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Lot 170:
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6 Old South and Georgia Related Cookbooks including Old Southern Receipts First Edition by Mary D. Pretlow published by Robert M. McBride & Co. c. 1930; Culinary Echoes from Dixie First Edition by Kate Brew Vaughn published by the McDonald Press, Cincinnati c. 1914; The Macon Cook Book Centennial Editon 1836-1936 tested by the Members of Benson-Cobb Chapter of Wesleyan College Alumnae published by J.W. Burke Co., Macon, GA c. 1936; Bulletin No. 30 Possibilities of the Sweet Potato in Macon Co. Alabama by George Washington Carver published by the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee Institute, AL c. 1915; Bulletin No. 31 How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption 8th edition by George Washington Carver published by the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL c. 1942; Georgia Receipts by Glenn McCollough published by The Georgia Press Association, Atlanta, GA c. 1971. Combined lot measures approximately 9"x7"x6".
Condition: Georgia Receipts – good condition; Possibilities of the Sweet Potato in Macon Co. Alabama – paper bulletin – fine condition; How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption – paper bulletin – good condition – staining to cover; The Macon Cook Book -very good condition – original dust jacket in mylar cover – dust jacket has some wear and loss to edges and corners and spine faded. Purple cover with white lettering in very good condition with light foxing inside cover and back cover pages; Culinary Echoes from Dixie (1st ed.)- very good condition – yellow cloth cover with black lettering in mylar cover – cover shows soiling, spotting and some wear around spine and edges, corners bumped and slightly worn; Old Southern Receipts (1st ed.) – very good condition – red cover with black lettering – some fading and spotting to cover and spine, very light wear to spine and edges. Former owner ex-libris inside front cover. Please see photos.
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