Title: The Great Rock Island Cook Book: Comprising a carefully compiled selection of the most useful recipes and other valuable information in the culinary art... Author: Spencer, Edgar L. Place: Chicago Publisher: The J.M.W. Jones Stationery and Printing Company Date: 1883 Description: iv, [2], 118, [3] pp. Interspersed with full-page advertisements. 21x13.5 cm (8¼x5¼"), color pictorial wrappers. Rare cookbook "Dedicated to the women of America, by the General ticket and passenger department of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway." The illustration on the rear wrapper is a captivating depiction of a dinner table, with the food and dishes laid out as cities and stations on the railway route. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy, at the University of Iowa; there was a slighty variant issue, with a few more pages, and the copyright notice dated 1884, of which three copies are listed. Lot Amendments Condition: Just a touch of wear, near fine. Item number: 286083
Title: The Great Rock Island Cook Book: Comprising a carefully compiled selection of the most useful recipes and other valuable information in the culinary art... Author: Spencer, Edgar L. Place: Chicago Publisher: The J.M.W. Jones Stationery and Printing Company Date: 1883 Description: iv, [2], 118, [3] pp. Interspersed with full-page advertisements. 21x13.5 cm (8¼x5¼"), color pictorial wrappers. Rare cookbook "Dedicated to the women of America, by the General ticket and passenger department of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway." The illustration on the rear wrapper is a captivating depiction of a dinner table, with the food and dishes laid out as cities and stations on the railway route. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy, at the University of Iowa; there was a slighty variant issue, with a few more pages, and the copyright notice dated 1884, of which three copies are listed. Lot Amendments Condition: Just a touch of wear, near fine. Item number: 286083
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