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
![The Hospitality of Wines [cover title]. California, Wine](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1721_01.jpg?v=1605707522)
[Los Angeles?]: 1938. 18pp. Narrow 12mo. Original gilt wrappers, stapled. Light wear. Promotional brochure for the Regina Winery in Etiwanda, California, operated by the Ellena Brothers. Established in 1906 by Claudio Ellena, a descendant of an Italian winemaking family. Claudio's sons eventually took over the business, marketing their wine under..... 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
Puebla: 1911. [3]-547pp. Small octavo. Original green cloth, spine gilt. Split in cloth at front hinge, spine ends worn, corners rubbed. Light soiling and wear to cloth. Front flyleaf cut away. Later ink ownership inscription on front pastedown and final leaf. Text lightly toned, some scattered foxing. "Segunda edicion" of..... More
[Chicago? ca. 1920]. [4],132pp. plus chromolithographic plate. Original light grey cloth, cover printed in black. Extremities rubbed, minor soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Text moderately but evenly tanned, some minor wear. A scarce community cook book compiled by the East End Circle Woman's Guild for the benefit of..... More
[Reinbeck, Ia?]: Lewis Press Print, 1927. 88pp. plus nine leaves of plates. Original brown linen wrappers, printed on front cover and stapled. Covers heavily worn, especially at extremities. Moderate wear and soiling to contents, manuscript recipes and notations throughout. A heavily used community cook book for the little town of..... More
Medford, Or. 1909. 254,[4]pp. With blank leaves for manuscript notes. Original printed wrappers, cloth spine. Light wear and soiling, minor soiling to title page. A scarce and substantial regional cook book published by the women of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Medford, Oregon. Recipes are divided into categories, most listing..... More
Bellingham, Wa. Irish Printing Co., [ca. 1920]. 143,[20]pp. Original grey pictorial printed wrappers. Light wear to covers, corners and spine ends lightly chipped. One leaf with late ink marking, one leaf torn with no loss. Internally clean and fresh. A handsome production with illustrated wrappers printed in color and letterpress..... More
Milwaukee: J.G. Flint, 1890. [4],146pp., plus color frontispiece. Original brown faux-alligator wrappers. Front cover detached, covers heavily worn; older tape on spine and front cover, lightly soiled. Contemporary pencil ownership notations on end leaves. Lightly toned, several small edge tears, heavier to last few leaves. One of the earliest cook..... More
Charleston: Plain Dealer Press, [ca. 1905]. 85,[1]pp. Original printed wrapper, string-tied. Spine perished, wrappers heavily worn and chipped, soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Wear and soiling to text, p.33 torn away but present, p.35 torn. An early and apparently unrecorded regional cook book from a small town in..... 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
Omaha: Ackermann Bros. & Heintze, [ca. 1888]. [6],112pp. 16mo. Original cloth. Light wear to cloth at edges and corners; boards slightly rubbed. Contemporary ink stamp on front pastedown; slightly later bookplate on front free endpaper. Light tanning and dust soiling internally. A fascinating and unrecorded book of ciphers used in..... 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
![Woman's Exchange of Texas, Austin, Texas [cover title]. Texas, Women](/pictures/thumb/McBRB931_01.JPG?v=1572390363)
Austin: Statesman Steam Print, [ca. 1880]. 8pp. Original tan printed wrappers. Minor soiling and wear. A rebranding of the "Woman's Art Exchange" of Texas, removing the mistaken emphasis on art to encourage wider participation. "It was never intended to devote our energies to Art alone, but to the encouragement of..... More
![This Pocket Map of Wyoming Is Useful for Reference [cover title]. Wyoming](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1861_01.jpg?v=1615048038)
Denver: Singer Manufacturing Co., [ca. 1911]. Folding map, 9.5 x 12 inches. Original printed card wrappers, separated along spine. Light wear to wraps, small chip at head of spine. One separation along map fold from center of top edge. Light toning. An unusual promotional piece, comprising a pocket map of..... More