Estate Books & Ephemera Online Only Auction
Lot 185:
Description
Lot includes 7 c. 1910 cookbooks including Food and Flavor – A Gastronomic Guide to Health and Good Living by Henry T. Finck c. 1914; 250 Meatless Menus and Recipes by Eugene and Mollie Griswold Christian c. 1910; Treatise on Baking by Julius Emil Wihlfahrt c. 1915; The Practical Cook Book by Florence Austin Chase c. 1915; A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles Le Cron c. 1917; Chafing Dish Possibilities by Fannie Merritt Farmer; and Textbook of Cooking by Carlotta C. Greer c. 1915. Combined lot measures approximately 9"x9"x7".
Condition: Textbook of Cooking – poor condition – soiled and worn cover, corners bumped and worn; Chafing Dish Possibilities – good condition – wear to lettering on spine and cover, light wear to cover, edges and corners; former owners name in ink inside front cover; A Thousand Ways to Please A Husband – good condition – wear to cover, spine and edges, cover lightly soiled, corners bent; The Practical Cook Book – poor condition – cover soiled and stained, wear to spine, corners and edges, corners bumped. Front and back page torn; Treatise on Baking – in mylar cover – very good condition – slight wear to cover and spine, gilt lettering intact, Jan Longone sticker inside front cover, ink "P" and old price sticker inside front cover; 250 Meatless Menus and Recipes – good condition – cover has light wear, Gilt lettering intact. Corners bumped and slightly worn, spine bumped, slightly worn and faded; previous owners ex-libris inside front cover; Food and Flavour – Good condition – Gilt lettering intact, cover and spine faded, wear and tear to spine edges, corners and edges slightly worn. Please see photos.
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