The Palmer: Menu
Published by Chicago: Palmer House, 1885. Lith. by Crump Label Co., Chicago
- Used
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.James Arsenault & Company, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since December 7, 2016
Condition: Used
US$ 195.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Chromolithographic menu, 18 x 14 cm, folding to 14 x 9 cm, with fancy pictorial color border surrounding menu. A delightful chromolithographic menu for "The Palmer House" in Chicago., detailing a Sunday Five O’ Clock meal for May 10, 1885, with such choices as Little Neck Clams, Green Turtle Soup, Halibut au Gratin, Corned Beef and Cabbage, Roast Beef, Calf’s Head en Tortue, Salmi of Wild Duck, Sweetbreads with Mushrooms, Sorbet au Kirsch, Broiled Teal Duck, Fresh Lobster, vegetables; then desserts such as Birdsnest Pudding, Pieplant Pie, Tutti Frutti Ice Cream; concluding with cheese, fruit and beverages. The back panel contains a medley of illus., one a pond-side scene where a naked child in a sun bonnet is fishing, another depicts the Palmer House building, yet another advertises "American European Plans, 850 Rooms." A fine piece of Chicago culinary history. CONDITION: Very good, light wear at extremities.
Seller Inventory # 5445
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Palmer: Menu
- Author
- Willis Howe, managing partner
- Publisher
- Chicago: Palmer House, 1885. Lith. by Crump Label Co., Chicago
James Arsenault & Company, ABAA
Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 9.25 | US$ 19.00 |
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Store description
James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock includes fine and rare books in a variety of fields, including Americana & Early American Imprints, Trade Catalogs, Book Arts & Printing History, Early Photography, Plate Books, Literary First Editions, and Signed & Inscribed Books, as well as Autographs & Manuscripts, Maps, Prints, Photographs and Ephemera. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and have exhibited for many years at numerous antiquarian book fairs in the northeast and in California.…
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Americana & Early American Imprints, African Americana, literature, maps, prints, photographs, ephemeraAssociation member
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James Arsenault & Company, ABAA
ME, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
All items are guaranteed to be as described and are returnable within thirty days with prior notice. All items will be securely packaged and shipped via USPS or UPS unless the buyer requests otherwise. Overseas buyers should specify their shipping service preference. All items are subject to prior sale. Remittance with order. Libraries invoiced upon request. Residents of Maine must pay sales tax.
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