The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1893. Hardcover. 7 1/2 by 5 inches; 190 by 130 mm. Hardcover, in good condition. Two previous owners' signatures in pencil, dated 1896 and 1909, on the front free endpaper; some gnawing to upper corner of rear board, and some soiling to boards, but binding strong and contents clean. 122 pages, plus 11 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Title page dated 1893; copyright is 1892, and preface is dated "Winter, 1892." Bound in green cloth with blind-stamped decoration on boards and gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Decorative pale orange endpapers. Frontispiece of the ice harvest at the Knickerbocker Ice Co. in Chicago, and 94 black-and-white illustrations in the text. Discussion of commercial and small-scale harvesting, varieties of buildings and storage spaces, transportation, and uses in refrigeration and in recipes for iced food and beverages. An uncommon Orange Judd title. Item #902
Price: $250.00