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Agate Iron Ware Cook Book by Agate Iron Ware - Circa 1890

by Agate Iron Ware

Agate Iron Ware Cook Book by Agate Iron Ware - Circa 1890

Agate Iron Ware Cook Book

by Agate Iron Ware

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  • Paperback
Agate Iron Ware Cook Book. New York: Lithography Donaldson Brothers, [ca.,1890]. 11.2 cm x 7.2 cm, color lithographed paper wrapper, with the sales slogan, "Agate Iron Ware Stands the Racket," on the front cover and "Boo Hoo, Hoo! I Want My Food Cooked In Agate Iron Ware" on the back cover. Both covers feature children making merry with the celebrated enameled iron ware, with the company trademark on the back cover. Stamped with a distributor's stamp on the back cover: Wm. Forbes & Sons, Lawrence, Mass. 36 pages, unpaginated. An introduction explains that the menus given are intended as representative for each of the four seasons, for a week, starting with breakfast on Sunday, giving instructions for preparing the meal. A prefatory excerpt from an editorial on Agate Iron Ware by Marion Harland extols the benefits of using and the ease of maintaining this cookware. Pristine condition
  • Seller G.Gosen Rare Books & Old Paper, ABAA, ILAB US (US)
  • Illustrator Donaldson Brothers
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Donaldson Brothers
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published Circa 1890
  • Keywords Product Advertising, Cook Book, Iron Ware, Enamel Weare
  • Size 11.2 cm x 7.2 cm
The Agate Cook Book [title from cover]
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The Agate Cook Book [title from cover]

by [Trade catalogue - Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company (New York City)]

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[New York: Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper, Printers, 30 Beekman Street, 1885. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (15.5 x 12 cm.), [136] pages. Illustrated throughout. Title from cover. Date from page of medals received. Stated "Fourth Edition". There were at least three distinctly different works with this title, issued by the corporate author: (1890) 72 pages, with the Lalance and Grosjean Manufacturing Co name; (1891) 32 pages, an almanac, not a trade catalogue; and this one (undated) [~136 pages], a trade catalogue. Promotional, combined trade catalogue and cookbook for Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of kitchen ware. Illustrated descriptions of the wares (typically two to a page) face recipes. The recipes are decidedly Anglo-French, not American, and they lean towards more elegant fare. Illustrations include the Agate Iron Ware manufacturing plant on front wrapper verso, an assortment of medals and awards, and an image of a homemaker sitting in her kitchen… Read More
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