{"product_id":"op-seven-victorian-era-mrs-dewitt-owen-titles","title":"OP: Seven Victorian Era Mrs. DeWitt Owen Titles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTri-Weekly Star, Dixon, IL, ND. Paperback. Very Good.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurprisingly little is known about this entrancing series of booklets compiled between approximately 1898 and 1900. The author, who refers to herself only as Mrs. DeWitt C. Owen, was in fact named Ella \"Nellie\" Upton Leighton and was married to Dewitt Clinton Owen who owned the Dixon, Illinois \u003cem\u003eTri-Star Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper which printed the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are aware of eight booklets total—none more than 16 pages—of which we are offering seven here (the omitted title, \u003cem\u003eSick Room Necessities\u003c\/em\u003e, is the most scarce and one we’ve never handled before). The others, however, are also relatively rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotably, each is individually designed and string-bound, using two large stitches, and contained in somewhat fragile paper wrappers. The name Ripley turns up, unexplained, in the titles of two of the books, and, in another instance, “Ripley Series” is used on the title page. They are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRipley’s Sweet Sixteen\u003c\/em\u003e—Sixteen sweets recipes, including maple cream, orange straws, penuche, cocoanut squares. Fine interior in red paper wrappers, lightly chipped and discolored. Tape repair to the interior. One of two titles carrying a date, 1898.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMurphy’s Pets\u003c\/em\u003e— Fifty potato recipes including potato noodles, potato and fish timbale, Saratoga chips, and potato chocolate cream candies. Fine interior with a minimally rubbed potato brown wrapper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMiss Salad and Her Trousseau\u003c\/em\u003e—Thirty-two salads and dressings—banana salad, walnut salad, nasturtium and cream cheese salad. Fine interior bound in a green wrapper, which bears some minor chipping and soiling to the rear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Ripley Cake Book\u003c\/em\u003e—Three dozen recipes plus frostings. Feather tea cake, watermelon cake, high altitude cake, Towanda chocolate cake, pork cake, and “Wedding Cake that will Keep for Years.” Fine interior, bound in textured cream-colored wrappers, lightly chipped.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eChafing Dish Delicacies\u003c\/em\u003e—The only oblong book in the series and the only one with the interior printed in two-color. Sixty-five recipes including, finnan haddie, crabs a la creole, and cheese “fondu.” Fine interior, Near Fine gray paper wrapper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSixteen Studies in White and Gold\u003c\/em\u003e—Sixteen egg recipes. Eggwiches, eggs in nests, eggs on toast. Printed on orange stock, slightly discolored but Very Good, overall. Eggshell paper wrappers, worn about the edges with the spine interior reinforced with tape. Carries the date 1900.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSoups\u003c\/em\u003e—On title page: “Number Seven of the Ripley Series of Cook Books.” Three dozen recipes—oxtail soup, cream of lima bean, clam chowder. Fine interior with Very Good blue paper wrappers, rubbed fore edge and very slightly discolored.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"KNOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41585781768325,"sku":"Mrs. DeWitt Owen  [Ella \"Nellie\" Upton Leighton]","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/owen_pamphlets.jpg?v=1776274965","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/op-seven-victorian-era-mrs-dewitt-owen-titles","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}