Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1934. First edition. Large 8vo (approx. 11.88 x 9 inches), original printed card-stock wrappers, 111 pages, with the original folding card stock portfolio stamped in ink, “Sweet Corn.” Color illustrations throughout. A gorgeous attempt on the part of New York to publish a “more... More

(Champaign County, Illinois: n. p.), [ca. 1974]. First edition. Original printed pictorial blue wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, [2], 13, [1] pages. With a label mounted to the inside from wrappers, “PREPARED BY: Marilyn Farley, 1974 IFYE Delegate to Barbados from Champaign Co., Illinois.” Likely a service project required of... More

(New York): [n. p., ca. 1940?]. First edition. 8vo, original printed yellow wrappers, 16 pages. "Do you know . . . That beer came to American with the Pilgrim Fathers? That the brewing industry purchases the crops from three million acres of farm lands? That more than a million people... More

[Towanda, Penna. n. p., ca. 1954]. First edition. Oblong 12mo, stapled into original printed stiff wrappers, 74 pages. When in Towanda, expect good times at a church dinner for 50: the 25 pounds of ham, 15 pounds of yams, and 4 40 oz. packages of frozen lima beans are but... More

Chicago: Jaques Manufacturing Co., 1935. A later edition. 8vo, original gilt embossed light brown wrappers, 47, [1] pages. Illus. "In the light of scientific knowledge, cakes are no longer considered too rich for daily consumption; in fact, cake is now known to be an exceedingly well balance food product." A.... More

London: Published by William Cobbett, 183 Fleet-Street, 1828. First edition. 8vo, later 19th century polished half calf, marbled boards, [269] unnumbered pages. Three plates. On the cultivation of American corn, with much on American agriculture and customs; the first two leaves are printed on corn paper. Cobbett also includes glances... More

New York: R. L. Hamilton, M. D., (1871). A later edition; the first seems to have appeared in Albany in 1868. 16mo, original printed wrappers, 112 pages. Frontis portrait. A once well-known popular physician here republishes this piece of self-promotion, which includes a laudatory biographical sketch, a splendid acrostic poem... More

Chicago: New Voice Press, 1902. A new edition; the first appeared in 1881. 8vo, original blue cloth, dark blue lettering, 336 pages. A temperance novel, republished by a Hyde Park press that seems to have been a propaganda arm of the Prohibition Party. More

[Le Roy, N.Y. Jell-O Company], (1927). First edition. Oblong 16mo, original color pictorial wrappers, [20] pages. Illus. Characteristic recipes and color illustrations, desserts, salads, holiday dishes, etc. More

(Le Roy, N. Y. The Jell-O Company, 1933). First edition. 12mo, original color pictorial self-wrappers, 23, [1] pages. Illus. With a short tale of Mrs. Dewey and her daughter Nancy, who marvel over the new Jell-O that requires only warm water, retains the real fruit flavor, and is ready in... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. First edition, Senate document 441. 8vo, removed, [vi], 235 pages. 15 plates. An extensive early work on the role of government regulation in public health and pure food (with much on pasteurization and model dairies), from this important figure in public health. Includes numerous views... More

Great Bend, Penna. Published by the Author, 1879. First edition. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, 8 pages. "Now I am *not* prepared to say that it was alcoholic wine Paul prescribed for Timothy. The unfermented wine would have nutritious qualities the other would not, and be a cooling drink, something... More

Coulee Dam, Washington: n. p., [ca. 1942?]. First edition. Card stock menu, approx. 9.75 x 6 inches, printed menu with additional mimeo typescript menu stapled in, with an additional typed dinner menu laid in. An attractive if simple design, evocative of the 1940s. The Green-Hut evidently opened in 1938 and... More