Cookbooks from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. xlii, 350 pages. Bound in gray cloth with navy lettering and decorations. Very Good, light wear at edges, scattered light toning, the small bookseller label of Thrums Honolulu rear paste down. The first cookbook to acknowledge the importance of African American cooks to Southern cooking and to explicitly give them credit for their contributions.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Various Places: Various A remarkable collection amassed by a single collector from the 1940s-1970s whose original inventory sheet (included) lists 39,744 labels from 49 countries spanning the globe. The countries with the highest counts include Belgium, 8000+, France, 5100+, Spain, 4400+, and Switzerland, 3500+. The collector sent letters requesting their unused labels to wineries, breweries and distilleries. Consequently, almost… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wichita Falls, Texas: The Woman's Forum of Wichita Falls Very Good, chips at corners, paper loss at spine ends. Black and white photograph of The Woman's Forum building following title page. No date, later than 1932, which was the date of the First Edition. This revised edition has 98 pages, the first has [x], 217, [xii] pages. OCLC locates… Saber más sobre este artículo

No Place: Burnett's Vanilla 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Burnett's Vanilla. No Date, circa 1920s. Near Fine, printed on stiff cardboard, small stain right margin, 1" tear left edge, light edge wear."A cake or a dessert is 'made' by full flavor." A SCARCE sign with scrumptious imagery of desserts, not found… Saber más sobre este artículo

No Place: Ridgways Tea 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Ridgways Genuine Orange Pekoe Tea. No Date, circa 1920s. Very Good Plus, printed on stiff cardboard, shallow chip along bottom edge, light wear at edges. A SCARCE sign with vivid colors, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select… Saber más sobre este artículo

(Cincinnatti): (The Proctor & Gamble Co.) 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Crisco, copyright number C-104, No Date, circa 1920. Near Fine, printed on stiff cardboard, left corners small chips. A SCARCE sign with tantalizing imagery, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. .… Saber más sobre este artículo

No Place: Royal Baking Powder 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Royal Baking Powder. No Date, circa 1920s. Very Good Plus, printed on stiff cardboard,a rubbed spot and light edge wear. A SCARCE sign with wonderful graphic imagery of a plate of biscuits, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Proctor & Gamble Company, 1922. 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Crisco - "Crisco frying gives you Nature's delicious food flavors - unchanged. No smoke, No odor. Strain Crisco. Use it again and again. for Frying for Shortening for Cake-making". Signed in image lower left "Irvine", copyright number C-204. Very Good, printed on… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Duffield & Co., 1930. A classic of tea literature, SCARCE in this 14th edition handsomely bound in quarter cloth over floral paper covered boards, the spine a bit darkened, light rubbing at edges. Originally published by Fox, Duffield and Co. in 1906, the Introduction by Tsuneo Matsudaira was first published in the 7th edition. . Fourteenth… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1975. One of 425 copies printed, the second book of The Arion Press. Cloth spine over patterned paper covered boards. With 2 copies of the prospectus for the book laid in. Compiled by Robert Grabhorn, this book contains "a collection of proverbs, anecdotes, opinions, and obscure facts on food, drink, cooks, dining, diners & dieters,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Elliot Stock, 1902. With laid in card "From the Reference L:ibrary of LESSING J.ROSENWALD - THE BOOKPRESS LTD.. Williamsburg, Virginia". Near Fine, in original bevelled green cloth, antique paper with rough edges, gilt lettering and owl device front board, most pages uncut, remnants of green paper star label at spine, with Library of Congress stamps rear paste down indicating… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. Uncommon. Near Fine, tiny spots top and bottom edge of boards, in a Near Fine dust jacket, scall crease head of spine and fore edge of rear flap. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: Walker Properties Assn., 1918. RARE. Recipe booklet for Walker's Red Hot Chile Con Carne, dated 1918. 3" w x 4 5/8" h. 16 pages with stapled colorful pictorial wrappers, 2 pp. color center fold illustration. Numerous recipes. Near Fine, small crease bottom corner. Walker's Austex Chile Company was founded in 1910. Located near Guadulupe Park, the… Saber más sobre este artículo