Portland pseud (3 risultati)

Tall 8vo. 32 pp. Photo-illust. title, illust. upper borders throughout. Colour-illust. softcovers, photo on rear of mill w/ bread trucks parked at loading dock (minor shelfwear, very minor soiling), still VG- copy, stapled as issued. First edition of this early product cook book using Crown flour, known for its purity and quality. This catalogue for Crown Mills was issued just prior to the U.S. entering World War I at the end of the Progressive Era and following passage of a number of food purity and adulteration acts passed, including the original Food and Drugs Act signed into law in June, 1906 which prohibited the interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks, and drugs, as well as regulations against colouring foods. Many of the most successful and largest flour milling operations in the US assembled and distributed sample cases such as these to demonstrate the purity of their products, and that they carefully prepared edible products for consumers. Humphreys (1882-1941) appears to have been a partial pseudonym for Lucy L. Humphreys, using her sister-in-law Lois A. Humphreys initials, and was a longtime educator and administrator at the Woodstock School in Portland, and advocate of improving food and nutrition for her students and their families. See: George Kramer, Crown Mills (Centennial Mills), Historic American Engineering Record, HAER OR-184 (2016), p. 17. …

Leatherbound. Condizione: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 492. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1894 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 492.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1894 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 493 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 493.…