Estate Books & Ephemera Online Only Auction
Lot 189:
Description
Lot includes 8 1940’s misc. cookbooks including A Selection of Dishes and the Chefs Reminder by Charles Fellows published by The Hotel Monthly Press Chicago c. 1944; Recipes of a Rolling Stone by Katharine del Valle published by Coward-McCann, Inc. New York c. 1941; What’s Cooking by the Kate Crutcher Players published by The Press of Murray & Gee, Inc. Hollywood, CA c. 1944; Pot Shots from a Grosse Ile Kitchen 1st Edition by Lucy and Sidney Corbett published by Harper & Brothers Publishers New York c. 1947; Victory Vitamin Cook Book for Wartime Meals by Florence LaGanke Harris published by Wm. Penn Publishing Corp. New York c. 1943; Mary Lyles Wilson’s New Cook Book by Mary Lyles Wilson published by the Southwestern Company, Nashville, TN c. 1940; Feeding the Lions – An Algonquin Cookbook First Edition by Frank Case published by the Greystone Pressed New York c. 1942; The Fireside Cook Book First Edition by James A. Beard published by Simon and Schuster New York c. 1949. Combined lot measures approximately 10"x9"x8".
Condition: A Selection of Dishes and the Chefs Reminder – good condition – wear and spotting to cover and spine; Recipes of a Rolling Stone good condition – Dust jacket shows wear, tears and fading to spine. Foxing on inside cover, Ex-libris of previous owner; What’s Cookin – good condition – dust jacket torn, soiled and loss to corners and spine, foxing inside cover; Pot Shots from a Grosse Ile Kitchen (1st Ed.) – good condition – dust cover torn/loss, soiled, corner bumped, ex-libris of previous owner in front cover; Victory Vitamin Cookbook – good condition – dust jacket has minor loss around edges, soiled in mylar cover, green cloth cover soiled around edges, foxing inside cover; Mary Lyles Wilson New Cook Book – fair condition – soiling and spotting to cover, corners bumped, foxing on inside front and back cover. Feeding the Lions (1st Ed.) – good condition – red cloth cover with lion faded spine, bumped and worn corners and edges, ex-libris of former owner in front cover; The Fireside Cook Book (1st ed.) – good condition – dust jacket has wear, and loss around edges, cover has some spotting around spine and back cover, cover has minor wear around edges, foxing on inside and back cover. Please see photos.
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