Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Co., [1905]. 105,[1]pp. Original printed cloth boards. Light wear to spine and edges; boards slightly rubbed, with minor soiling; front hinge. Title page somewhat browned; light tanning and soiling elsewhere. First edition, first issue (with "Price 25 Cents" printed on the front board) of this early 20th-century..... More

Habana: Imprenta de Spencer y Comp. 1856. 308,[1]pp. plus four plates. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, edges sprinkled blue. Boards somewhat scuffed; spine ends and edges worn. Signed and numbered by the author on verso of title page. Light tanning internally. The first edition of an extremely..... More

Brighton, Co. Brighton Printing Co., 1921. 95,[1]pp. plus one leaf of color ads. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Lightly soiled, spine rubbed, manuscript ink doodle on cover. Title page torn slightly at upper staple. Minor soiling internally. Second edition, revised. This work, first published in 1912, this edition was printed in..... More

Whittier, Ca. Will A. Smith's Print Shop, [1914]. 245pp. plus ads. Original brown publisher's cloth, cover stamped in black. Light wear and soiling to boards and contents. Community cook book from Whittier College, filled with numerous ads for local businesses. The foreword, written by the all-woman publishing committee, notes that..... More

[Fort Stockton, Tx.]: 1965. [2],67,[1]pp. Original pictorial card covers, stapled. Minor wear. The author began this cook book in 1951, "while spending a great deal of time with the Indians and Mexicans along the Rio Grande studying and photographing various aspects of their cultures". Recipes herein include sopapillas, "Zuni mush,"..... More

Sheridan, Wy. [ca. 1920]. 64pp. Original black wrappers with linen spine, printed in silver, stapled. Minor wear to covers, light fading. Internally clean. Community cook book of the First Congregational Church of Sheridan, Wyoming. Starting with soups, as one does, the volume covers a wide array of recipes from breads..... More

Evanston: Mumm Print Shop, [1920?]. 119,[7]pp. Original green cloth, cover stamped in black. Spine and corners rubbed. Internally clean. A handsome little cook book compiled by the PTA of the Oakton School in Evanston, Illinois. "This is not intended to be a cook book...This is simply a collection of favorite..... More

Page City, Ks. 1931. 130pp. Original orange printed wrappers, brown linen spine. Light wear and creasing, upper rear corner torn away. Minor toning and soiling. Community cook book published by the Dorcas Society of the Bethesda Lutheran Church in Page City, Kansas. Recipes were contributed by local ladies, often with..... More

Elm Creek, Nb. 1937. 166pp., erratically paginated; plus two color plates. Several blank pages interspersed. Original printed limp cloth wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page; light wear to contents, a few small edge tears; final leaf torn but intact. An unrecorded community..... More

Portland: 1914. 329,[1]pp. Original printed boards. Hinges lightly worn and soiled, corners and covers rubbed. Front hinge tender, front endpapers removed. Light soiling and wear to contents, scattered manuscript notations in pencil. Manuscript recipes laid in, with several written on the blank leaves at the end. Second edition, revised and..... More

Port Arthur, Tx. H.E. MacBride Company, [ca. 1930]. 46pp. Original gray wrappers printed in blue, stapled. Light soiling and wear. Contemporary pencil recipes on front flyleaf. Light soiling to contents. Rare charity cook book published by the ladies of the Trinity Methodist Missionary Society in Port Arthur, Texas. Dishes here..... More

Mexico City: [ca. 1952]. 30,[2]pp. Small quarto. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Spine perishing; light wear and soiling to wraps. Brief, illegible manuscript annotation on front wrapper. Toning and scattered foxing internally. Scarce illustrated pamphlet of recipes presented by the pioneering celebrity chef of Mexico, Josefina Velazquez de Léon, on her..... More