Four nineteenth century American cookbooks.
* Sanderson, J.M. The Complete Cook: Plain and Practical Directions for Cooking and Housekeeping.
* Mrs. Putnam. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book; and Young Housekeeper's Assistant. Brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. (Very good). Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850.
* Mrs. Bliss. The Practical Cook Book; containing upwards of One Thousand Receipts. Cloth, gilt-lettered spine. (Good). Philadelphia: E. Claxton & Co., 1882.
* Ladies of the M.W.C.T.U. Utile Dulci. Massachussetts Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Cuisine: A Compilation of Valuable Recipes Known to be Reliable, together with reports, constitution, by-laws, etc. Profusely illus. with ads from Boston businesses, incl. temperance coffee rooms, temperance books, etc. Filled with not just recipes, but minutes of meetings and cures for all sorts of ailments. First Edition. (Fraying to spine ends, rubbing to corners and extremities; hinges starting, else about very good; scarce). Boston: E.B. Stillings, 1878.