Part 1
CHARITABLE COOK BOOKS
from the collection of Helen Evans Brown 		Bookplate of Helen Evans Brown and Philip S. Brown go to:

Menu for this catalog Special Catalog Menu
Part: 1 2 3 4 5  FAQ


General Inventory
Shopping Cart
Home

    .
    ALABAMA
  1. (Mobile). Ladies Of The St. Francis Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Gulf City Cook Book. United Brethren Pub House: Dayton, Ohio 1886. New case bndg. Hb. 266 pgs. Ads, index. SOLD

    2. .
    ALASKA
  2. (Fairbanks). Ladies' Guild of Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church. Golden Heart Cook Book. 1949. GOOD(prev own inscr). Stiff wraps. 149+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Recipes for "Moose Ribs", "Sweet-Sour Moose" and "Otto Meyer's Caribou Goulash." Photo.
    		3. US$: 30.00

    4. Eskimo Cook Book. 1952

  3. (Shishmaref). Prepared by Students of Shishmaref Day School. Pub exclusively by Alaska Crippled Children's Assoc. Eskimo Cook Book. Anchorage, 1951. VG. 12mo/wraps. 40 pgs. Illus. Signed recipes. Gives a synopsis of the birth of this cook book. Also gives Eskimo words for selected native plants. Recipe ingredients include ptarmigan, salmon berries, seal, bear, walrus, ogruk, loon, squirrel, caribou, salmon, etc. Photo.
    		4.  US$: 25.00

  4. (Shishmaref). Prepared by Students of Shishmaref Day School. Pub exclusively by Alaska Crippled Children's Assoc. Eskimo Cook Book. Anchorage, 1952. VG. 12mo/wraps. 40 pgs. Illus. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		5.  US$: 25.00

  5. (Sitka). Beta Sigma Phi, Episilon Chapter. Sitka Cook Book. Sitka Printing Co 1949. VG. PSp/wraps. Np. Ads. Signed recipes. Decorated pages. Index. Photo.
    		6.  US$: 30.00

    .
    ARKANSAS
  6. (Fort Smith). Collected and Compiled by Woman's Auxiliary First Presbyterian Church. Dixie Cook Book: Tried and Tested Recipes; Real Southern Cooking. (1929). Rebound w/orig cvr laid over case bndg, pencil recipes in rear. Hb. 126 pgs. Index to advertisers. Index to recipes. Recipe for "Smith College Fudge." SOLD

    7. .
    COLORADO
  7. (Denver). Ladies Of First Baptist Church. How We Cook In Colorado. Denver Ptg & Pub Co April 1907. GOOD w/new endpapers. Hb. 123+ pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 38 Photo.
    		8.  US$: 90.00

  8. (Denver). Iota Chapter. Sigma Kappa Cook Book. Bradford-Robinson Ptg Co 1924. GOOD. Hb. 197 pgs. Index. SOLD

  9. (Denver). Ladies Of The First Baptist Church. Three Hundred Choice Recipes. E.L. Wepf, Printer 1895. GOOD w/mnr soil, hinge reinforced with archival rice paper tape. Hb. 112 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 37. Photo.
    		10.  US$: 135.00

  10. (Denver). Denver Alumnae Association. Kappa Kappa Gamma Cook Book. Federal Printing Co 1932. VG. Hb. 229 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Photo.
    		11.  US$: 35.00

    11. Mesa Workers' Cook Book

  11. (Pueblo). Leader of the Mesa Workers of the Mesa Presbyterian Church. Mesa Workers' Cook Book. Franklin Press 1907(1897). Rev edn. Rebound VG. Hb. 106 pgs. Fwd. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 38. Photo.
    		12.  US$: 140.00

  12. (Salida). S.S.B. Class Of The First Baptist Church. Cook Book Of Practical Recipes. Press Of The Salida Mail ca 1914. GOOD w/new spine, prev own inscrip, some spotting to text. Hb. 66 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 39. Title page.
    		13.  US$: 85.00

    .
    CONNECTICUT
  13. (Cheshire). Cheshire Women's Club. Collection Of Old Cheshire Recipes (A). 1938. VG w/pgs browning, hinge starting. MSp/wraps. 246 pgs. Ads. Signature, script recipes. Photo.
    		14.  US$: 30.00

  14. (Cheshire, in the Nutmeg State). Ladies of the Congregational Church. Spoon And The Dish For The Maid Of Cookery (The). Stafford Printing Co: New Haven, 1886. Paper cvrs chipped at edges else VG. 64 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 41. Photo.
    		15.  US$: 195.00

  15. (Hartford). Published For The Benefit Of Christ Church Fair. Choice Receipts Selected From The Best Manuscript Authorities. Worthington, Dustin & Co 1872. Cover skillfully restored GOOD. Hb. 66 pgs. According to Cook, the first charity cb published in Connecticut. Br 255, Ck 40. Recipe for "Hartford 'Election Cake'". A few of the recipes are in the context of place. For example "Chocolate Caramels.- N.Y." Photo.
    		16.  US$: 450.00

  16. (Middletown). Ladies of the Universalist Church. Universalist Cook Book. J.S. Stewart, Ptr and Bkbndr 1888. Clean water stain to cvr and a few pgs. Wraps. 77 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 42. Photo.
    		17.  US$: 140.00

    17. The House Mother

  17. (New Haven). Social Union Of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. The House Mother (The). Hoggson & Robinson Printers 1882. VG. Hb. 83 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. According to Cook, only three charity cook books were published before 1882 in the state of Connecticut. Photo.
    		18.  US$: 175.00

  18. (New Haven) Lucile Cook Book (The). A.G. Morehouse (1892). VG. Hb. 279 pgs. Ads. Photo.
    		19.  US$: 135.00

  19. (New Haven). Ladies Of Dwight Place Church. Elm City Cook Book. Stafford Ptg Co: New Haven, 1889. Clean stn on lwr rt edge of text and cvrs. Wraps. 58 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Br 267, Ck 42. Photo.
    		20.  US$: 175.00

  20. (New Haven). O.A. Dorman. Come And Dine: A Collection Of Valuable Receipts and Useful Information For Gratuitous Distribution. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor 1872. New endpapers. Tidemark on upper rt crnr of pgs. Hb. 188 pgs. Ads. In addition to the recipes, includes all kinds of info- like train schedules and fares for the different railroads heading in and out of the New Haven area, etc. SOLD

  21. (New Haven). United Workers' Cook-Book. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor: New Haven, 1885. New case bndg over orig wraps, light stain to some of the text. 40 pgs. Signed recipes. Br 264, Ck 41. Title page.
    		22.  US$: 140.00

  22. (Terryville). Ladies Benevolent Society of the Congregational Church. Terryville Cook Book. Journal Pub: Mereden, 1904. GOOD. Hb. 125 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Br 299, Ck 45. Photo.
    		23.  US$: 50.00

  23. (Wallingford). Ladies Of St. Paul's Church. "Tried And True." Ladies' Cook Book. Derby Printing Co: Birmingham, 1884. Second edn. Rebound in hb over original wraps. Pg 33/34 missing. 72 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 41. Title page.
    		24.  US$: 85.00

  24. (Westport). Woman's Club of Westport. New Connecticut Cookbook Being A Collection Of Recipes From Connecticut Kitchen. Harper & Bros: NY, 1947(1943). New edn. VG/gd dj. Hb. 258 pgs. Intro, illus by Connecticut Artists. Signed recipes. index. Photo.
    		25.  US$: 25.00

  25. (Westport). Women's Club of Westport. Connecticut Cookbook. Harper & Bros: NY, 1944(1943). VG(prev own inscrip on fr fly). Hb. 271 pgs. Fwd, illus, index. Photo.
    		26.  US$: 35.00

  26. (Wilton). Wilton Garden Club. They Also Cook. Gorham Press 1947. VG small clip from upper right corners of cover. Ringbnd/wrps. 85 pgs. Signed recipes. Cover explains through illus (one of a woman gardening and another of a woman reading to her children) that cooking is only one of the tasks done by the book's contributors. Photo.
    		27.  US$: 25.00

    .
    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  27. (Washington). Comp by Mrs. A.G. Valk and Miss M.E. Newton. A Committee of St. Paul's Church Guild. Way to Man's Heart: A Cookery Book (The). Judd & Detweiler 1890. GOOD-light soiling to covers. Hb. 110 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 49. Photo.
    		28.  US$: 135.00

  28. (Washington). Comp and edit by Ethel M. Wyman. Proceeds to organ fund at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. St. Margaret's Cook Book. 1946. VG. Wraps. 46. Signed recipes. This book is contained in the original U.S.O. mailing envelope addressed to Mrs. Philip S. Brown. There is also a postcard from the compiler which says "recently the Quartermaster General of the Army ordered 10 copies to use in his Food Service Schools throughout the U.S. as you probably have read the army is bent on improving the menus..." Photo. SOLD

  29. (Washington) New Hobby Horse Cookery: Favorite Recipes of Water Gate Inn. (1953). VG. Wraps. Np. SOLD

  30. (Washington). By Mrs. Benjamin Harrison (et al). Statesman's Dishes And How To Cook Them. Practical Autographic Recipes. National Tribune/Brentano's: Wash D.C. and NY, 1890. Solid copy w/light silverfish damage to cover, sm stain at top. Hb. 222 pgs. Pref. Signature recipes. Brown 404, Ck 49. Autographed recipes by "More Than Two Hundred Other Women Prominent In Official And Social Life At The National Capital." Many recipes including one for "A Pink Dinner In Apartments" in which pink was the prevailing color. SOLD

    31. .
    FLORIDA
  31. (Key West). Woman's Club. Key West Cook Book. 1948. VG(prev own sig inside fr cvr). PSp/wraps. 304+ pgs. Ads. Script/signature recipes. Br 497. SOLD

  32. (Key West). Woman's Club. Key West Cook Book. Farrar, Straus and Co: NY, 1949. VG. PSp/wraps. 304+ pgs. Ads. Script/signature recipes. Photo.
    		33.  US$: 15.00

  33. (Miami). Aid Society Of The First Presbyterian Church. Florida Tropical Cook Book. Harmen & Co: Chicago, (1912). 1st edn. GOOD(pg. 63 mended). Hb. 224 pgs. SOLD

  34. (Naples-On-The-Gulf). By Les and Jill Macklem. Tropic Treats: exciting food delights. Creative Hands Studio (1955). VG. PSp/wraps. 103 pgs. Recipes and illus are printed in colored ink. Photo.
    		35.  US$: 30.00

    .
    GEORGIA
  35. (Atlanta). Comp By Mrs. Henry Lumpkin Wilson. Tested Recipe Cook Book. Foote & Davies Co: Atlanta, 1895. VG. Hb. 149 pgs. Pref, frontis, portraits. Br 504, Ck 52. SOLD

  36. (Atlanta). Ed. by Home Economics Dpt (Mrs. Newton C. Wing, Chairman. Mrs. J.A. Carlisle, Chairman of Cook Book). Atlanta Woman's Club Cook Book. Johnson Dallis Co (1921). GOOD w/hinges starting. Hb. 250+ pgs. Ads. Fwd. Signed recipes. Index. Br 512. SOLD

  37. (Atlanta).
    38. 37. Atlanta Exposition Souvenir Cook Book Compiled By Mrs. Ida D. Bailey, Under The Direction Of Woman's Domestic Science Committee Of Washington D.C. Atlanta Exposition Souvenir Cook Book: A Safe Guide To Ordering And Cooking. R.L. Pendleton: Wash D.C., 1895. Clean, beginning to fray at spine. Wraps. 66 pgs. Signed recipes. Ck 52. SOLD

    39. From Savannah Kitchens

  38. (Columbus). Free Kindergarten Association. Souvenir Cook Book. Thos. Gilbert 1902. VG. Wraps. 80+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Br 505, Ck 53. Photo.
    		39.  US$: 90.00

  39. (Savannah). Christ Church. From Savannah Kitchens. 1960s. VG. Wraps. 95 pgs. Intro, fwd. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		40.  US$: 25.00

    .
    HAWAII
  40. (General). Hawaiian British Daughters Cookery Book : The Aloha Recipe Book. 1954. VG. PSp/wraps. 160 pgs. Signed Recipes. Intro, photos. Photo.
    		41.  US$: 30.00

    41. Hilo Woman's Club Cook Book

  41. (Hilo). Hilo Woman's Club Cook Book. Hilo Tribune Herald: Hilo, August 1946. VG. Wraps. 124 pgs. Fwd. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		42.  US$: 25.00

  42. (Honolulu). Ladies' Society of Central Union Church. Hawaiian Cook Book. Hawaiian Gazette Co: Honolulu, 1909. Fifth Edition. VG. Wraps. 150 pgs. Ads. Intro. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 55. SOLD

  43. (Honolulu). Comp by Edmund H. Hart. Hart's Hawaiian Homes Cook Book (From Recipes Used And Successfully Tried Out By Him And His Family). Advertiser Press: Honolulu, 1930. VG. Wraps. 61 pgs. Index. Edmund H. Hart was a librarian at the Archives of Hawaii. Photo. SOLD

  44. (Honolulu). Ladies' Society Of Central Union Church. Hawaiian Cook Book. Hawaiian Gazette Co. Print 1896. Fourth edn. VG w/new endpapers. Stiff wraps. 152 pgs. Ads. Intro. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 55. SOLD

  45. (Mauii). Maui County Women's University Extension Clubs. Our Favorite Recipes (Tested Recipes). 1959. Second edn. VG. PSp/wraps. 108 pgs. Photo.
    		46.  US$: 10.00

    .
    IDAHO
  46. (Boise). Women Of First Baptist Church. Favorite Recipes (Baptist Cook Book). March 1951. GOOD. 3-ring/wraps. Np. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		47.  US$: 15.00

  47. (McCall). Payette Lakes Progressive Club. Cook Book. 1948. GOOD text browning. MRb/wraps. Np. Ads. Fwd. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		48.  US$: 20.00

  48. (Parma). Comp by the Nutrition Class. Parma Cook Book: Tested Recipes ca 1930. VG. Wraps. 92 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. SOLD

  49. (Pocatello). Woman's Civic Club. Fifteenth Annual Announcement. 1919-1920. GOOD pgs yellowing. Wraps. 10 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Contains recipes, a list of members and a schedule of upcoming meetings. Photo.
    		50.  US$: 20.00

Part: 1 2 3 4 5     Return to Top