14 pages; light blue paper wrapper with title on the cover (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inch). Collection of candy recipes from apple taffy to butter scotch. Soiling and water stains around the edges of the wrapper. View More...
Publisher's beautifully designed black c,loth with red lettering and front cover illustration. An interesting and detailed guide to New York City entertainment in the Prohibition era. Small chip to back end paper. A clean, fresh and unworn copy. 5 1/4 x 7 /34 inches. 182 pages, including index. View More...
Early Reprint. 130 pages; [1] page ad in back; tan cloth binding with red lettering (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch). English cooking book. Very good clean copy. View More...
Collection of three original billheads (one of which is a Statement of Account) printed in black ink on light beige paper. Each billhead also includes handwriting in pencil and black ink. Datelined February 1 and 9, 1898 (two billheads) and October 24, 1903 (Statement) in Sacramento, California. 8 1/2" x 5 1/4" and 8 1/2" x 5 1/2." Billheads are very clean and intact overall. Each has light age toning and a few horizontal or vertical fold lines. Statement has a tiny closed tear at bottom edge not affecting text. The other billheads each have a few pinholes in top margin. Each billhead ... View More...
Original billhead printed in black ink on light beige paper. Also includes handwriting in black ink and pencil. Datelined April 13, 1898 in Sacramento, California. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2." Billhead is very clean and intact except for light age toning, a vertical fold line at center, slight wrinkling, and a small closed tear measuring 1/4" on front-left edge (not affecting text). A Very Good copy. An original billhead from the Sperry Flour Company and Pioneer Mills of Sacramento, California to "Mr. Kent & Son." Kent & Son bought three line items. Much of the handwriting listing the line items c... View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration of a lady and gentleman in a park, each with their own pet dog. No. V of Group 453 of Stollwerck's "Animal Collector's Album," No. 11. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3 3/4" x 2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight corner and edge wear and age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Stollwerck, a chocolate company. The back advertises on of the company's products, "Stollwerck's Adler-Kakao." Also on back is informational text about pet owners and their dogs in urban areas. Stollwerc... View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration of a Chinese man with a queue or braid commonly worn during the Qing Dynasty. He is riding a water buffalo near a city gate. No. VI of Group 463 of Stollwerck's Collector's Album, No. 11. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3 3/4" x 2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight corner wear and edge wear and age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Stollwerck, a chocolate company. The back advertises one of the company's products, "Dr. Michaelis Eichel-Kakao." Also on back is informational t... View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration of a man, who represents a chess piece, the pawn, which is shown next to him in the background. No. VI of Group 521 of "Stollwerck-Album," No. 13. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 2" x 3 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight corner and edge wear and age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Stollwerck, a chocolate company. The back advertises on of the company's products, "Marke Gold Marke Stollwerck Milch-Schokolade." Also on back is a short diddy about the importance of the ove... View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration of Alexander I of Russia. No. I of Group 529 of "Stollwerck-Album," No. 11. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3 3/4" x 2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight corner and edge wear and age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Stollwerck, a chocolate company. The back advertises on of the company's products, "Stollwerck Gold" Also on back is informational text about Alexander I of Russia. Stollwerck was founded in 1839 by Franz Stollwerck in Cologne, Germany. Franz actually started t... View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration of the Battle of Hagelberg on August 27, 1813. No. II of Group 532 of "Stollwerck-Album," No. 14. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3 3/4" x 2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight corner and edge wear and age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Stollwerck, a chocolate company. The back advertises on of the company's products, "Stollwerck Gold-Bitter Schokolade." Also on back is informational text about the Battle of Hagelberg, one of the battles fought during the Napoleonic Wars in... View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration showing the captured Austrian General Maximilian standing in front of Napoleon amid the smoldering aftermath of a battle at night. No. III of Group 534 of "Stollwerck-Album," No. 14. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 2" x 3 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight corner and edge wear and age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Stollwerck, a chocolate company. The back advertises on of the company's products, "Marke Gold Marke Stollwerck Ess-Schokolade." Also on back is information... View More...
Text is in German. Original trade card with a color illustration of Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck. No. II of Group 536 of "Stollwerck-Album," No. 14. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 2" x 3 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight corner and edge wear and age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Stollwerck, a chocolate company. The back advertises on of the company's products, "Stollwerck 'Gold.'" Also on back is informational text about the Prussian military officer Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck and his roles during the Napoleonic Wars as... View More...
Original billhead printed in black ink on light pink paper. Also includes handwriting in black ink. Datelined May 18, 1886 in San Francisco, California. 8 1/2" x 3 1/2." Billhead is very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, two vertical fold lines, a few small stains, slight wrinkling, a small chip in upper-left corner on front (not affecting text), and a paper stub tipped in at right edge on back. A Very Good copy. An original billhead from T. H. Chandler & Company of San Francisco, California to "H. D. Hogins" of "New Castle" (Newcastle), California. There is one line... View More...
Circular 76. 24 pages; illustrations; wrapper. goes into all the areas of study on artichokes and their production in the field from planting to harvesting to selling at market. View More...
'Reprinted from AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, Vol 35, No. 4 October-December, 1933. Pages 745-751; stapled (some discoloration). Signed by the author "To Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Skinner Cordially. Paul S. Taylor" on the cover in ink. The article is concerned with Jalisco Pottery making methods. Good copy of one of Taylor's early articles. View More...
Original billhead and typed letter on beige paper with printed and typed text in black and purple ink, respectively. There is a small black and white illustration of one of the company's ranges in the upper-left corner. Datelined May 25, 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio. 8" x 10." Billhead is very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling and a few horizontal and vertical fold lines. The printed letterhead reads, "The Born Steel Range & Mfg. Co., Manufacturers of Born's Steel Plate Ranges and Bake Ovens, Hotel and Restaurant Kitchen Outfits. Also, Hot-Air Furnaces and Laundry Stoves. Tin, Cop... View More...
Collection of two original billheads and one original Statement printed in black ink on light beige paper. Each document also includes handwriting in black ink. Billheads and Statement datelined September 5, September 30, and October 8, 1908 in Sacramento, California. Billheads: 8 1/4" x 4." Statement: 5 1/4" x 8 1/4." Billheads are very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, and a paper stub tipped in at right edge on back. Statement is very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, a ... View More...
Original publisher's green and orange wrapper with a decorative border and decorative illustration of leaves on the front cover. No date, circa 1910s. 5" x 6 5/8." Sixty-four pages, complete. In the back is a recipe handwritten in pencil for Plum Pudding. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Very slight dampstaining on front and back covers. A couple of the front flyleaves (blank) have slight offsetting. This cookbook contains recipes that use the Duplex Fireless Stove. There are instructions for how to operate the stove. Contains many recipes for meats, soups, vegetab... View More...
Collection of four original printed letters from the Fleischmann Company. Company letterhead printed at top of each letter. Printed slogan at bottom of three of the letters: "Bread Is Your Best Food--Eat More of It." Printed in black ink on beige paper. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 8 1/2" x 11." Four pages. Letters are very clean and intact except for minuscule age toning, fold lines (perhaps original), and slight edge wear. Very Good copies. A collection of four printed promotional letters from the Fleischmann Company, also known as the Fleischmann Yeast Company or Fleischmann's Yeast... View More...
Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Full-page color illustrations of drinks on front and back covers. 3 1/2" x 6." Sixteen pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. The illustrations accompany advertisements for a variety of drinks which are interspersed among the text. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Pages and covers have minuscule soiling, tiny chips along the edges, and slight age toning. A Very Good copy. A collection of alcoholic drink recipes by the Fleischmann Distilling Corporation. Most of the recipes are categorized ... View More...
