Historic New England

American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making puff-pastes, pies, tarts, puddings, custards and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life /by Amelia Simmons ; with an introduction by Karen Hess.

xv, 70 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: c1996.

Creators: Simmons, Amelia.

GUSN: 260073

Call Number: Coll. TX703.S5 1996

Keeping hearth and home in old Massachusetts :a practical primer for daily living /compiled and edited by Carol Padgett.

x, 229 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Padgett, Carol, 1944-

GUSN: 260074

Call Number: Coll. TX15.K43 2001 c. 1 (and 1 more)

The I hate to cook book.Drawings by Hilary Knight.

176 p. illus. 21 cm.

Date: 1960.

Creators: Bracken, Peg.

GUSN: 260075

Call Number: Coll. TX740.B63 1960

Flavors of Cape Cod :a gathering of new and favorite old Cape Cod recipes including Indian pudding, sea clam pie, baked beans, potato bargain and numerous other taste-tempting treats presented with historical facts and old photographs.

208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Thornton W. Burgess Society.

GUSN: 260076

Call Number: Coll. TX715.F52x 1987

The State of Maine cook book /[issued by the Democratic Women of Maine ; compiled by Jane Armstrong Tucker]

126 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: [2009].

Creators: Tucker, Jane Armstrong. Democratic Women of Maine.

GUSN: 260077

Call Number: Coll. TX715.S828 2009

Mastering the art of French cooking /by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck ; [illustrations by Sidonie Coryn].

xv, 726 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1961.

Creators: Child, Julia. Beck, Simone, 1904-1991. Bertholle, Louisette.

GUSN: 260078

Call Number: Coll. TX719.C454 1961

The original Boston Cooking-School cook book, 1896.

xxx, 567 p. illus. 25 cm.

Date: [1973? c1896]

Creators: Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915.

GUSN: 260079

Call Number: Coll. TX715.F2249 1896a

Joy of cooking /by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker ; illustrated by Laura Hartman Maestro.

xiv, 1136 p. : ill. ; 25 cm., Since its original publication, Joy of Cooking has been the most authoritative cookbook in America - the one upon which millions of cooks have confidently relied for more than sixty-five years. This, the first revision in more than twenty years, is better than ever. Her...

Date: c1997.

Creators: Rombauer, Irma von Starkloff, 1877-1962. Becker, Marion Rombauer. Becker, Ethan, 1945- Guarnaschelli, Maria.

GUSN: 260080

Call Number: Coll. TX715.R75 1997

The Time-Life American regional cookbook /by the editors of Time-Life Books.

528 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Date: c1978.

Creators: Time-Life Books.

GUSN: 260081

Call Number: Coll. TX715.T586 1978

Banned in Boston :the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil /Neil Miller.

xi, 209 p. ; 24 cm., In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America, forever linked with the infamous catchphrase "Banned in Boston."

Date: c2010.

Creators: Miller, Neil, 1945-

GUSN: 260082

Call Number: Stacks HV6795.B7 M55 2010

The Mary Frances cook book :or, Adventures among the kitchen people /by Jane Eayre Fryer ; full page illustrations by Margaret G. Hays, other illustrations by Jane Allen Boyer.

175 p. : illus. (part col.) ; 24 cm.

Date: [1912]

Creators: Fryer, Jane Eayre, 1876-

GUSN: 260083

Call Number: Coll. TX652.5.F85 1912

Perennial garden plants, or, The modern florilegium :a concise account of herbaceous plants, including bulbs, for general garden use /written and illustrated by Graham Stuart Thomas.

xvi, 388 p., [56] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Thomas, Graham Stuart.

GUSN: 265362

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB434.T48 1982

A place in the country /John Brookes.

240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1984.

Creators: Brookes, John, 1933-

GUSN: 265363

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.B729 1984

Gazebos and other garden structure designs /[authors, Janet A. Strombeck, Richard H. Strombeck ; illustrated by Marlene Ekman, Robert Petersen].

96 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1983.

Creators: Strombeck, Janet. Strombeck, Richard.

GUSN: 265364

Call Number: Hav. Archives NA8450.S85 1983

The lattice gardener /William C. Mulligan ; foreword by Rosemary Verey.

192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.

Date: c1995.

Creators: Mulligan, William C., 1942-

GUSN: 265365

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.5 M84 1995

Private landscapes :creating form, vistas, and mystery in the garden /by Caroline Seebohm and Christopher Simon Sykes ; design by Laurence Vétu-Kane ; garden plans by Perry Guillot.

251 : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Seebohm, Caroline. Sykes, Christopher Simon, 1948-

GUSN: 265366

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.S46 1989

The small garden in the city.

136 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.

Date: [1974, c1973].

Creators: Garland, Madge, 1896-1990.

GUSN: 265367

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.G29 1974

America's great private gardens.

218 p. illus. (part col.) map. 32 cm.

Date: [1967]

Creators: Schuler, Stanley.

GUSN: 265368

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.U6 S34 1967

The House beautiful book of gardens and outdoor living,by Joseph E. Howland.

376 p. illus. (part col.) 34 cm.

Date: [1958]

Creators: Howland, Joseph E.

GUSN: 265369

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.U6 H6 1958

Versailles, palais, musée, jardins.

1 v. (unpaged) plates, ports., plans. 27 cm.

Date: [1852?]

Creators: France. Bureau des Galeries Historiques.

GUSN: 265370

Call Number: Hav. Archives DC801.V56 V46 185X

Les châteaux de l'Île de France.With a pref. by Wladimir d'Ormesson. [Planned and produced under the general direction of Pierre Levallois and Gaston d'Angelis. Edited by Claude Fregnac.

321 p. illus. (part col.), map (on lining papers) 32 cm.

Date: [c1965]

Creators: Levallois, Pierre. Angélis, Gaston d'. Fregnac, Claude, ed.

GUSN: 265371

Call Number: Hav. Archives NA7735.M39613 1965

From folly to follies :discovering the world of gardens /pictures and text by Michel Saudan and Sylvia Saudan-Skira ; introduction by François Crouzet.

ix, 237 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 35 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Saudan, Michel, 1930- Saudan-Skira, Sylvia.

GUSN: 265372

Call Number: Hav. Archives NA8460.S2813 1988

Garden ornament :five hundred years of nature, art, and artifice /George Plumptre ; with special contributions by Jamie Garnock and James Rylands ; photographs by Hugh Palmer.

256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1990, c1989.

Creators: Plumptre, George.

GUSN: 265373

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.5.P57 1990

Color for your winter yard & garden, with flowers, berries, birds, and trees /Helen Van Pelt Wilson.

xvi, 175 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1978.

Creators: Wilson, Helen Van Pelt, 1901-2003.

GUSN: 265374

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB439.5.W54 1978

An encyclopaedia of gardening :comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape gardening : including all the latest improvements, a general history of gardening in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state : with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles /by J.C. Loudon ; illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston.

xl, 1278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1878.

Creators: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858.

GUSN: 265375

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB450.97.L68 1878

Garden colour:Spring, by Mrs. C.W. Earle; Summer, by E.V.B.; Autumn, by Rose Kingsley; Winter, by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs; etc., etc.Notes & water color sketches by Margaret Waterfield.

195 p. illus. 27 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Waterfield, Margaret H., ed. Earle, Maria Theresa. Boyle, Eleanor Vere Gordon, 1825-1916. Kingsley, Rose Georgina, 1845- Gibbs, Vicary, 1853-1932. Powell, W. Richmond. Crofton, Helen, Mrs. Mount, George.

GUSN: 265376

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB454.W25 1905

The English garden :a poem /William Mason.

ix, 243 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Mason, William, 1725-1797.

GUSN: 265377

Call Number: Hav. Archives PR3548.M2 A68 1982

A plan of Mr. Pope's garden /John Serle. Gardens at Richmond, Kew, and environs, ca. 1730-1760.

131 p. in various pagings, [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Serle, John.

GUSN: 265378

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.G75 L66 1982

The garden of to-day,by H. Avray Tipping.

287, [1] p. front., plates. 21 cm.

Date: 1933.

Creators: Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933.

GUSN: 265379

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB453.T55 1933

Garden design in theory and practice.

xv, 272 p. ill. (some col.) plans. 23 cm.

Date: 1911.

Creators: Agar, Madeline.

GUSN: 265380

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB454.A45 1911

Rock gardens and alpine plants :including water, bog, and moraine gardens /T.W. Sanders.

196 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: [192-?]

Creators: Sanders, T. W. (Thomas William), 1855-1926.

GUSN: 265381

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB421.S26 192X

A book of English gardens,written by M.R. Gloag, illustrated by Katharine Montagu Wyatt.

3 p. l., ix-xii, 340 p. 24 col. pl. (incl. front.) 23 cm.

Date: [1906]

Creators: Gloag, M. R. Wyatt, Katharine Montagu, ill.

GUSN: 265382

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB466.G7 G6 1906

The theory and practice of gardening[by A.J. Dezaillier d'Argenville; translated from the French by] John James.

[16], 220 p., 32 plates (26 fold.) illus. 24 cm.

Date: 1969.

Creators: Dézallier d'Argenville, A.-J. (Antoine-Joseph), 1680-1765. James, John, d. 1746.

GUSN: 265383

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB461.D42 1712

The formal garden in England,by Reginald Blomfield ... with illustrations by F. Inigo Thomas ...

xvi, 250 p. illus. 20 cm.

Date: 1901.

Creators: Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942.

GUSN: 265384

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB451.B56 1901

Plants that merit attention /the Garden Club of America ; Janet Meakin Poor, editor ; Nancy P. Brewster, photographic editor.

v. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm., Photographs and text highlight the landscaping of trees and shrubs.

Date: c1984 (1994 printing)-<c1996>

Creators: Poor, Janet Meakin. Brewster, Nancy P. Garden Club of America.

GUSN: 265385

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB435.P6 1994 v. 2 (and 1 more)

The garden book /John Brookes ; [American editor, Marjorie J. Dietz].

287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm., In memory of Dudley L. Adair given by John and Pam Kowalski.

Date: 1984.

Creators: Brookes, John, 1933- Dietz, Marjorie J.

GUSN: 265386

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB473.B725 1984

The small garden /John Brookes.

256 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: 1977.

Creators: Brookes, John, 1933-

GUSN: 265387

Call Number: Hav. Archives SB453.B76 1977

Game Box with Dominoes

Rectangular game box with sliding cover containing hand-made dominoes of pine, incised and wood-burned on one side only; joints held with tiny nails; interior unfinished.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2230

Accession Number: 1991.239

Miniature Blanket Chest Box

Box in the form of a miniature blanket chest. Pine, painted red with black-green trimming. Rectangular removable molded top above deep, plain sides with incised lines at top and bottom. Rests on carved bracket feet. Tiny wooden pegs running down back and front.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), incising, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2231

Accession Number: 1991.240

Tea Caddy

Two-piece, pear-shaped, wood painted black, interior painted dark red; cover includes detailed stem end.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2232

Accession Number: 1991.242

Decorating Stamp

Intricately carved feather pattern (paisley), edged with tiny leaf-like design, on roughly cut base; two-piece handle attached by two nails.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2233

Accession Number: 1991.243

Jewelry Box

Rectangular, wooden, covered with an overlay of beige/gold/brown straw resembling marquetry: outside and inside lid have architectural scenes, interior compartments have Adam-esque floral and fan designs; mirror on reverse of center panel; red ribbon attached as hinges.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: overlays, straw (plant material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2234

Accession Number: 1991.244

Niddy Noddy

Hand carved and decorated pine; ends tennoned and tacked.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2235

Accession Number: 1991.245

Tray

Square, maple, with carved openwork in reticulated basketweave pattern, its incised pattern evident at corners; sides joined with small nails/tacks and glue.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: Attributed to Dunlap, Samuel (II), 1751-1830 (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood), reticulation

GUSN: 2236

Accession Number: 1991.246

Button Mold

Three-part flat bottomed mold of cast brass with cut-outs for four buttons.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: Miller, Joseph (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), riveting

GUSN: 2237

Accession Number: 1991.247

Whaling Logbook Stamp

Carved wood (probably pine) stamp with wide flat handle above rectangular base; carved with figure of a whale (square-headed) with space for tonnage mark (see accession folder for sketch).

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2238

Accession Number: 1991.248.1

Miniature Mirror

Miniature square knife-carved pine mirror with top ornament, with incised X on back.

Date: 1760-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2239

Accession Number: 1991.249

Padlock & Key

Large, iron, held together with rivets, with moveable lock cover and key.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: Blew (Maker)

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 2240

Accession Number: 1991.250AB

Whale Oil Lamp

Acorn-shaped reservoir on baluster-shaped standard and stepped round base; whale oil burners.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: Putnam, J. H. (Maker)

Material: casting (process), pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy

GUSN: 2241

Accession Number: 1991.251.1

Whale Oil Lamp

Acorn-shaped reservoir on baluster-shaped standard and stepped round base; whale oil burner.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: Putnam, J. H. (Maker)

Material: casting (process), pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy

GUSN: 2242

Accession Number: 1991.251.2

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