Home Canning and Freezing Booklet Bundle, Sunset 1975, Ball Blue Book 1966, USDA and Michigan State Guides

Five pieces on home canning and freezing, all from the 1960s and 1970s. The largest is Sunset Home Canning, a first printing from March 1975 published by Lane Publishing of Menlo Park, California, with a cover price of $2.45.

The Ball Blue Book is Edition 28, copyright 1966 by Ball Brothers Company of Muncie, Indiana, priced at 35 cents. Two USDA bulletins fill out the set: Home Freezing of Fruits and Vegetables, Home and Garden Bulletin No. 10, revised May 1965 at 20 cents, and Family Fare, Home and Garden Bulletin No. 1, with pencil notes inside.

The fifth piece is the Michigan State University Extension bulletin How to Prepare and Serve Vegetables, Bulletin 350, revised February 1963 and written by Anita Dean. Family Fare carries the most wear, with foxing and staining across its tan cover.

Details

• Item: Five vintage canning and freezing booklets
• Title: Home Canning; Family Fare; Home Freezing of Fruits and Vegetables; Blue Book; How to Prepare and Serve Vegetables
• Author: Judith A. Gaulke for the Sunset book, Anita Dean for the Michigan State bulletin, USDA staff, and Ball Brothers Company
• Illustrator: Nancy Lawton for the Sunset book; other illustrations not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Lane Publishing Co.; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Michigan State University; Ball Brothers Company
• Publication Year: 1975, 1966, 1965, and 1963
• Edition and Printing: Sunset is the First Printing, March 1975; Ball is Edition 28; the freezing bulletin is the Revised May 1965 edition; the Michigan State bulletin is Revised February 1963
• Format and Binding: One softcover book and four stapled or folded pamphlets
• Dust Jacket: None
• Genre: Home canning, freezing, and food preservation
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0-376-02211-6 on the Sunset book; none on the other pieces
• Dimensions: About 11 x 8 inches for the Sunset book; the pamphlets are smaller and vary

Positives

• Graded Good: All five pieces are complete, with their covers and all their pages.
• The Sunset book keeps its full index and its metric conversion chart.
• Four of the five pieces print a date, running from 1963 to 1975.
• The Ball Blue Book is Edition 28 with its bright blue cover and its 35 cent price.
• Pencil notes in Family Fare show the booklet was used in a working kitchen.

Issues / Wear

• The Sunset book has vertical creasing along its spine and wear at the edges of the cover.
• Family Fare shows the most age, with foxing, staining, and a tanned cover.
• The Michigan State bulletin is folded, with light toning and wear at its edges.
• The USDA freezing bulletin is toned at the edges.

If you collect canning books, this bundle sets a 1975 Sunset guide beside a 1966 Ball Blue Book and the government bulletins that went with them. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

Condition Grade: Good