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Lot 193:
Description
Lot includes 5 cook book bibliographies including English Cookery Books to the Year 1850 by Arnold Whitaker Oxford published by the Oxford University Press c. 1913; American Cookery Book 1742-1860 by Waldo Lincoln published by the American Antiquarian Society, Worchester, Massachusetts c. 1954; Gastronomic Bibliography by Katherine Golden Bitting published by the Trade Pressroom, San Francisco c. 1939; Bibliography of American Cookery Books 1742-1860 by Waldo Lincoln published by the American Antiquarian Society c. 1929; and Bibliotheca Gastronomica – A Catalogue of Books and Documents on Gastronomy by Andre L. Simon published by The Food and Wine Society London c. 1953. Combined lot measures approximately 11"x9"x5".
Condition: English Cookery Books – Very Good Condition – Loss to corners and spine of dust Jacket in mylar cover, blue cloth cover with gold gilt lettering with very minor wear to spine, corners and edges, corners bumped, pencil markings on inside cover; American Cookery Books – Very Good Condition – onion skin dust jacket has tears and some loss, red cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine, small dark spot on cover, no. 386 of 500, foxing inside front cover on spine; Bibliography of American Cookery – Very Good Condition – back cover soiled; Gastronomic Bibliography – Good condition – no dust jacket, blue cloth cover soiled and worn on edges of spine, loss to leather title on spine, foxing on inside cover; Bibliotheca Gastronomica – Good condition – dust jacket has tear, minor loss and soiling in mylar cover, red cloth cover with red gilt lettering on spine, bumped corners, foxing on inside front and back cover. Please see photos.
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