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 about The Vegetables of New York. [Wrapper title:] Vegetables of New York: Vol. 1—Part III: Sweet Corn

[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 about Dinner to Edwin Forrest. At the City Hotel, Friday, 25th July, 1834 . . . [caption title

[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 about Paper Finds Many New Uses in the Home

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 about Whitman & Burrell, Steam and Hot Water Dairy Apparatus, Cheese Vats, Iron Clad Milk Cans and...

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 about Mental Power, Sound Health, and Long Life: How Obtained by Diet

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 about The Cook's Book. Containing a Talk on Baking Powder--Useful Cooking Hints--Weights and...

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 about Kitchen Boiler Explosions: Why they Occur, and How to Prevent Their Occurrence

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 about The Discoveries and Unparalleled Experience of Prof. R. Leonidas Hamilton, M. D., with Regard to...

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 about Sinner and Saint: A Story of the Woman's Crusade

[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 about Through the Menu with Jell-O [wrapper title

(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 about What Mrs. Dewey did with the New Jell-O! 48 Fascinating New Recipes [wrapper title

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 about Milk in Relation to Public Health. The Necessity for the Enactment of Senate Bill Entitled...

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 about An Exhaustive Bible Essay. Entitled: "No License for Alcoholic Drinks in the Bible."...