[Guelph Stove Co. Ltd.] — Better Cooking; Acme Ranges

Guelph, Ontario, Canada The Guelph Stove Co. Limited First Edition, First Printing pp. 1-4, 4A-4B, 5-34. Octavo [23.0 × 16.0 cm]. Textured black card covers bound by a cord through three punched holes with gilt rules and lettering to the front cover. This first and only edition of this early Canadian culinary title as issued by the Guelph Stove Co. (incorporated in 1904) presumably to accompany the purchase of one of their stove ranges. Sections include: Instructions for Care and Use of Electric Ranges; Meats; Whole Meal Cooking in the Oven; Meat Recipes; Fish; This Is What It Means [i.e., glossary of cooking terms]; Pastry; Small Cakes; Cakes; Icings; Desserts; Tea Biscuits; Rolls; Oven Canning; Canned Fruits and Vegetables; Beverages. Exceptionally well-preserved: entirely without blemish with bright, clean and unmarked contents; about fine. Related ephemera laid-in. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. ¶ References: Driver O693.1 (p.706). See also OCLC #46522545 which locates four Canadian institutional holdings at time of cataloguing (LAC/BAC, McGill, Guelph, and Fisher).