A list of fifteen items comprised of cook books and works about food production. Highlights include rare or unrecorded community cook books from Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and more. Enjoy!
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New Orleans: Cook, Young & Co., 1852. viii,52pp. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary ownership inscription at top of front cover, minor wear. Minor foxing. Report on the sugar cane crop of Louisiana, listing plantations in each parish and their output for the season. The preface appears printed in both English and..... 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
Omaha: Herald Printing House, 1883. 16pp. Original blue pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and wear. A scarce promotional pamphlet on the dairy industry in Nebraska, providing "a sketch of the creameries of the State...to show the profitable working of the system to the manufacturer, and the demand for an increase of..... More
[Minot?]: Fossum & Buck, 1915. Panoramic photograph, approximately 6.5 x 14.25 inches. Photo captioned in the negative. Light wear at edges; small, light red ink patch near left edge. Light dust soiling. A striking panorama of a harvesting scene in Flaxton, North Dakota, taken in 1915 and published by the..... 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