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    MASSACHUSETTS
  1. (Boston). Nantucket Receipts: Ninety Receipts Collected Chiefly From Nantucket Sources. Pr Of Rockwell & Churchill: Boston, 1874. VG (small portion of paper cover missing at spine). Wraps. 40 pgs. Br 1264, Ck 106 (According to Margaret Cook: First chronologically in Mass.). Photo.
    		2.  US$: 250.00

  2. (Boston). Junior Activities Committee Women's City Club of Boston. Silver Spoon. 1966. VG with original mailer addressed from Helen McCully to Helen Evans Brown. Wraps. 68 pgs. Signed recipes. Illus. Photo.
    		3.  US$: 40.00

  3. (Boston). New England Unit, Herb Society. Flavors & Savors: Simple Rules for Herb Cookery. (1954). Enlarged Edn. VG. Wraps. 39 pgs. Photo.
    		4.  US$: 17.50

  4. (Cambridge). Cambridge Ladies And Their Friends. Parish Cook Book: Being an Arrangement Of Choice and Tested Recipes. Christ Church 1893. GOOD(numerous light coffee cup rings on cvrs). Wraps. 42 pgs. Ads. Intro. Signed recipes. Ck 113.
    5. SOLD

  5. (Lanesville). Orthodox Congregational Church. Lane's Cove Cookbook ...or... "Fish Sticks and Granite Chips." Gloucester, Mass, August 1954. VG. PSp/wraps. 100 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Text and background illus printed in blue ink. Photo.
    		6.  US$: 17.50

  6. (Lowell). International Institute of Lowell. As The World Cooks: Recipes From Many Lands. May 1938. VG. MSp/wraps. 286 pgs. Illustrated by the artists of the community. Script recipes. Br 1454. Photo.
    		7.  US$: 20.00

  7. (Lowell).
    8. 118. Autograph Cook Book (title page) Ladies of the First Congregational Church. Autograph Cook Book. Courier-Citizen Co, Printers Christmas 1900. GOOD. Hb. 130 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Br 1330, Ck 119. SOLD

    The image to the left is the title page.

  8. (Malden). [Published for Food Fair April 27-28]. Housekeeper's Guide. What to Buy. Where to buy it. W.F. Spalding Printer (1906). Text only, front cvr missing. Wraps. Np. Ads. Ck 123. Full page ad for the "Food Fair" (which the book was published for).
    		9.  US$: 40.00

  9. (Norwood). Ladies Social Circle of the First Universalist Church. Norwood Cook Book Of Tried Recipes. Advertiser and Review Job Pt 1888. Complete working copy, hinges reinforced, new spine. Stiff boards. 136 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 111. Photo.
    		10.  US$: 90.00

  10. (Pittsfield). South Church Cook Book (Dedicated To Mrs. C.T. Fenn, A Veteran In Every Good World And Work. Chickering & Axtell Stm Ptrs 1877. Repaired w/new endpapers. Hb. 87 pgs. Ads. Pref. Ck 107. Photo.
    		11.  US$: 135.00

  11. (Plymouth). Plymouth Antiquarian Society. Plimoth Colony Cook Book. Litho Leyden Press: Plymouth, (1956). VG. Wraps. 88 pgs. Intro, illus, index. SOLD

  12. (Pride's Crossing). Comp by Mrs. R.S. Bradley For The Benefit of the Red Cross and American Fund For French Wounded. Cook Book: Helpful Recipes for War Time. North Shore Breeze: Manchester-by-the-Sea, 1917. GOOD. Wraps. 52 pgs. Index. Br 1396. SOLD

  13. (Provincetown). Comp by Harriet Adams. With comments historical and otherwise by N.M. Halper. Vittles for the Captain: Cape Cod Seafood Recipes. Modern Pilgrim Press: Provincetown, (1941). VG. Wraps. 55 pgs. Index. SOLD

    14. 125. What Salem Dames Cooked

  14. (Salem). Comp and pub by the Board of Managers of the Esther C. Mack Industrial School. What Salem Dames Cooked. Stetson Press: Boston, 1910. VG. Wraps. 40 pgs. Cover design by Ross Turner. Index. Br 1365, Ck 127. Subtitled: Being A Choice Collection of Recipes wherein is shewn how The Delectable Practice of the Salem Dames from the year 1683, to 1730, until 1800 and 1900, may be restored with pleasure to those desirous of experiencing The Delights of their Cokery, together with A Few Housekeeping Hints and Numerous Appropriate Quotations. SOLD

  15. (Southbridge). Ladies Auxiliary of The Y.M.C.A. Practical Cook: A Collection of Tested Recipes (The). Journal Steam Book Print 1891. Rebound VG (orig cvrs). Hb. 156 pgs. Pref, index. Ck 113. Photo.
    		16.  US$: 140.00

  16. (Watertown). Ladies Of The First Baptist Church. Household Recipes [Cover Title: Recipes The Best Of Everything]. E.C. Bowler: Gardiner, Me, 1914. VG. Hb. 216 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 129. Photo.
    		17.  US$: 45.00

  17. (West Medford). Ladies Of The West Medford Congregational Church. Tasteful Hints. A.B. Morse Pr 1892. VG. Hb. 27 pgs. Ads Ck 113. Photo.
    		18.  US$: 140.00

  18. (Worcester). George H. Ward Post, No. 10. G.A.R. Recipe Book [Grand Army Of The Republic 1861-1866]. Bulletin Press: Norwich, Ct, (1886). Wraps bound in new case binding. 45 pgs. Ck 110. Rear cover quotes: "After dinner rest awhile, After supper walk a mile." Photo.
    		19.  US$: 100.00

  19. (Yarmouth Port). Cape Cod Hospital Aid Association. Cape Cod Kitchen Secrets. (1949). Second edn. VG. PSp/wraps. 116 pgs. Ads. Illus by Jane G. Boardman. Photo.
    		20.  US$: 15.00

  20. (Yarmouth Port). Cape Cod Hospital Aid Association. Cape Cod Kitchen Secrets. (1953). Third edn. VG in orig shipping envelope addressed to Mrs. P.H. Brown. PSp/wraps. 96 Ads. Illus by Jane G. Boardman. Photo.
    		21.  US$: 50.00

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    MICHIGAN
  21. (Detroit). Detroit Times Cook Book: A Book Of Practical Recipes For The Housewife. John F. Cuneo 1932. VG with darkening to spine. Hb. 244+ pgs.
    22. SOLD

  22. (Detroit). French Cooking In Old Detroit Since 1701 By Lucy and Sidney Corbett. Wayne Univ Pr Detroit, 1951. VG. PSp/wraps. 178 pgs. Illus by William Thomas Woodward. Index. Br 1803. By the authors of Pot Shots From A Grosse Ile Kitchen and Long Windows. Photo.
    		23.  US$: 35.00

  23. (Detroit). Detroit Home Economics Association. Detroit Home Economics Cook Book. (1934). VG. Hb. 128 pgs. Glossary of "Culinary and Bill of Fare Terms." Photo.
    		24.  US$: 30.00

  24. (Detroit). Junior Auxiliary Of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Michigan Cook Book. ca 1920. VG. Oilcloth wraps. 96 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. SOLD

  25. (Detroit). Comp by Isabella G. D. Stewart, Sally B. Sill, Mary B. Duffield. Home Messenger Book Of Tested Receipts. Total Abstinence. E.B. Smith & Co 1878. Second edn. Home Of The Friendless. Rebound w/orig cvrs laid over. Hb. 302 pgs. Pref, index. Br 1722, Ck 131.
    		26. US$: 200.00

  26. (Detroit). Ladies Of Saint Paul's Cathedral. Guild Cook Book. Thomas Printery 1917. Clean stain to lower rt edges of text and cvrs. Wraps. 64 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. SOLD

  27. (Detroit). Woman's Auxiliary Association of Temple Beth El. Temple Cook Book. Jewish American Pub Co 1903. GOOD w/hinges reinforced by archival rice paper tape. Hb. Np. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 135. SOLD

  28. (Highland Park). Women's Union Of Highland Park Presbyterian Church. Book Of Recipes. [1914]. VG. Hb. 192 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Contains a very unique recipes for "Preserving A Husband/Recipe For Cooking Husbands." SOLD

  29. (Milan). Ladies Aid Society of the M.E. Church. Twentieth Century Cook Book: A Feast Of Good Things; A Careful Compilation Of Tried And Approved Recipes. Lilian V. Wyrick: Angola, Ind., 1907(1905). Sm scar from sticker removal else VG. Oilcloth wraps. 159 pgs. Index. Ck 137. SOLD

  30. (Port Huron). Ladies of the First Baptist Church. What The Baptist Brethren Eat, and how the sisters serve it : A Variety Of Useful And Reliable Recipes. Sherman Co., Ptrs and Bndrs: Port Huron, 1889. GOOD(fr hinge starting). Hb. 53+ pgs. Ads. Ck 132. Ad for Anderson & Co, manufacturers of carriages. SOLD

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    MINNESOTA
  31. (Duluth). Sisterhood Of Temple Emanuel. Choice Recipes Compiled by Hortense Bondy. 1929. GD(small clean stain on lwr fr cvr) recipe cut from pg 83. Wraps. 123 pgs. Ads.
    32. SOLD

  32. (Grand Marais). Bethlehem Lutheran Ladies Aid. North Shore Cookery: Scandinavian And General Recipes. Grand Marais Pub 1942,1945. Third ptg. VG. Wraps. 126 pgs. Signed recipes. Many Scandinavian recipes, even with the distinction between Swedish and Norwegian meatballs
    33. SOLD

  33. (Minneapolis).
    34. University Hospitals Auxiliary Faculty Women's Club, University Of Minnesota. Curriculum for Cooks. Lund Press: Minneapolis, 1958. VG. PSp/wraps. 207 pgs. Signed recipes, index. Photo.
    US$: 20.00
    **The illustration to the left is from the title page. Click the speaker icon for a little fun.

  34. (Minneapolis). Women's Society of the Congregational Church. Lynnhurst Congregational Church Cook Book. 1913. VG. Hb. 179+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		35.  US$: 30.00

  35. (Minneapolis). Ladies of the Universalist Society. Gathered Treasures: A Receipt Book. Johnson&Smith Bk & Job Ptrs 1875. Text VG paper cvrs missing. Wraps. 56 pgs. Signed recipes. Ck 139. According to Cook, second chronologically of the Minnesota cookbooks; the first not having been located physically. Photo.
    		36.  US$: 375.00

  36. (Minneapolis). Woman's Federation Lyndale Congregational Church [Aldrich Avenue At Thirty-First Street]. Cook Book. Geo. O. Tweed Publisher 1924. VG. Hb. 164 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		37.  US$: 85.00

  37. (Mountain Lake). Mountain Lake Junior Historians Chapter II. Off The Mountain Lake Range : A Collection of Old Recipes and Customs Brought to This Country by the Early Settlers... 1949. VG. PSp/4to/wraps. 48 pgs. Illus. Filled with Mennonite recipes. SOLD

  38. (Owatonna). By Belle Boston. Mother's Cook Book: A Choice Collection of Reliable Recipes. Publishers' Press Company: Owatonna, ca 1910s. VG. Hb. 404 pgs. Index. Recipes for "stewed terrapin" "fried frogs" "Fulton Market Roast." Chapter on "Nuts As An Article Of Diet" with recipes. An excellent cook book with emphasis on fresh ingredients. Scarce. SOLD

  39. (Owatonna). St. John's American-Lutheran Ladies Aid. Cook Book. 1939. VG. (2 Vol Set). Wraps. Np. Signed recipes. Mimeographed text. Cover pictures a "Campbell-Soup-Kid-esque"-figure. Photo.
    		40.  US$: 40.00

  40. (St. Paul). Miss Beth M. Rowe, Foods Editor of The Farmer. Country Kitchen Cook Book: A Book Of Recipes And Information For The Farm Woman. Webb Pub Co: St. Paul, (1928)1942. New, Rev Edn. VG. PSp/wraps. 151 pgs. Fwd, b&w photos, indices. Photo.
    		41.  US$: 30.00

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    MISSISSIPPI
  41. (Jackson). Women's Auxiliary St. Andrews Episcopal Church (comp). Let's Cook Something Nice. 1949. GOOD. PSp/wraps. 112 pgs. Ads. Great line illus. Section "chefs specials" contains a recipe for "butter crisp chicken" from the Hotel Edwards. SOLD

  42. (Jackson). Jackson Council United Daughters Confederate Veterans 1911. Cook Book. Jan. 1951. VG (very slight rippling of rear pgs). PSp/wraps. 41 pgs. Ads. Fwd. SOLD

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    MISSOURI
  43. (Cape Girardeau). Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church (comp). A Household Guide Comprising a Number of Tested Recipes for Cooking, Useful Hints on Laundry and General Household Work. Tribune Ptg: Jefferson City, 1904. Fr cvr w/2" diameter stain else VG. Hb. 257 pgs. Ads. Index. Ck 148. Also contains "Suggestions for the Garden, Lawn and Orchard, and Points of Etiquette." Ads interspersed throughout text. Photo.
    		44.  US$: 85.00

  44. (Kansas City). Christian Women's Fellowship. Treasure Of Personal Recipes. 1954. VG. PSp/wraps. 122 pgs. Illus chapter dividers. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		45.  US$: 12.50

  45. (Kirksville). Comp by the Household Economics Department of the "Soujourners Club." Ed by Julia Ellison. Cook Book. Journal Ptg Co: Kirksville, 1915. Third Edition. GOOD(hinges tender). Hb. 160 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. SOLD

  46. (Monroe City). Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of Monroe City. Queen Of The Prairie Cook Book. Hoffman Printing Co: Quincy, Ill, 1905. VG prev own name in pencil on fr fly. Hb. 205 pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Blue cover has raised design of four-leaf clovers. Ck 148. Photo.
    		47.  US$: 110.00

  47. (Saint Louis). Helen Richardson Mission Band Of Lafayette Park M.E. Church, South. Kitchen Oracle: A Collection Of Tested Recipes Of Many Housewives (The). F.H. Hesse Printing Co 1899. Reading copy. Hb. 100 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index Ck 147. Photo.
    		48.  US$: 55.00

  48. (St. Louis). Principia Mothers' Club. Kitchenology with Principia Friends. St. Louis, (1933). 1st edn. VG(prev own inscrip). Hb. 251 pgs. Signed recipes. Intro, illus by Rudolph Tandler, index. Br 1967. Photo.
    		49.  US$: 35.00

  49. (St. Louis). Lorraine Livingston, ARC-NA, French Army, Member of St. Louis, Mo., Unit Women's Overseas Service League. Approved Enduring Favorites. (1932). GOOD(some pencil notes). Hb. 176 pgs. Signed recipes. Fwd. Illus by Edna Braun (St. Louis Unit), index. Br 1966. Photo.
    		50.  US$: 45.00

  50. (St. Louis). Comp. For The Discretionary Fund of The Woman's Auxiliary To the National Council Diocese of Missouri. Things To Eat: A Collection of Select Recipes for Good Things to Eat. Frederick Printing & Stationery ca 1930. GOOD. Wraps. 96 pgs. Index. Recipes for "East Indian Jam" and "Japanese Eggs." Photo.
    		51.  US$: 35.00

  51. (St. Louis). Ladies Of The Church Of Our Redeemer. Cook Book. Dooley- Morgan Printing Co 1912. Tail of spine bumped GOOD. Hb. 144 pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 150. Photo.
    		52.  US$: 45.00

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    MONTANA
  52. (Helena). Contributed by Ladies of Helena and Edited by the Aid Society of the First Christian Church. Helena Cook Book: Containing Three Hundred Recipes. 1905. Rebound w/orig cvrs laid over. GOOD, a few stains on indiv pgs. Hb. 80 pgs. Signed recipes. Ck 152. Title page.
    		53.  US$: 110.00

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    NEBRASKA
  53. (Axtell). Tabitha Society. Mission Cook Book. Augustana Book Concern: Rock Island, Ill., 1916. VG. Hb. 106+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Pictorial cover. Includes historical sketches of The Tabitha Society and the Bethphage Mission. Group picture of members of The Tabitha Society. Photo.
    		54.  US$: 50.00

  54. (Craig). Members Of The Ladies' Aid Society Of The Methodist Church (collected and comp). Choice Recipes (Cook Book). Indep-Republican Print: Oakland, ca 1908. Spine reinforced, contents GOOD. Wraps. 64 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Appendix. Index. Ck 155. Ad for J.D. Gordon Hardware pictures a talking armadillo. Photo.
    		55.  US$: 85.00

  55. (Grand Island). Ladies Guild Of Saint Stephens Episcopal Church. Grand Island Cookie Jar: Selected Cookie Recipes. Late 1940s. Yellowing else VG. Gift inscrip from Aunt Myrtle to Joyce. Wraps. Np. Mimeo-graphed text and paint-between-the-lines illus on front cover. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		56.  US$: 17.50

  56. (Omaha). Ladies' Society Of The St. Mary's Avenue Congregational Church. Tea-Kettle: A Collection Of Recipes For Cooking (The). Omaha Mercury 1902. GOOD prev own ink name on fr fly. Oilcloth wraps. 104 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 155. Title page.
    		57.  US$: 55.00

  57. (Omaha).
    58. 168. What All Saints Eat Tested Recipes furnished by the
    Members and Friends of All Saints
    Parish.
    What All Saints Eat.
    Omaha Printing Co June 1901.
    Soil, hinges reinforced with
    archival rice paper.
    Hb (Yap bndg).
    89 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 155. SOLD

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    NEVADA
  58. (Carson City). Ladies of Carson City. Cook Book Of The Woman's Art and Industrial Association Of Nevada. Appeal Steam Print 1887. GOOD(rebound w/orig cvrs laid over). Hb. 168 pgs. Ads. Pref. Ck 157. According to Cook, the first chronological entry for Nevada.Photo.
    		59.  US$: 440.00

    170. Civic League Cook Book

  59. (Fallon). Churchill County Civic League. Civic League Cook Book. Churchill County Eagle 1924. VG. Wraps. 80 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ad: "You Can Bank On This Recipe- Your funds are always safe and secure when de-posited in the old reliable Churchill County Bank." (1924). Photo.
    		60.  US$: 45.00

  60. (Reno). Woman's Guild Of Trinity Church. Riverside Recipes: A Collection Of Choice Tested Recipes. Evening Gazette? 1894 Spine reinforced with cloth, text good with some clean stains Wraps. 46 pgs. Pref. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 157. Photo.
    		61.  US$: 250.00

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    NEW HAMPSHIRE
  61. (Littleton). Ed by Sybil Nash Hogan. What's Cookin'--In New Hampshire. Workshop Cards: Littleton, 1945. VG. PSp/wraps. 39 pgs. Signed recipes. Br 2052. Photo.
    		62.  US$: 17.50

  62. (Manchester). The Thimble Club. Choice Recipes From Old New England (Choice Collection of Cherished Recipes). Lew A. Cummings Co (Nov 1937). Second edn. VG w/sm nick fr fr cvr. MSp/wraps. 296+ pgs. Ads. Signature recipes. Index. SOLD

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    NEW JERSEY
  63. (East Orange). Publised for the benefit of Christ Church Furnishing Fund by Chapter 14, "St. Thecla". Tried And True Recipes: The Home Cook Book. The Chronicle 1889. Rebound VG with original cvrs laid over. Hb. 206 pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Index. Br 2066, Ck 164. "Compiled From Recipes Contributed By The Ladies Of East Orange, Orange, New York, Philadelphia And Other Cities And Towns." The purpose of this cook book was "raising a fund to purchase a new organ and furnish the new edifice (new church, old one destroyed by fire) when completed." Ad for "Brady, The Leading Photographer Of The Oranges." Title page.
    		64.  US$: 165.00

  64. (New Brunswick). St. Peter's Hospital Auxiliary. Modern Collection Of Old Recipes (A). October 1935. VG. Wraps. 46+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. SOLD

  65. (Perth Amboy). O.E.S. Raritan Chapter No. 58. Household Digest and Cook Book. ca 1925. VG. Wraps. 64 pgs. Ads. Photo.
    		66.  US$: 25.00

  66. (Pompton Plains). Ladies Of The Reformed Church. First Dutch (Reformed) Cook Book. [The Chronicle]: Orange, 1889(1883). New Rev & Enl edn. VG(new endpapers). Wraps. 138 pgs. Ads. Intro. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 164. About 100 recipes were added to this 1889 edition. Photo.
    		67.  US$: 200.00

  67. (Rumson). Fwd By Mrs. Dione Lucas, Cordon Bleu Restaurant And Cooking School. Frugal But Fine: Conservation Cookery. Douglass Press: Redbank, N.J., ca 1950. VG. Wraps. 48 pgs. Cover by Suzy Frelinghuysen. SOLD

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