Category: Cooking

Original Trade Card - "The House, Music Hall, Pictorial Bazaar, and Sample Parlors; C. W. Stevens & Co., 91 & 93 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA."

Price: $12.50

Seller ID: 023245

Original trade card with a black-and-white illustration of an illuminated shipwreck in a moonlit bay. No date, circa 1880s-1910s. 3" x 5." Trade card is very clean and intact except for some residual paper stuck on the back (may have been previously glued). A Very Good copy. Trade card for C. W. Stevens & Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to...
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Collection of Three Original Billheads - Capital Candy Company, H. Fisher & Co, Sacramento, California, 1896

By: Capital Candy Company; H. Fisher & Co.; J. W. Lambert & Co.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: : 1896

Seller ID: 025178

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Collection of three original billheads printed in black ink on light beige paper. Each billhead also includes handwriting in black ink and a blue stamp on front showing the bill was paid. Datelined February 24 and March 26 (two billheads), 1896 in Sacramento, California. 8 1/2" x 4 1/2." Billheads are very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few vertical fold lines, and a few small bumps or creases at the corners. Each billhead and the entire collection are Very Good. A collection of three original billheads from Capital Candy Company and H. Fisher & Company of Sacram...
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Collection of Eleven Original Billheads - Capital Candy Company, H. Fisher & Co, Sacramento, California, 1900

By: Capital Candy Company; H. Fisher & Co.; Kunsting, Frank

Price: $175.00

Publisher: : 1900

Seller ID: 025179

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Collection of eleven original billheads printed in black ink on light beige paper. Each billhead also includes handwriting in black ink. Datelined June 20, July 3, 10, 19, 26, and 31, August 3 (two billheads), 15, and 30, and September 18, 1900 in Sacramento, California. All dates in 1900. Sizes range between 8 1/2" x 7" and 8 1/2" x 5 1/4" (most are latter size). Billheads are very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, occasional rippling, occasional chipping at the edges, and a paper stub tipped in at right on back. Each billhea...
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Original Billhead - Capital Candy Company, H. Fisher & Co., Sacramento, California, 1900

By: Capital Candy Company; H. Fisher & Co.; Kunsting, Frank

Price: $25.00

Publisher: : 1900

Seller ID: 025074

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original billhead printed and handwritten in black ink on light beige paper. Black-and-white illustrated header at top. Datelined August 18, 1900 in Sacramento, California. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2." Billhead is very clean and intact except for a few small wrinkles, a few tiny chips to corners and edges, slight age toning, two vertical fold lines, and a paper stub tipped in on back right edge. A Near Fine copy. An original billhead from the Capital Candy Company/H. Fisher & Co. to F. (Frank) Kunsting of Franklin, California. Kunsting purchased five line items which comprise a type of sour candy (...
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Collection of Three Original Billheads or Receipts - Capital Dairy Co., Inc., Sacramento, California, 1926-1927

By: Capital Dairy Co., Inc.; Dennon, A. S.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 025185

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Collection of three original billheads or receipts printed in black ink on light beige paper. Each billhead also includes handwriting in black ink. Datelined November 27 and December 27, 1926 and January 27, 1926 in Sacramento, California. 10" x 3 3/4." Perforated stubs are folded over. Billheads are very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, and a few wrinkles. Each billhead and the entire collection are Very Good. A collection of three original billheads or receipts from Capital Dairy Co., Inc. of Sacramento, California to A. S....
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The Greengrocer: The Consumer's Guide to Fruits and Vegetables

By: Carcione, Joe; Lucas, Bob

Price: $25.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books : 1972

Seller ID: 021560

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Inscribed by Joe Carcione on half-title in green ink: "To Robert, Joe Carcione." Original publisher's green cloth binding with green dust wrapper in mylar. Jacket design by Wolfgang Lederer. A blue stamp on the half-title reads, "Compliments of Bay View Federal Savings." 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." 242 pages, complete. Small black and white illustrations of fruits and vegetables, complete. Numbers (possibly a catalog number) handwritten in black pen on the front pastedown. Pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper is clean and intact overall except f...
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Original Promotional Leaflet - "Free! New Edition Knox Recipe Book--"

By: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., Inc.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Johnstown, NY?, Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., Inc. : 1946

Seller ID: 024633

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Original promotional folding leaflet for Knox Gelatine. Text printed in black ink on white paper. Advertised book not included. 3" x 2 1/2" folded. 15 1/2" x 2 1/2" unfolded. Unpaginated, ten pages (five panels printed front and back), complete. Two lithographed color illustrations, complete. One illustration shows the front cover of the featured recipe book. The other illustration shows one of the gelatin desserts, "Fruit Cocktail Salad." Leaflet is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and the occasional small mark. A Very Good copy. A leaflet promoting a new edition ...
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Mrs. Knox's "Be Fit Not Fat" Recipes: A Grand Collection of Favorite Recipes with Calories Reduced from 1/3 to 2/3.

By: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Johnstown, NY, Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company : 1939

Seller ID: 020339

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's multicolored wrapper with an illustration on the front cover that shows a woman with a concerned look on her face as she looks at her reading on a scale while a Scottish terrier looks up at her with its forepaws also the scale. Back cover has an illustration of a Knox Sparkling Gelatine box with a cow on it. 4 1/2" x 6." Twenty-two pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Some of the recipes come with illustrations. Inside of front cover has a table showing the "proper" weight for men and women based on age and height. Pages and covers are very clea...
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The New Cookery

By: Cooper, Lenna Frances; Hall, Margaret Allen

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Battle Creek, MI, The Modern Medicine Publishing Co. : 1929

Seller ID: 024164

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Eleventh Edition, Revised. Original publisher's white cloth binding with wrap-around pattern of pink, blue, green, and gray flowers and leaves. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4." 493 pages, complete. Index in the back. Eleven additional blank pages for writing "Additional Recipes" in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight age toning to pages and covers. A Very Good copy. The pioneering cookbook authored by Lenna Frances Cooper (1875-1961) and Margaret Allen Hall, two dietitians who worked at the famous Battle Creek Sanitarium. The sanitarium was founded by memb...
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Original Trade Card - "Call for Corle's Crackers & Candies"

By: Corle Cracker and Confectionery Company

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: 023433

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original trade card featuring a color illustration of a man painting the words, "Use Our," on another person's umbrella. No date, circa 1870s-1880s. 3 1/4" x 1 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact overall except for slight corner and edge wear and a few small spots of discoloration on back. A Very Good copy. Trade card advertising Corle's Crackers & Candies, the specialties of the Corle Cracker and Confectionery Company. The Corle Cracker and Confectionery Company was founded by Joseph F. Corle (1831-1896) in Kansas City, Missouri. The company appears to have been successful but wa...
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Home and Farm Canning.

By: Cruess, W.V.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, University of California, College of Agriculture : 1923

Seller ID: 9769

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Circular No. 158. 50 pages; illustrations, tables; wrapper. Covers all facets of canning from sterilization to soldering cans to selection of vegetables to special instructions for meats and the problems with poisoning. circa.1923
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Original Trade Card - "Caprice Chocolates"

By: D. Auerbach & Sons

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: 023549

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Good

Original trade card with a black-and-white illustration of the company's "Caprice Package" of chocolates. The chocolates and "The Caprice Package" are accented with red. No date, circa 1910s-1920s. 5 1/2" x 2 3/4." Trade card is clean and intact overall but has three vertical wrinkles and one horizontal wrinkle about center. There is also slight age toning and a small spot in the upper-left corner on front. A Good copy. Trade card promoting "Caprice Chocolates" manufactured and sold by D. Auerbach & Sons, a candy company. The company's signature products were chocolate bars filled with...
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The New Century Home Book

By: De Puy, Frank A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Eaton & Mains : 1900

Seller ID: 023381

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's turquoise cloth binding with illustration on front cover. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 400 pages, complete. Eight black-and-white plates, complete. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Pages are slightly age-toned. Minuscule rubbing to the edges, corners, and front outer joint. A few pages toward the back have a tiny bump in the lower corner of the fore-edge. A Fine copy. Thorough and multifaceted treatise on the turn-of-the-century home. Also covers subjects as related to domestic living such as cooking (recipes included), parenting, treating guests, caring f...
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Cheese Making: Cheddar, Swiss, Brick, Limberger, Edam, Cottage, Etc.

By: Decker, John W.; Woll, F. W.

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Madison, WI, Mendota Book Company : 1913

Seller ID: 024342

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fifth Edition, Revised. Original publisher's yellow cloth binding with black lettering on front cover and spine. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." 211 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Three additional pages of advertisements for other books about the dairy industry, cheese-making, and the like in back. Former owner's signature in black ink on front pastedown. Pages are very clean and intact except for slightly bumped corners, slight age toning, and occasional rippling. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight rubbing and darkening. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. An...
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What to Do with Herbs: With an Appendix of Recipes

By: Dennis, Mary Cable

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, Incorporated : 1939

Seller ID: 021231

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's yellow cloth binding with green and yellow dust wrapper. 5 3/8" x 7 5/8." Ninety-one pages, complete. One green and white photographic frontispiece, complete. Dust wrapper and pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. There is a small puncture mark that affects both the dust wrapper and the front cover book but appears shallower on the book. Dust wrapper is clean and intact but has slight wear at the corners and head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper not price-clipped. No remainder marks. A Fine book in a Near Fine dust wrapper. ...
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Cheese Pests and Their Control.

By: DeOng, E.R., And C.L. Roadhouse.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, Calif, University of California, College of Agriculture : 1922

Seller ID: 9764

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Bulletin No. 343. Pages 399-424; illustrations; wrapper. Former owners stamp on cover 'San Diego State College' and an ink number 17. Covers the protection and insects that pray on cheese. From skippers to mites.
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Original Trade Card - "U.S. Cruiser 'Newark.' Dilworth's Admiral Coffee; Dilworth Brothers Co. Proprietors, Pittsburgh."

By: Dilworth Brothers Co.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Buffalo, NY?, Koerner & Hayes : 1898

Seller ID: 023266

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original trade card with a color illustration of the United States cruiser "Newark" at sea, a nod to the advertised Admiral Coffee. "Copyright 1898 by Koerner & Hayes." 5" x 3 1/2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for some small smudges on front, mostly limited toward the edges, and age toning on back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for Dilworth Brothers Company, a coffee company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and their signature Admiral brand coffee. Printed on back is a promotional conversation titled, "Coffee Conversation Between a Coffee Drinker and a Coffee Merchant," in which...
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Collection of Three Original Billheads - Dobbas Dairy, Auburn, California, 1913

By: Dobbas Dairy; M. Bishei

Price: $75.00

Publisher: : 1913

Seller ID: 025252

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Collection of three original billheads printed in black ink on light beige paper. Also includes handwriting in pencil. Datelined February 1, March 1, and May 1, 1913 in Auburn, California. 8 1/2" x 4 3/4." Billhead is very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, slight wrinkling, a few light stains, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. A collection of three original billheads from Dobbas Dairy of Auburn, California to "M. Bishei." On each billhead, Bishei is being billed for two quarts of milk per day for what appears ...
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My Mother's Cook Book; A Series of Practical Lessons in The Art of Cooking

By: Dods, Matilda Lees

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Thompson & Thomas. (1902). Chicago. : 1902

Seller ID: 1842

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Alligator patterned cloth, slightly soiled. In the Preface the author notes that the work of cooking cannot be successfully carried on in a "hit or miss" fashion, there needs to be a "general set of rules for the intelligent preparation of food". The book has recipes for soups, fish, a variety of meats, vegetables, sauces, pastries, cakes, creams, breakfast dishes, teas, coffees, etc.
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Original Trade Card - "Ayer's Sarsaparilla Gives Health and Sunny Hours."

By: Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: 023552

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original trade card with a color illustration of a woman wearing a fancy pink dress and playing with her young child propped on her shoulders. They are in a serene landscape with grass, plants, and trees. The company implies that scenes like this one can result from using their product. No date, circa 1880s-1890s. 5" x 2 1/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight age toning on back; slightly bumped corners; a few tiny spots on front; and a small, faint dampstain in the lower-left corner. A Very Good copy. Trade card promoting Ayer's Sarsaparilla as prepared by "Dr. J. C...
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