Small 8vo. , 66pp., original green publisher s cloth with gilt title to front board. Light rubbing to top and tail of spine, boards and corners and occasional foxing to pages 52-56. Contains a selection of recipes for soups, fish and meat, puddings, cakes, preserves, pickles and punches, including Bird s Nest Pudding, Matrimony, Chow Chow, Oyster Paté, Green Corn Pudding and Mint Julep. Printed as a fundraiser for the Christ Church Fair, Hartford, Connecticut. Subsequent printings of the book state that this first edition sold out so fast that demand far exceeded supply.