Mid-Century Home Canning & Preservation Bundle (5) — Sunset Home Canning (1975), Ball Blue Book (1969), USDA Guides | Cookbooks & Culinary History
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A practical, display-worthy set for anyone who loves pantry projects and vintage kitchen know-how. This home canning & food preservation bundle brings together the classic Ball Blue Book (Edition 28, 1969), Sunset’s Home Canning (1975 first printing), and three cooperative extension/USDA booklets on freezing and vegetables—plus a well-used USDA Family Fare guide with the kind of penciled notes collectors prize. Photo-verified with honest condition notes below.
Bundle Overview
- Theme: Home canning, freezing, vegetables, family meal management
- Included: 5 vintage booklets (English)
- Era: 1960s–1970s
- GENRE: Cookbooks & Culinary History; Food Preservation
- Why this bundle: Pairs the two pillars (Ball + Sunset) with period government guides for technique, safety, and everyday recipes.
Quick Specs
- Item Type: Vintage book/pamphlet bundle
- Largest Size: Home Canning (Sunset), approx. 11 × 8 in, 96 pp; noticeable cover wear
- GENRE: Cookbooks & Culinary History; Home Canning & Preserving
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Other Sizes/Pages:
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Ball Blue Book, Edition 28 (1969), 9 × 6 in, 100 pp
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Home Freezing of Fruits and Vegetables (USDA, May 1965 Revised), 9 × 6 in, 48 pp, original 20¢ price noted
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Vegetables (Michigan State University Cooperative Extension), 9 × 6 in, 26 pp
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Family Fare: Food Management & Recipes (U.S. Department of Agriculture), 9 × 6 in, 96 pp; handwritten recipes/notes on rear and interior stains
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- Edition & Features
- Sunset Home Canning — First Printing March 1975 (Lane Publishing, Menlo Park, CA)
- Ball Blue Book — Edition 28, copyright 1969 (Ball Brothers Co., Muncie, IN)
- USDA/MSU bulletins as issued
Illustrations/Extras: Period charts, step-by-step photos (jelly section), vegetable prep charts, freezing tables; collector-loved marginal recipe notes in Family Fare.
Condition Overall Grade: Good (set)
Highlights: Complete set; clean interiors overall; bindings sound; terrific mid-century kitchen graphics; practical reference value.
Noted Flaws: General edge/corner wear to wraps; Sunset Home Canning shows heavier cover/edge wear; Family Fare with stains/handling wear and handwritten recipes/notations on back; typical age toning; light waviness/handling to the thinner pamphlets.
See all photos; sold as pictured.
This five-piece set includes the 1969 Ball Blue Book, Edition 28, and the March 1975 first printing of Sunset's Home Canning, and it suits a home canner's or kitchen history shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
Every item is honestly described and carefully packed. These are vintage pieces, so light age-related wear comes with them. I show and describe what I see so you know what to expect.
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