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1953réf. 63736London UK: Neville Spearman Ltd. 1953. 8vo. 143 1 pp. Illustrated title page numerous illustrations. Blue publisher’s cloth black lettering on spine slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Guy Nicholls minor chipping head of spine upper fore-edge partially affecting 1 letter couple closed tears still NF/G copy. First edition of this authoritative and humorous anthology of recipes honoring beer & ale in roasts fish sauces pickles jams cakes and sweets and an assortment of beer & ale cocktails. Harrison 1907-1991 was a mystery and science fiction/fantasy author who wrote mysteries as Quentin Downes from 1952-1954 and became a leading authority on Sherlock Holmes writing several pastiches. Neville Spearman, Ltd., hardcover
1962réf. 63752Seattle WA: Ivar’s Acres of Clams ca. 1962. 4to. 9 x 11.25 in. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in blue on thick gray paper stock die-cut in the shape of a clam self-printed illustrated softcovers edgewear scuffing remnants of glue & black scrapbook paper on back cover still G copy. First edition thus of this promotional souvenir menu for the famed and beloved seafood restaurant first founded in 1938 by Ivar Haglund 1905-1985 alongside his longtime Aquarium tourist attraction. Although undated this menu includes mention of his popular “Clam Digger Room” cocktail lounge as well as his short-lived “Sravi” gift store opened in 1961 just prior to the opening of the 1962 Century 21 Seattle World’s Fair. Specialties included the beloved clam chowder Dungeness Crab Louie whole cracked crabs and even Wente Bros. and B.V. California wines for purchase. No copies located in Worldcat U of W does locate an earlier version dated ca. 1950 as part of their Menu Collection. Ivar’s Acres of Clams, paperback
1890réf. 62797Brooklyn NY: H.I. Blits 1890. 12mo. vi 106 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Cobalt-blue publisher’s cloth ruling & decoration in blind gilt lettering front cover minor soiling thumbing edgewear minor wear to corners still VG- copy. New & revised edition of Blits’s formulary for canning and preserves first published in 1888 intended to offer an excellent compact work on canning and preserving fruits vegetables vinegars berries and more. Of special interest are the chapters on winemaking such as Champagne and Elderberry Wine as well as beers mead and cordials. Also addressed are a myriad of ways to preserve foods without refrigeration in high heat and for months -- some of which are remotely questionable. The work closes with some patent medicine and quackery recipes including the historic Marseille Remedy or Thieves’ Oil supposedly a mixture to fight the plague and featuring vinegars with herbs spices garlic essential oils and more. H.I. Blits, hardcover
1955réf. 63056New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1955. 8vo. viii 6 274 pp. Publisher’s half-beige cloth over blue boards black lettering on spine slight toning to fore-edges minor shelfwear w/d.j. splendid wraparound pictorial map cover art depicting regional and local foods across the U.S. slight darkening to spine very minor edgewear still NF/VG copy inscribed by author on first dedication page “To Bessy Morris Eat & have fun.” First edition inscribed of this gastronomical memoir and guidebook by the esteemed authority on the best restaurants to be found while traveling the back roads of America in the first half of the 20th Century. Although Hines could barely cook he was a consummate traveling businessman whose adventures encouraged him to search for the best restaurants keeping notes and eventually writing his iconic guidebooks advising on restaurants and eateries wherever the tired motorist may stop. Prior to modern guidebooks ratings websites and other travel advisories Hines was an investigative epicurean who not only kept meticulous notes on the meals he ate but visited the kitchens and even the garbage outback to confirm cleanliness standards. He partnered in 1952 with Roy Park to form Hines-Park Co. in Ithaca NY and later began marketing everything from ice cream to cake mixes. Scarce in original dustjacket or signed. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., hardcover
1930réf. 63169Austin & Minneapolis MN: Minnesota Utilities Company; Northern States Power Company - Home Service Department Cooking School; Federal Public Service Corporation of Minnesota ca. 1930-1936. Eight parts. 4to. 46 pp assorted separate numbering. w/ most leaves printed on recto only but 2 printed on recto & verso in mimeograph typescript stapled at upper left corners separately 1 part w/ “Seasons Greetings” printed in red minor age toning edgewear still a VG group. A culturally significant group of mimeographed recipes instructions and promotional flyers for the Home Economics & Cooking School demonstrations put on by Naoma Rice for three different Minnesota utility and public utility companies through the depths of the Great Depression. Spearheaded by Rice 1899-1937 the demonstrations emphasized the use and advantages of electric ranges and refrigerators as their popularity and use slowly became more widespread in the 1930’s with an emphasis on local produce and fruits. The first group of recipes includes instructions for such confections as Cranberry Sponge Cake Cider Sherbet Macaroon Pie Spagetti sic Sauce and Bran Refrigerator Rolls. Mixed through the other recipes there are instructions for Crunchy Potato Chip Cookies Apple Cheese Cake Parmesan Veal Frozen Pumpkin Pie and Corn Flake Crust. Several of the recipes emphasize the use of popular Minnesota fruits including Apple Quince Grapes and others.The importance of refrigeration was also emphasized in the “Cooking School” and Model Kitchens with instructions on temperatures needed for home rangers and refrigerators for cooked foods meats butter opened jelly or preserves cheeses and more. Rice suffered through an unspecified childhood illness by by the early 1920’s had become a public school Home Economics Teacher and then by 1928 was listed in Austin MN street directories as a “Demonstrator” for home economics and cooking classes. The Minnesota Utilities Company had been created in 1917 from several smaller utilities and my the Great Depression had grown large enough that it became subject to both the TVA and the Rural Electrification Project as Roosevelt’s New Deal programs attempted to encourage increased use of electricity and electric appliances to boost the economy. The Northern States Power Co. was based out of Minneapolis MN and extended across Minnesota Michigan into the Dakotas and operated an extensive Home Service Dept. The Federal Public Service Corporation of Minnesota appears to have been one of the short-lived outgrowths of WPA and PWA-sponsored programs under the New Deal. This cataloguer could not locate any similar surviving documents for Naoma Rice cooking classes or the Minnesota-based utility companies. Minnesota Utilities Company; Northern States Power Company - Home Service Department, Cooking School; Federal Public Service Cor unknown
1843réf. 63219Boston: Joseph Dowe 22 Court St. 1843. 12mo. 62 pp. Tan-colour cloth w/ original printed covers mounted front & back covers minor chipping & soiling to fore-edges some scuffing light foxing to first & last leaves shaken still G- copy. Third edition revised & enlarged of this Antebellum period handbook on cookery health and household receipts first issued in 1842. The author & compiler has incorporated facts and recipes for coffee chocolate cocoa tea breads -- such as “Indian Flap Jacks” from corn meal Johnny Cakes Waffles and others. Also addressed are roasted fowl lamb cod haddock a variety of oyster dishes along with cakes & pastries. Of additional interest are the several recipes for treating and feeding ill patients along with pickling making ice cream treting sore eyes curing chilblains and even making black ink. See: Lowenstein Bilbiography of American Cookery Books 1742-1860 305. Joseph Dowe, 22 Court St., hardcover
1869réf. 63221London: Houlston & Sons Paternoster Square 1869. 12mo. xvi 368 pp. Embossed & decorated red publisher’s cloth gilt illust. front cover gilt lettering on spine advertising on endpapers minor dustsoiling darkening to spine slight shelfwear still a VG bright copy. Revised & expanded edition of this Victorian handbook which served as precursor to the modern-day search engine and offered concise quick researched facts about food cookery food science chemistry heating & ventilation cleanliness women’s medicine pediatrics and more. Philp 1819-1882 was an organizer and contributor to the Chartist Movement in the UK pushing for universal male suffrage secret ballots annual parliamentary elections and other reforms but is perhaps best remembered as the very successful publisher of his handbooks on practical everyday topics which originally launched in 1856 with “Enquire Within” and later in 1867 with the early version of this title. Houlston & Sons, Paternoster Square, hardcover
1894réf. 63280London: Charles Griffin & Co. Ltd. 1894. Thick 8vo. xvi 570 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher’s ads. With 144 text woodcut engraved illustrations diagrams. Maroon-coloured publisher’s cloth embossed borders on covers gilt lettering on spine minor sunning to spine edgewear dustsoiling to upper fore-edge slightly shaken still VG copy from the library of James Warne Chenhall d. 1914 perhaps best remembered as the engineer who oversaw the construction and fabrication of the Anaconda Smelting Works in the Montana Territory in 1883 in the U.S. w/ ownership stamp on verso of ffep. First edition of this noted and exhaustive work on preparation and manufacturing of a variety of oils fats butters and waxes from animals and vegetables including explanations of a myriad of uses for beeswax cooking oils soaps for health & hygiene a myriad of oils for uses in perfumes and cosmetics and more. Wright 1844-1894 was the founder of the Royal Institute of Chemistry and perhaps best remembered as the first to synthesize heroin in 1874. Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., hardcover
1979réf. 63295La Mesa CA: Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation 1979. Two works in one. 8vo. xxiv 4 431 1; 4 433-526 pp. Photo frontisp. over 150 photos illustrations plates x-rays. Blue cloth gilt lettering NF from the libraries of Betty Surprise and Eleanore Weinstock. First Heritage edition early printing of this scarce work on anthropology medicine diet and nutrition. The author examines in detail the diets and nutrition of primitive cultures including the Eskimos North American Indians Polynesians African Tribes New Zealand Maori Peruvian Indians and more and compares their results to that of modern urban countries. Continually pointing out that modern diet and eating when it supplants the native diet leads invariably to physical degeneration in the ethnic populations offering an object lesson to modern western civilization. Supplement includes sections on soil fertility dangers of pesticides fluoride chemicals and means by which to combat this. Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, hardcover
1933réf. 62385New York: Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 1933. 8vo. 110 2 pp. Illust. title in red & black numerous text illustrations in red & black by Fred Breen. Colour-illustrated boards cover art by Breen minor scuffing edgewear minor wear to spine slight bumping to couple corners still VG copy signed by Rector on the Carte du Jour page from the libraries of Shirley Clemenson Daniel & Eleanore Weinstock w/ bookplate on ffep. First edition signed of this excellent collection of recipes on French cooking by Chef George Rector used by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. as a promotional book during the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair in Chicago. 1878-1947 was a restauranter and food authority who began his career with Parisian Restaurants son of Charles Rector who had opened the famed Oyster House in 1884 in Chicago and operated the Rector’s Marine Restaurant at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. George Rector published the year after this his “Dine at home with Rector” with subtitle “A Book on What Men Like Why They Like It and How to Cook It” and was columnist for A&P’s radio program as well as their radio program for CBS. Scarce to find in nice condition and signed. See: Jan Whitaker Anatomy of a Restaurateur: George Rector Restaurant-ing through History 2018. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., hardcover
1923réf. 62386Oceanside CA: Dirk Vandegeer 1923. Tall 8vo. 318 2 pp. Frontisp. numerous plates drawings text illustrations. Gray publisher’s cloth decorative blue & black lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight dustsoiling still VG copy from the library of Eleanore Weinstock. First edition of this well-written and nicely illustrated cook book for bakers pastry and confectionery chefs in Southern California during the Roaring 20’s. Included are sections on puff pastries German Coffee Cakes dumplings tarts and elaborate fancy deserts with over 100 pages of cake and pastry designs for the pastry and candy shop. Included as well are recipes for everything from Mexican Sausage to Suckling Pig and applesauce as well as Green Turtle Soup and Horseradish Butter. Vandegeer 1867-1928 worked in hotels as baker and pastry chef in leading hotels of France Belgium and the Netherlands before finishing his career in Southern California near San Diego and eventual retirement by 1924. Dirk Vandegeer, hardcover
1878réf. 62378Boston: Graves Locke & Co. 1878. 12mo. 234 2 pp. plus 24 pp. of blank ruled paper intended for the cookbook user’s own notes & recipes. Dark plum-coloured publisher’s cloth embossed & lettered in black & gilt front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing edgewear very slight tear to ffep. still VG bright copy from the library of Eleanore Weinstock. Second edition of Parloa’s famed cookbook filled with recipes intended for both young housekeepers and hotel restaurant commercial kitchens. She details many New England favorites and includes recipes for fish soups meats vegetables breads cakes puddings pies poultry venison dishes for the sick & invalid preserves pickles and more. Many of these recipes were favorites of the Appledore House Isle of Shoals restaurant as well as the Rockingham House in Portsmouth NH the Pavilion Hotel in Wolfborough NH and McMillan House North Conway NH. She does include health tips such as suggesting the use of butter rather than lard in pie crusts as it “is more healthful than lard. . . if you can afford it use it.” Parloa 1843-1909 was by 29 years old a longtime cook at the Appledore House in Kittery Maine and published the first edition of this cook book in 1872. By 1873 it appears she had moved to Mandarin Florida to teach for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s school and had finished rewriting this edition according to her prace in April 1877. By 1880 she was teaching cookery in Boston and living on Wayne St. and by 1900 had moved to New York. See: Patrick Tierney Wild The Mysterious Early Life of Maria Parloa The Bethel Grapevine 2024. Graves, Locke & Co., hardcover
1929réf. 62686Montreal Canada: Canadian Pacific Express 1929. Oblong 8vo. 4 pp unpaginated. text & borders printed in blue sepia & black. Self-printed softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art front cover of Canadian Pacific Express making delivery to airport by Charles James Greenwood 1893-1965 a NF copy. First edition thus of this wonderful menu issued at the end of the Roaring 20’s touting the lavish breakfasts available on Canadian Pacific streamliner service sleeping cars dining cars station restaurants and planes in 1929. Greenwood was a graphic designer who began creating posters for the Canadian Pacific in the 1920’s and was noted for his posters promoting cruises to Alaska. No copies in Worldcat. Canadian Pacific Express, paperback
1934réf. 62684West Bend WI: West Bend Aluminum Feb. 1934. 8vo. 15 1 pp. printed in green & black throughout. With photo & text illustrations throughout self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of lunch counter small tear back cover minor dustsoiling darkening to fore-edges VG- copy. First edition of this remarkably scarce collection of recipes targeting drug stores soda fountains and lunch counters designed by the West Bend Aluminum cookware Home Economics Department to aid in selling cookware and economical large serving recipes. The supplied recipes include those for chili Corn Chowder Griddle Cakes Spanish Steak hot sandwiches with beef made slow cooked in the Dutch Oven and more. Of particular interest are the directions on making drip coffee with West Bend drip coffee makers and even a one-cup coffee maker. No copies in Worldcat. West Bend Aluminum, paperback
1958réf. 62679Honolulu Hawaii: M’s Ranch House 5156 Kalanianaole Highway ca. 1958. 4to. 7.75 x 11 in. 4 pp unpaginated. printed & illustrated in black sepia & red on yellow-tinted thick paper stock minor dustsoiling to rear cover slight shelfwear still NF copy. First edition thus of this Mid-20th-Century menu for the iconic Hawaiian restaurant on the East Side of Oahu Territory of Hawaii which featured a real covered wagon with canvas that children could play in. Along with the 72 oz. steak dinner customers could order Chicken Casserole Broiled Lobster Tail Hawaiian Chop Steak Japanese Shrimp Tempura a whole fresh Pineapple Ranch House Style with their famed breadsticks and cheese sauce. As per the image on the front cover this appears to have been issued after the restaurant was renovated moved to the middle of the property with a parking lot and updated with red brick and wood facade from the original white wooden siding. M’s Ranch House, 5156 Kalanianaole Highway, unknown
1911réf. 56761New York: Octave Grillon 705 W. 170th St. 1911. 12mo. 140 pp. plus 4 pp. illust. manufacturers ads. Numerous text illustrations photo plates. Quarter-brown cloth over beige-coloured boards brown lettering on front cover minor soiling edgewear some rubbing still VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce candy making work detailing the processes for manufacturing and producing gum drops chewing gum jelly gum marshmallows French Swiss & German Nougat rock candy jujube paste along with instructions on how to replace albumen and white of eggs in moonshine. The author not only includes many recipes but also the necessary specialized tools equipment cooking times molds and even includes recipes for medicated gum and confectionary products. Grillon b. 1865 was as an award-winning candy maker and foreman at a candy factory in New York who had immigrated from Beaugeney France in 1907 and winner of the Culinary Exhibition Gold Medal in 1899 at Toulouse. Worldcat locates 2 copies U of Chicago Nat. Lib. of Scotland; See: Publisher’s Weekly Nov. 4 1911 p. 1477. Octave Grillon, [705 W. 170th St.], hardcover
1911réf. 56762New York: Octave Grillon 307 W. 24th St. 1911. 12mo. 191 1 pp. Numerous text illustrations photo plates. Burgundy-coloured ribbed cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine minor spotting edgewear slight scuffing back cover still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce candy making work detailing the processes for manufacturing the beloved French coated candies Dragee which many of us still eating a variation as M & M’s. Other forms included coated almonds decorative metallic balls Dragees with gum drop centers nougat centers and many others. Grillon b. 1865 was as an award-winning candy maker and foreman at a candy factory in New York who had immigrated from Beaugeney France in 1907 and winner of the Culinary Exhibition Gold Medal in 1899 at Toulouse. Worldcat locates 2 copies U of Chicago Nat. Lib. of Scotland; See: Publisher’s Weekly Nov. 4 1911 p. 1477. Octave Grillon, 307 W. 24th St., hardcover
1909réf. 56759Hackney London & Montreal Canada: W.J. Bush & Co. Ltd. 1909. 8vo. 183 20 pp. plus 17 pp. illustrated publisher’s ads. With a couple text illustrations. Red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering advertising on front cover illustrated endpapers a.e.g. minor darkening & soiling to spine edgewear still VG- copy w/ TL laid-in from W.J. Bush & Co. to Drewrys Ltd. in Winnipeg with formula for making up Dry Ginger Ale w/ Bonsante Preservative and two Dept. of Customs & Excise circulars for manufacturing pharmaceutical preparations from library of Mabel R. Beley 1885-1979 whose husband was Ernest G. Beley 1883-1951 longtime manager for the Olympia Brewing Co. in Olympia WA and later managed the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co. w/ label on front pastedown. Ninth edition of this essential handbook of recipes for flavorings and essences for producing carbonated drinks as well as non-alcoholic and alcoholic cordials. The recipes encompass those for Hop bitters Colas Orangeade Root Beers Sarsparilla Ginger Ale Tennis Ale Dandelion Ale Cream Soda many different beers champagnes flavored syrups of all kinds and more. The company was founded in 1851 by William John Bush and was the first producer in Britain of flavourings and essences with locations in Canada as well. W.J. Bush & Co., Ltd., hardcover
1857réf. 56060New York: C.M. Saxton & Co. Agricultural Book Publishers No. 140 Fulton St. 1857. 8vo. 106 pp. plus 11 1 pp. publisher’s catalogue. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. 1 text engraving. Original printed softcovers minor chipping head & foot of spine slight chipping couple lower corners dustsoiling still a VG bright copy. First edition of one of the earliest American studies on Chinese Sugarcane Sorghum and the possibilities that this was the sorghum plant that American farmers hoped would grow in the Northern United States and definitive work on growing harvesting and distilling sorghum. A variety of “Chinese Sugarcane” was imported by Father Du Halde from Sichuan China in 1851 where it was quickly adopted also under the name of “Northern Chinese or Shanghai Sugarcane” as a crop to provide sugars for alcoholic products filling the void left by the grape crop failure in the 1850s. Chinese Sugarcane seeds were first brought into United States by Jay Browne Esq. in 1854 and a few intrepid American nurseries began planting and determining if it could be planted and harvested profitably in the North. Hyde writes that in his test crop he was able to secure a dark sugar from the cane molasses and notes that it will be of tremendous value in producing alcohol and confectionaries and that the Sorghum remnants could be fed to livestock. Hyde 1825-1898 worked with his father James Hyde in developing the very successful nursery emphasizing fruit trees ornamental trees and cash crops. He was a pioneering environmentalist who founded the first improvement society in the United States the Newton Centre Tree Club whose purpose was to emphasize beautifying the roads and commons in Massachusetts. He was Newton MA first mayor after the city was incorporated in 1873 and was also successful in persuading the Boston & Albany RR to acquire the existing single-track line of the Charles River Railroad to aid his nursery business. Original editions of this work have become quite scarce in the trade. See: Deborah Jean Warner Sweet Stuff: An American History of Sweeteners from Sugar to Sucralose pp. 252-253; Watts Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches 1869 Vol. V p. 354; Newton’s First Mayor: A Hard Act to Follow Historic Newton 2019; Walnut Grove Nursery The New England FarmerVol. IV 1852 p. 538 C.M. Saxton & Co., Agricultural Book Publishers, No. 140 Fulton St., paperback
1928réf. 55137Shieldhall Govan Scotland: Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd. 1928. Oblong 4to. 10 x 9.25 in. 9 leaves unnumbered. on thick brown paper stock title w/ gilt lettering & ornament. With 8 tipped-in silver gelatin photographs sized 5.25 x 7.5 in. 1 w/ minor scuffing from offsetting of removed guard sheet. Thick brown softcovers punch sewn at gutter margin w/ brown silk braid yapp edges embossed logo on front cover minor edgewear rubbing minor soiling to title still a VG- exemplar. First edition of this very scarce photographic souvenir of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Exhibition held in Glasgow for their grocery departments. The noted Co-op recreated several different exhibits in order to display sell and advertise their toffees candies tomato ketchups pickles marmalades and the workers who manned the booths. At the time the S.W.C.S. was supplying over 690000 families through 268 affiliated retail Co-op societies achieving £17.7 million in sales. The photographs show artfully created counter displays wonderful period product advertisements and all manned primarily by young rosy cheeked Scottish lasses and nearly all in uniforms. Of special interest is the large lighthouse display stretching nearly 20 feet above the exhibition floor and composed entirely of marmalade and jam jars. The S.C.W.S. was formed originally in 1868 for purchasing manufacturing goods and eventually set up an entire factory complex at Shieldhall Glasgow producing a wide range of foodstuffs furniture clothing and housewares for their affiliated Co-ops. No copies located in Worldcat; See: David Jeremiah Architecture and Design for the Family in Britain 1900-1970 pp. 61-62 228-229. Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd.], paperback
1940réf. 53482Kingston upon Hull UK: Needler Ltd. ca. 1940. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10.25 in. 14 leaves unnumbered. with 14 hand-coloured silver gelatin photographs sized 10 x 11.75 in. mounted on thick card stock leaves hinged with black cloth printed sales information on facing leaves each photo w/ War Restrictions Notice printed in upper fore-edge and supplementary product information in negative below each product. Original black pebbled cloth spine stiffened w/ wood spacers covered in black cloth minor bowing to leaves very minor wear to corners front outer hinge just starting still a VG copy w/ pencil date of 1940 on front pastedown. First edition of this scarce and exceptional photographic sample catalogue filled with the styles of Needler chocolate box assortment and chocolate packaging in the first years of World War II. Initially chocolates had been packed as unwrapped bars in the Victorian era with paper labels displayed on the counter. Later gold printing and metal foils repeated the luxury message of chocolate. Inspired by the innovations of Cadbury the designs for many British fancy chocolate boxes were prized by the British as special gifts to be used as trinket or button boxes and even cut out and saved in scrapbooks. The chocolate boxes in this catalogue include mixed assortments in faux 3-drawer cabinets decorated with fancy ribbons chromolithograph and colour-printed covers featuring historic scenes pets flowersArt Deco designs gold foil and more. Of special interest are the wonderful Needler’s figurine bowls and boxes featuring porcelain figurines dressed in silk fabrics atop bowls or boxes as well as a splendid pair of porcelain bookends “Sweet & Twenty” to hold up the customer’s chocolate boxes. Needler’s began as Fred Needler Ltd. in 1902 when established in Hull by Fred Needler 1865-1932 who began as a confectioner’s assistant in the 1880s. The company was a pioneer in fair treatment of his workforce incorporated profit-sharing for the staff from the beginning and covered sick pay retirement benefits and even established holiday homes in British seaside resort towns. By 1940 the company was one of the largest businesses in Hull with over 2000 employees. The company continued to operate until acquired through multiple buyouts by several different corporations until the label was acquired by Ashbury Confectionary and the factory was closed in Hull in 2002. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Chocs away: Needler of Hull History of Needlers Confectionary Let’s Look Again: A History of Branded Britain 2015. Needler Ltd., hardcover
1888réf. 52768Bellows Falls VT: Vermont Farm Machine Co. 1888. 8vo. 16 pp. Numerous woodcut-engraved text illustrations. Yellow colour-tinted printed softcovers woodcut engraving cover art of industrial swing churn on front cover Eureka Butter Worker on back cover 1 leaf w/ small tear at upper margin affecting only a couple letters still an excellent bright copy. First edition of this scarce and fascinating dairy machinery catalogue which included butter presses different sizes and varieties of swing churns which enabled dairies to produce quality butter in larger quantities as well as insulated butter boxes for storing and carrying the produced butter. Of particular interest is the treadmill attachment which could be used with dog sheep or goat although one suspects small children often running it in order to more efficiently churn butter. The company was founded in 1868 as the Hartford Sorghum Machine Co. but by 1873 was incorporated as the Vermont Machine Company and within a few years became one of the largest dairy equipment manufacturers in New England. Vermont Farm Machine Co., paperback
1925réf. 52767Philadelphia PA: Giunta Brothers Manufacturing Co. ca. 1925. Oblong 4to. 23 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations and diagrams throughout. Self-printed yellow softcovers cover art of Giunta Brothers Italian import business on front cover w/ wine presses displayed up and down the street slight shelfwear w/ original purple colour-tinted mailing envelope some chipping edgewear rubbing still NF/VG- copy. First edition of this scarce and fascinating manufacturing catalogue for the famed Philadelphia Italian importers. Featured are numerous different sizes and styles of wine and cider presses fruit grinders for the mash ice cream makers Italian style coffee roasters waffle makers and more. Of particular interest is the Giunta Brothers pasta machines which are believed by the family to have been the first patented in the United States. The company operated from 1915 to 2002 until it had to close due to the owner’s poor health. Worldcat locates 2 copies Clements Library Harvard. Giunta Brothers Manufacturing Co., paperback
1519réf. 52512New York: National Bottlers’ Gazette June 15 1921. Folio. 202 pp. 100s of text illustrations photo illustrations several colour-tinted advertising plates colour lithograph plates diagrams cartoons. Red-colour tinted softcovers yapp edges cover art advertisement for Cascade Ginger Ale in California minor edgewear rubbing dustsoiling slight chipping head & foot of spine still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce installment in the famed trade magazine which during prohibition was directed towards the manufacturers and purveyors of carbonated beverages mineral waters fruit juices and soft drinks. Of particular interest are the lavish number of advertisements for Graham Brothers bottlers’ trucks Old Faithful bottles Martin’s Concentrated Colas Belmont Label Co. labels Green River lime drink from Schoenhofen Co. in Chicago Hurty-Peck Orange Soda in Indianapolis IN the Coca-Cola Bottling Works and so much more. This trade magazine offers an invaluable history and reference work for the thriving bottling industry and equipment during Prohibition and reinforces just how much infrastructure there was available for bootleggers which accelerated the grown of Organized Crime in the United States. National Bottlers’ Gazette, paperback
1923réf. 46736Chicago: Published by the Author 1923. Oblong 4to. 2 pp. 60 plates each with explanatory text of facing plate on verso most in colour some tinted photos 8 pp. plus 2 illustrated publisher’s ads. Embossed ribbed blue cloth gilt lettering octagon-shaped colour plate mounted front cover of decorative cake icing piece very minor bumping to corners front hinge starting edgewear still VG- copy w/ former ownership signature on title. First edition of this beautifully printed work on Jazz Age decorative cakes. There are cakes for New Years birth announcements Easter birthday cakes wedding cakes cakes with macaroons Marzipan decorated cakes caramel sugar baskets post card cakes very beautiful and many others. The recipes and ads at the end offer the instructions and equipment to produce these beautiful confections. Published by the Author, hardcover