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CHARITABLE COOK BOOKS
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    PENNSYLVANIA
  1. (Allentown). Members Of The Woman's Club. Selected Recipes. ca 1940. GOOD(resewn w/new endpapers). Hb. 69 pgs. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		2.  US$: 50.00

  2. (Donnington). Village Fair Committee. Village Fair Cook Book. 1924. VG. Hb. 107 pgs. Index. Photo.
    		3.  US$: 60.00

  3. (Latrobe). Women Of The United Presbyterian Church. Standard Cook Book. B.F. Coughenour 1907. Rebound GOOD. Hb. 211 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Pref, photos. Title page.
    		4.  US$: 85.00

  4. (Meadville). Pub by Amer Legion Auxiliary. Under direction and supervision of Mrs. Millicent Barnes, President. Victory Handbook For Health And Home Defense. ca 1943. GOOD. PSp/wraps. Np. Ads. 46 pages of recipes and a list of every young man and woman of Meadville, Pa. enlisted in the Armed Forces. Photo.
    		5.  US$: 30.00

    243. Aunt Mena's Recipe Book

  5. (Philadelphia, Angora). Comp by M.B. Bosson. Sold For The Benefit Of The Baptist Orphanage. Aunt Mena's Recipe Book. The National Baptist, 1888. VG w/slight wear to extremes. Hb. 209 pgs. Pref. Frontispiece pictures Aunt Mena herself. Br 3880, Ck 224. Photo.
    		6.  US$: 225.00

  6. (Philadelphia). Comp by A Delaware County Housekeeper. Choice Receipts From Delaware Co. Households. Dickson & Gilling Ptrs & Pub 1883. VG. Hb. 140+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Not listed in Brown or Cook. Title page.
    		7.  US$: 275.00

  7. (Philadelphia).
    8. spine title of A Poetical Cook-Book By Maria J. Moss. A Poetical Cook-Book. Caxton Pr of C. Sherman, Son 1864. VG. Hb. 144 pgs. Index.

    Cook 222: Apparently the first cook book published and sold in the United States to benefit a charitable cause.

    Dedicated to the Sanitary Fair held in Philadelphia, 1864 [held to raise money for Civil War military casualties and their families].

    -SOLD-

  8. (Scranton). Young Ladies' Society Of The First Presbyterian Church. Cook Book Of Tried and Approved Recipes. Repub Printery And Bindery: Scranton, Pa, 1897. Rebound. Bndg VG, text GOOD. Hb. 132 pgs. Ads. Index. Ck 226. Chapter on making wines and cordials. Title page.
    		9.  US$: 40.00

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    RHODE ISLAND
  9. (Lonsdale). The Loving Service Circle. King's Daughters' Cook Book. Lee & Upham: Pawtucket, 1899. New spine, some staining of text. Wraps. 80 pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Ck 238. Photo.
    		10.  US$: 110.00

  10. (Woonsocket). First Methodist Episcopal Church Women and Friends. Favorite Recipes answering the question What Shall We Eat? Oct 1935. VG. Wraps. 40 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		11.  US$: 25.00

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    SOUTH
  11. Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation. Stratford Hall Cook Book : Southern Recipes of the Directors and Friends of Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation. ca 1940s. GOOD. MSp/brds. Np. Signed (printed signatures -- not autographed) recipes of Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. du Pont, etc. Br 4149. SOLD

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    SOUTH CAROLINA
  12. (Charleston).
    13. 250. Carolina Rice Cookbook By Mrs. Samuel G. Stoney. Carolina Rice Cookbook. Carolina Rice Kitchen Assoc (1902). Text VG, cvr present but starting. A few small chips from cvr. Wraps. 91+ pgs. Ads. Br 4151.

    The inspiration/source text for Karen Hess' Carolina Rice Kitchen. Photo. Scarce.

    US$: 750.00

  13. (Georgetown). Women's Auxiliary of Prince George, Winyah, Protestant Episcopal Church. Carolina Low Country Cook Book. (1955). 2nd edn. VG (bkplt of Philip S. Brown). PSp/wraps. 178 pgs. Ads, intro. Signed recipes. Index. SOLD

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    SOUTH DAKOTA
  14. (Brookings). Chapter BA. P.E.O. Cook Book. 1949. VG. Wraps. Np. Mimeo-graphed text. Photo.
    		15.  US$: 15.00

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    TENNESSEE
  15. (Harriman). Comp by Martin Rywell. Tennessee Cookbook: More Than 300 Tasty Tennessee Recipes. Pioneer Press: Harriman, 1951. VG. Wraps. 64 pgs. Photo.
    		16.  US$: 17.50

  16. (Johnson City). October Committee of King's Daughters. Elizabeth Price, Chairman, Milligan College. Community Cook Book. Muse-Whitlock Co, Printers 1938. VG. Wraps. 176 pgs. Ads. Index. Photo.
    		17.  US$: 50.00

  17. (Nashville). Master's Workers: First Presbyterian Church. Old Time Tennesee Receipts. (1943). PSp faded else VG. PSp/wraps. 299+ pgs. Fwd. Script/Signature recipes. Illus. Photo.
    		18.  US$: 30.00

  18. (Nashville). King's Daughters. Adriel Circle Cook Book. Davie Printing Co November 1912. VG (wear to spine extremes). Wraps. 120 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Photo.
    		19.  US$: 55.00

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    TEXAS
  19. (Dallas). Circle No. 2 Women's Society of Christian Service of White Rock Methodist Church. White Rock Community Cook Book : A Collection Of Tested Recipes Contributed By Members And Friends Of The White Rock Community. 1946. VG. PSp/wraps. 256 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Recipes for "Cornpatch Tamale Loaf," "Americanized Tortillas," "Tamale Pie" made with condensed tomato soup.
    20. SOLD

    front cover of How We Cook in El Paso

  20. (El Paso). Robert E. Lee Chapter United Daughters Of The Confederacy. How We Cook in El Paso; Including Mexican Dishes. 1926. Rev edn. Clean water stain to upper and right edges else VG. Wraps. 89+ pgs. Pref. Signed recipes. Includes section on Mexican dishes. According to the book, "Residents of El Paso greatly appreciate the viands of the neighboring Republic and never neglect an opportunity to enjoy 'comida Mexicana'."
    21. SOLD

  21. (Galveston). Benefits John Sealy Hospital. Galveston Souvenir Cook Book [Charity Ball Cook Book]. 1907. Repro & Enl edn. GOOD (reinforced at splitting signature). Bookplate of Helen Evans Brown and Philip S. Brown. Hb. 79 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ad for Edison Phonograph Store says, "No dinner made up from recipes in this book will be complete without the accompany-ment of an EDISON CONCERT." Ck 247.
    22. SOLD
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    UTAH
  22. (Garfield). Garfield Women's Club. Cook Book. 1916. VG(blank leaf missing at end). Hb. 79+ pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. SOLD

  23. (Kaysville). A collection of choice and tested recipes contributed by the members of the Board and their friends. Sarah Daft Home Cook Book. Inland Printing Co 1923. Third edn. VG. Hb. 242+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Br 4230. Photo.
    		24. US$: 35.00

  24. (Salt Lake City). Comp by Nell Strowig A.B., M.A., Supervisor of Homemaking, Salt Lake City Schools. Everyday Recipes For Home And School. 1947. Seventh ptg. VG. PSp/wraps. 201 pgs. Photo.
    		25.  US$: 17.50

  25. (Salt Lake City). Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Pioneer Cook Book. Salt Lake City, Ut., (1961,1963). VG. Wraps. 48 pgs. Tells about the cooking of the early Utah settlers(white). Also includes some photos of the cooking tools they used. Photo.
    		26.  US$: 15.00

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    VERMONT
  26. (Brattleboro). Confections Culled From Congregationalist Candy Makers. C.P. Spencer 1900. Damp-stain on front cvr. Wraps. 7 pgs. Signed recipes. Ck 253. Contains 20 recipes for confections. Photo.
    		27.  US$: 30.00

  27. (Burlington). By Mary Pearl. Vermont Maple Recipes. Lane Press (1952). VG. PSp/wraps. 87 pgs. Pref. Illus by Edward Sanborn. Br 4268. Photo.
    		28.  US$: 17.50

  28. (Burlington). Ladies Society Of The First Congregational (Unitarian) Church. Our Cook Book. Free Pr Assoc 1898. GOOD(new endpapers). Hb. 140 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 253. Photo.
    		29.  US$: 85.00

  29. (Green Mountain). Women's Christian Temperance Union. Green Mountain White Ribbon Cook Book. Roscoe Printing House: Jericho, Vt., ca 1895. Some minor rippling of text due to water damage but clean. Wraps. 76 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 252. "Especially Adapted To Young House Keepers And Busy Women. Containing Choice Gleanings From Many Households." Contains an ad for "Grandma's Temperance Vanilla." Photo.
    		30.  US$: 85.00

  30. (Landgrove). For The Benefit Of The Community Fund. Vermont Village Cook Book. Alpha Press (1963). VG. MSp/wraps. 286 pgs. Signed recipes. Cover by Don Bolognese. Sketches of different structures in the village by Barbara Comfort. Index. Photo.
    		31.  US$: 17.50

  31. (Rutland and Burlington). Trinity Mission Of Trinity Church and Women's Service League Of St. Paul's Church. Out Of Vermont Kitchens. Franklin Watts: NY, 1939,1948. 19th ptg. VG. MSp/wraps. 400 pgs. Ads. Script/signature recipes. Photo.
    		32.  US$: 17.50

  32. (Rutland). Green Mountain Club. Text by Walter C. O'Kane. Food and Cooking on The Long Trail. 1938. VG. 12mo/wraps. 24 pgs. SOLD

  33. (St. Johnsbury). Ed by Mrs. C.H. Merrill. Cookery Craft (As Practiced In 1894 By The Women Of The South Church. Press Of C.M. Stone & Co 1894. GOOD with new spine and endpapers a little staining to text. Hb. 189+ pgs. Signed recipes. Frontis, pref. Ck 252. Photo.
    		34.  US$: 110.00

  34. (Woodstock). Woodstock Historical Society. Woodstock Cook Book: A collection of old and new recipes donated by members of The Woodstock Hist Soc and their friends. Elm Tree Press 1946. Clean water damaged reading copy/chipped dj. Hb. 118 pgs. Pref. Illus by Alice Standish Buell. Index. Chapter called "Recipes from the Old Barker Hotel Cook Book." Miss Ann Batchelder contributed some recipes. Photo.
    		35.  US$: 45.00

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    VIRGINIA
  35. (Abingdon). St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Guild Cook Book. 1923. GOOD. Wraps. 123 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		36.  US$: 45.00

  36. (Crewe). Dorcas Society, Indian Oak Chapel. Choice Recipes of Southern Cookery. ca 1910. Text complete, paper cvr heavily chipped at fold. Wraps. 302 pgs. Ads. Contains errata slip. Signed "With the Compliments of the Compiler and the Printer." Br 4370, Ck 269. Photo.
    		37.  US$: 65.00

  37. (Franconia). Woman's Auxiliary of Olivet Episcopal Church. Virginia Cookery- Past and Present; Including A Manuscript Cook Book of The Lee and Washington Families. (1957). Second ptg. VG w/light soiling to top edge. PSp/wraps. 449 pgs. Signed recipes. Index. Br 4312. Photo.
    		38.  US$: 17.50

  38. (General). Ladies of Virginia. Selected (100) Recipes For Cakes, Biscuits, Muffins, &c. Rumford Chemical Works ca 1890. VG. 12mo/wraps. 36 pgs. Signed recipes. Photo.
    		39.  US$: 75.00

  39. (Petersburg). Ladies' Auxiliary Of The Y.M.C.A. Old Virginia Cook Book Of 600 Tested And Proved Recipes- Furnished By- Noted Virginia Housewives. Fenn & Owen ca 1894. Nicely Rebound with orig covers laid over new binding. Hb. 206 pgs. Ads. Pref, index. Ck 259. SOLD

  40. (Richmond). Virginia's Autumn Pilgrimage. Receipts from Virginia's Famous Tidewater. ca 1940. GOOD. Wraps. 24 pgs. SOLD

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    WASHINGTON
  41. (General). Washington Equal Suffrage Assocation. Washington Women's Cook Book (Votes For Women/Good Things To Eat). (1908). VG. Hb. 256 pgs. Pref. Signed recipes. Index. Br 4321, Ck 263. SOLD

  42. (Quinault). Quinault Community Circle. Quinault Community Cook Book: Lake Quinault Kitchen Treasures; Containing Favorite Tried And True Recipes. 1949. VG(sm tear to rear cover). PSp/wraps. 230 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Lake Quinalt is hidden among the Olympic Mountains. Recipes were donated by residents of Quinalt, Amanda Park, Neilton, Humptulips and surrounding communities. Photo.
    		43.  US$: 25.00

    281. A.Y.P.E. Souvenir Cook Book for 1909

  43. (Seattle). A.Y.P.E. [Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition] Souvenir Cook Book for 1909. Seattle Eng. Co 1909. VG. Hb. 130 pgs. Ads. Ck 263. Contains photos of various buildings of the A.Y.P.E. Photo.
    		44.  US$: 225.00

    282. Seafair Cook Book

  44. (Seattle). Women of Saint Andrew's By-The-Lake Episcopal Church. Seafair Cook Book: Favorite Recipes Gleaned From 100 Years Of Cookery In The Pacific Northwest. (1951). VG. PSp/wraps. 383+ pgs. Signed recipes. Photographic chapter dividers (panoramaic city scenes), index. Photo.
    		45.  US$: 25.00

  45. (Seattle). Women's University Club. Treasured Recipes From Seattle. 1940s. VG. PSp/wraps. 400 pgs. Illus by Roberta Frye. Signature/script recipes. Photo.
    		46.  US$: 20.00

  46. (Seattle). Women's Guild Of St. Mark's Church. Clever Cooking. Metropolitan Ptg & Bndg Co 1896. GOOD. Oilcloth bndg. 335 pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Index. Br 4316, Ck 262. The second chronological entry for Washington in Cook. Photo.
    		47.  US$: 225.00

  47. (Seattle). North Queen Anne Guild of The Children's Orthopedic Hospital. Favorite Recipes. Pigott Printing Company 1926. Second edn. GOOD. Wraps. 96+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Frigidaire promo bklt bound in. Photo.
    		48.  US$: 45.00

  48. (Seattle). Ladies' Auxiliary To Temple De Hirsch. Comp by Mrs. Sigismund Aronson and Mrs. William Gottstein. One Thousand Favorite Recipes. Merchants Printing Co 1908. GOOD. Hb. 194+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 263.
    49. SOLD

  49. (Tacoma). Ladies of the First Lutheran Church. Tested Recipes. ca 1940s. GOOD(pgs browning). Ringbound wrps. 136 pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Br 4342. Photo.
    		50.  US$: 30.00

  50. (Walla Walla). Home Economics Club under the direction of Daisy B. Schluntz. "Stirring Passages" A Cookbook: Healthful Cooking Make Easy, 560 Tested Recipes. Pacific Press: Moutain View, Calif., (1940,1941). Fourth Edn. VG. PSp/wraps. 122 pgs. Fwd. Signed recipes. Index. Daisy B. Schluntz was the Assistant Professor and Director of the Dept. of Home Economics. Contains vegetarian recipes. Photo.
    		51.  US$: 17.50

  51. (Walla Walla). Published Toward The Erection Of A Girl's School At Walla Walla. Choice Receipts Selected From The Best Manuscript Authorities. Case, Lockwood & Brainard: Hartford, Ct., (1873). VG w/new endpapers. Hb. 68 pgs. Br 255, Ck 262. According to Cook, the first charity cook book published in Washington. Photo.
    		52.  US$: 450.00

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    WEST VIRGINIA
  52. (Charleston). Charleston Cook Book. Tribune Printing Co ca 1911. GOOD. Hb. 261 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 265. US$: 110.00 WEST VIRGINIA (Parkersburg). Woman's Club. Club House Cook Book. Ohio Valley Pub Co (1915). VG. Hb/oilcloth. 301+ pgs. Ads. Pref. Signed recipes. Ck 265. SOLD

  53. (Parkersburg). Woman's Club. Club House Cook Book. Ohio Valley Pub Co (1915). VG. Hb/oilcloth. 301+ pgs. Advertising used as a border between the recipe text and the blank page margins. Pref. Signed recipes. Mrs. Fergus O'Connor contributed a recipe for "Chicken Princess (Waldorf Astoria)." Ck 265. Photo.
    		54.  US$: 60.00

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    WISCONSIN
  54. (Fond Du Lac). Fond du Lac Relief Society, Home for the Friendless. Fountain City Cook Book: A Collection Of Reliable Recipes From Experienced Housekeepers. Haber & Swift, Cnty Ptg Ofc [1881]. Tired but complete copy with original covers. Wraps. 232 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 266. 1881 was the first year a charity cook book was published in the state of Wisconsin according to Cook. Photo.
    		55.  US$: 440.00

  55. (Green Bay). Women's Society of Union Congregational Church. Greater Green Bay Cook Book. 1909. [Third edn]. GOOD. Hb. 180 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Ck 270. Photo.
    		56.  US$: 45.00

  56. (Kohler). Kohler Woman's Club. Our Favorite Jams, Jellies, Pickles & Such. January 1936. Second edn. GOOD. Wraps. 126 pgs. Ck 270. Photo.
    		57.  US$: 25.00

  57. (Lake Geneva). Ladies of the Congregational Church. A Cook Book Of 450 Original Receipts. 1911. VG light soil to cvr. Hb. 179+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 270. Photo.
    		58.  US$: 95.00

  58. (Milwaukee). Ladies Of Kingsley Methodist Church. Milwaukee Cook Book. Houtkamp Printing Co 1907. GOOD(some pencil notes). Hb. 302 pgs. Ads. Photos of Milwaukee sights (including the Public Library and City Hall, etc). Index. Br 4370, Ck 269. Photo.
    		59.  US$: 60.00

  59. (Oshkosh). Ladies of the Charity Circle. King's Daughters Cook Book. W.M. Castle, Printer 1891. GOOD(new endpapers). Hb. 304 pgs. Pref. Ads. Signed recipes. Br 4357, Ck 266. Photo.
    		60.  US$: 165.00

  60. (Tomah). Members Of The Woman's Civic Improvement Club. Tomah Cook Book. Monitor Herald 1922. Third edn. Rebacked w/new endpapers, pictorial bndg. Hb. 214. Photo.
    		61.  US$: 75.00

  61. (Waukesha). Willing Workers Circle Congregational Church. Recipes. Freeman Printing Co 1925. GOOD. Wraps. 107 pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Index. Ad for Waukesha Guernsey Dairy says "There Is No Way on Earth of Getting Dirt Out of Milk Equal to Keeping it Out."..."cows are cleaned and udders are washed before each milking." Photo.
    		62.  US$: 60.00

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    WYOMING
  62. (Sheridan). Ladies of The Sheridan Art Club. Sheridan Art Club Cook Book. Sheridan Post Co ca 1909. GOOD. Oilcloth wraps. 75+ pgs. Ads. Signed recipes. Ck 273.
    63. SOLD

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