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("Wholesale Confectioners Supplies We handle and manufacture everything the candy maker uses. Machinery and tools of all kinds. Food supplies of every description." -from the Bruce & West advertisement on p. [1]). 5 3/8 in. x 8 in., pictorial ad for the Bruce & West Co., title-page (with 1906 date added in blue ink), preface, contents, etc. pp. [1]-56 + [8]pp. of (unused), blank memoranda pages for notes. Tan cloth with gilt-stamped title on front cover, and blindstamped decorations of parallel lines & stars on front cover. Covers show fading, dusting & some brown-staining; pages show age-related tanning and some scattered staining to a few pages. From the personal working library of a Cleveland, Ohio confectioner & ice cream maker. Very scarce item, this was a manual for confectioners to use in their own manufacturing, and not many copies have survived use in the shop. Lists degrees of boiling and candy recipes for large quantites. Partial recipe contents: Cheap M. M. Drops, Cut Moonshine, Penny Moonshine for Chocolate Dipping, Licorice Wafers, Salimes, Turkish Nougat, Genesee Squares, Japanese Jellies, Scotch Kisses, Alligretti Creams, St. Nicholas Sticks, Cocoanut Brittle, Pignolia Nut Chips, Solferino Taffy, Ice Cream Candy, Tutti Frutti, Candy Fruit Cake, Hore Hound Sticks, Pop Corn Fritters, and many others, plus various flavored creams including: ginger, pistachio, and violet. Seller Inventory # ABE-581657728
Title: The Up-To-Date Candy Maker. Comprising ...
Publisher: The Bruce & West Mfg. Co. J. M. Shull, Mgr. Cleveland, Ohio (Copyright 1906). The O. s. Hubbell Printing Co., Cleveland
Publication Date: 1906
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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