipes within, the book is still a valuable collection of detailed recipes and instructions. Hinges a bit shaken, otherwise clean and sound. In edgeworn black oil-cloth binding; titled in white; backstrip starting. Good.

[OCLC locates six copies of this printing, and two of the Toronto printing of the same year; not in Bitting or Cagle]. $75.00

24. [Manuscript Cookbook - American]. Manuscript recipe collection. No place indicated: [circa 1910]. Octavo, (20 x 14 cm.), unpaginated, approximately 200 pages. Illustrated with four hand-drawn cut charts for beef, veal, mutton, and pork.

A handwritten collection of recipes, occupying 70 pages of the 200 page blank ledger. The compiler, place, and dates of the book are not recorded. The collection begins with a quote from Sarah Tyson Rorer's New Cook Book, "... All women should learn to cook as an aid to higher education - Cookery puts into practice chemistry, biology, physiology, arithmetic, and establishes an artistic taste. Let us live well, simply, economically, healthfully, and artistically." The recipes are very varied, with some written in narrative form, and others breaking out the ingredients. Portuguese Soup, English Pea Porridge, Palestine Soup, Cream of Peanut Soup, Chicken Giblet Soup, Chicken Okra, Frogs Legs, Creamed Lobster & Mushrooms, Salami of Duck, Schmierkase, Lima Bean Cakes, Sauerkraut, Peach Leaves as Flavoring for Cakes, Cocoanut Jambalaya, Lebkuchen, Strawberries Preserved in the Sun, Tamarind Chutney, etc.. There is a list of Edible Weeds, including Poke Shoots, Wild Pepper Grass, Sourdock and more, as well as list of plants to be used as seasonings. While the recipes point in the directions of various food cultures (English, African American, Pennsylvania Dutch or German, etc.), it is tempting to declare the book to be of Southern origin, and indeed we acquired the book in Virginia. But many of the recipes in this collection appear - in modified but close form - in Mrs. Rorer's New Cook Book, or in other larger hotel cookbooks, like those of Jessup Whitehead (himself with Alabama roots). So we won't jump to conclusions about the location of origin. Internally the book is clean and sound, with a few later ink corrections to the text. The original three quarter brown calf over marbled boards is now lacking the backstrip of leather, exposing the canvas backing and other structure. Good only. $250.00

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25. Richards, Paul. The Lunch Room. Devoted to plans, equipment, management, accounting, food and drink sales, bills of fare, receipts quick service of wholesome foods and drinks. Chicago: Hotel Monthly, 443 South Dearborn Street, 1911. Large octavo, 190, [3] pages. Index. Publisher's advertisements. With a photographic frontispiece of the author, and illustrations in the text.

First edition. A professional manual on the design and management of lunch rooms, an eating environment which grew to meet the needs of expanding businesses and their hungry employees. The author starts with the plan of the lunch room for the Rock Island Lines Eating House System at Bureau, Ill., designed by Mr. John J. Grier. Recipes and menus follow, with attention to changes in cooking procedures between ordinary restaurant kitchens and lunch room requirements. Inventory management, ordering systems, employee management, and more is covered. Perhaps most interesting are short studies of a variety of existing lunch rooms around the nation, many accompanied with a photographic illustration of the lunch room. A few pencil annotations to endpapers; last few leaves with small dog ears. In publisher's gilt-titled, brick-colored cloth. Very good or better. $120.00

"A well-fed man is a happy man - and a very 'well-managed' one too"

26. Swift, Marjorie & Christine Terhune Herrick. Feed the Brute.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926. Small octavo (19 x 13 cm.), xiii, [3],
174 pages. Index.

First American edition, following the London edition of the previous year, which is a surprise in that the authors are American, and the book is largely based on another American book. As the preface states, "The majority of the recipes given in the volume are taken from the New Common Sense in the Household by Marion Harland and Christine Terhune Herrick." A tiny bit of light adhesive staining to front endpapers; very light wear to head of spine; in black-printed, decorated brown paper-covered boards, otherwise fine. In a very near fine dust jacket, with a design repeating that of the boards. Scarce in dust jacket in this condition. A lovely copy.

[Not in Cagle]. $150.00

a Rumford recipe booklet for Jewish housewives

27. Rumford Company. What shall I serve? Famous recipes for Jewish housewives.

Rumford, R.I.: Rumford Company, 1931. Small booklet (18 x 13 cm.), 24 pages. Color illustrated. Table of contents in index format. Slip with corrected recipe for lebkuchen tipped-in on inside front wrapper.

First edition of this small Jewish recipe book, produced by the Rumford Baking Powder Company and thus an interesting early example of product marketing reaching into a community with specific dietary requirements. With a Hechsher Rabbi Certification at rear. Includes a "History of Rumford baking powder". Near fine in printed orange stapled wrappers. Scarce in this condition.

[OCLC locates eight copies]. $90.00

28. Haimo, Oscar. Cocktail and Wine Digest: Encyclopedia & Guide for Home & Bar. New York: International Wine & Spirits Digest, Inc, 1950. Small octavo, 144 pages. Index. Illustrated. Printed throughout in blue.

Later printing. Originally issued in 1943, this classic cocktail manual was assembled by the President of the International Bar Managers' Association. For its size, it is surprisingly thorough with information for bar management beyond the cocktail recipes. The illustrations (and poems!) are by the author, additionally there are a number of photographic illustrations. Some internal light soiling, otherwise very good, in publisher's silver-printed red wrappers, bumped a bit at extremities, but otherwise near very good.

[Noling, Beverage Literature, page 185]. $120.00

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