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

[New York: n. p., 1834]. First edition. Ticket of admission on white coated card stock, 3 x 4.13 inches, printed in black and tan ink. “In 1834 the 28-year-old star sailed for Europe, sent off by the elite of New York, who feted him as a symbol of American culture”... More

[Parchment, Michigan: Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, 1931?]. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial boards, [2], 42 pages. Illus. Tipped-in price sheet to the verso of the front board. A promotional book on the many domestic uses (cooking, cleaning, writing) of the paper product of the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co. As befits... More

Little Falls, N. Y. Journal & Courier Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1873. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 32 pages. Illus. A fine, comprehensive trade catalog, with everything a dairy or cheese operation needs to operate--from steam boilers or tubular dairy heaters (includes a discharge curd gate), to... More

Wilmington, Del. Ferris Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1886. First edition. Original printed blue wrappers, 6.25 x 4.5 inches, [i-iv], [7]-31, [1] pages. “When I was nineteen years of age I walked a thousand miles to overcome a constitutional ailment that was dragging me down to an early grave. I spent... 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: Charles Griffin and Company, 1895. First edition. 8vo, original pebbled maroon cloth over flexible heavy card-stock wrappers, gilt lettering, vii, [1], 51, [1], 32 pages. Color frontispiece, illus. Inserted folding table. “The subject being one which concerns the general public as well as its scientific and technical members, the... 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

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

Chicago: National Live Stock and Meat Board, [1923?]. First edition. Original self-wrappers, 5.75 x 8.75 inches, 30 pages. Illus. “Vegetarians Are Subject to Cancer; Exlusive Meat Eaters Are Not.” On the health benefits of daily meat consumption, with numerous recipes for using cheap cuts of beef, pork, and lamb. Though... More