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Lot 165:
Description
15 Misc. Vintage Cookbooks including 5 Louis P. De Gouy hard cover cookbooks – Chef’s Cook Book c. 1939 (1st Edition), The Gold Cook Book c. 1960 (13th Edition with Original Dust Jacket), Gourmet’s Cook Book of Fish and Game Vol. 1 c. 1947, Two copies of The Derrydale Game Cookbook c. 1950, The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil c. 1914 6th Edition; 1 Paperback The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillant-Savarin; 1 hardcover Masters of American Cookery by Betty Fussell c. 1983 in original dust jacket; 1 hardcover The Greatest Cooks Cookbook published by The Good Cooking School c. 1974 in original dust jacket; 1 hardcover The Fine Art of Food by Reay Tannahill c. 1968; 1 hardcover Cooking with Carrier by Robert Carrier c. 1980 in original dust jacket and mylar cover; 1 hardcover Love and Dishes by Niccolo de Quattrociocchi c. 1950 1st Edition in original dust jacket; 1 hardcover Bacchus Club Mystery – A Further Adventure of Sherlock Homes by Wayne Howell c. 1991 signed and numbered 1st edition; 1 hardcover Plots and Pans – Recipes and Antidotes from the Mystery Writers of America Edited by Nancy and Jean Francis Webb c. 1989 in original dust jacket; and 1 hardcover Soul of the Vine – Wine in Literature edited by Nina Wemyss signed by Robert Mondavi. Combined lot measures approximately 9"x14"x19".
Condition: The Bacchus Club Mystery – near fine condition – very light wear to cover, signed and numbered 1st edition; Soul of the Vine – near fine condition – Robert Mondavi signature in ink, light foxing to fly leaves; Plots and Pans – near fine – slight wear to dust jacket; Love and Dishes – near fine condition – wear to dust jacket, minor foxing to end sheet, head and tail bumped; Cooking with Carrier – very good condition; The Fine Art of Food – good condition – cover toning; The Great Cooks Cookbook – very good condition – wear to dust jacket, yellow cloth cover lightly soiled; Masters of American Cookery – good condition – cover soiled; The Physiology of Taste – good condition – price sticker on cover, cover soiled, toning; The Story of Crisco – fair condition – cover soiled, worn – foxing and stains inside; The Derrydale Game Cook Book – Copy 1 – very good – plastic cover taped, cover slightly worn, tape stains on flyleaf (front and back), Copy 2 – very good – cover slightly worn, foxing and stains to front and back end sheets; Gourmet Cookbook of Fish and Game – very good condition – green cloth cover has very minor wear, hinge split; The Gold Cook Book – very good condition with original dust jack in very good condition – minor wear to dust jacket; Chef’s Cook Book – very good condition – no dust jacket – cloth cover lightly soiled, ex-libris in front cover, ink inscription in front cover, toning. Please see photos.
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