Vintage Cookbook Bundle of 6, Lutheran Club 1925, Mandarin Chop Suey 1928, Rumford and Borden Booklets

Six community and brand recipe books in one lot. Selected Recipes was compiled by the St. James Church Service League of St. James Episcopal Church in Grosse Ile, Michigan, and the Lutheran Club Cook Book was compiled by Miss Anna Witt of Saginaw, Michigan, with 1925 printed on its title page.

The Mandarin Chop Suey Cook Book comes from The Pacific Trading Company of Chicago, dated 1928 and priced at one dollar on its cover. The Rumford Complete Cookbook is the Revised edition in small red cloth, with the name Russell written in large dark ink across the front cover.

The last two are brand booklets, an Igleheart Brothers baking booklet from Evansville, Indiana, with recipes tested in the Swans Down Kitchen by Mary Ellis Ames, and the Borden Create a Circus Spectacular Recipe Book in full color.

Details

• Item: Six vintage cookbooks and recipe booklets
• Title: Selected Recipes; Lutheran Club Cook Book; Mandarin Chop Suey Cook Book; The Rumford Complete Cookbook; Igleheart Brothers booklet; Create a Circus Spectacular Recipe Book
• Author: St. James Church Service League; Miss Anna Witt; Mary Ellis Ames for the Igleheart recipes
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: St. James Episcopal Church, Grosse Ile, Michigan; the Lutheran Club, Saginaw, Michigan; The Pacific Trading Company, Chicago; Rumford; Igleheart Brothers, Inc., Evansville, Indiana; Borden
• Publication Year: 1925 and 1928; the Rumford, Igleheart, Borden, and St. James dates are not confirmed from photos
• Edition and Printing: The Rumford book is the Revised edition; the other printings are not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: One hardcover and five stapled or bound paper booklets
• Dust Jacket: None
• Genre: Community cookery, brand recipes, and regional cooking
• Language: English
• ISBN: None, printed before ISBN use
• Dimensions: About 9 x 6 inches; the booklets vary in size

Positives

• Graded Fair: All six pieces are complete, with their covers and their recipe pages.
• The Lutheran Club title page prints 1925 with Anna Witt's name and Saginaw, Michigan.
• The Mandarin Chop Suey book keeps its 1928 date and its one dollar cover price.
• The Borden circus booklet is the cleanest of the six, with full color pages.
• Six pieces cover church suppers, Chinese cooking, and brand baking in one lot.

Issues / Wear

• The Lutheran Club cover is heavily stained and creased, with tape repairs along the spine, a piece of black tape at the top left corner, and a large chip at a corner.
• The Rumford spine is faded and frayed, and the front cover carries the name Russell in large dark ink.
• The Mandarin Chop Suey cover is wrinkled and creased, with chipping along the spine edge.
• The Igleheart booklet has staining and paper loss at the bottom left and foxing across the cover.
• The St. James book is oversized, with heavy foxing across its tan cover.

If you collect community cookbooks, this lot carries a 1925 Saginaw church book and a 1928 Mandarin Chop Suey book beside four more kitchen pieces. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

Condition Grade: Fair