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Lot 65:
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1 Hardcover 1st Edition Cooking in the Old Creole Day (La Cuisine Creole a L’Usage de Petit Menages) by Celestine Eustis with introduction by S. Weir Mitchell Illustrated by Harper Pennington published by R.H. Russell New York c. 1904. Gray cloth binding, paper boards with decoration and title in mylar cover. A sample of some of the recipes includes crab gumbo, crawfish bisque, Aunt Anne’s delicious cornbread, hopping John, Jambalaya a la Creole, kidney stew, molasses cake, New Orleans veal with oysters, New Orleans way to cook snipe, okra gumbo, okra hibiscus, oyster and peanut soup, porcupine pudding, praline cocoanut, stewed tongue, sweet potato pudding, terrapin stew, etc. 113 illustrated pages in English and French. Book measures 8 1/8" x 5 1/2" x 7/8"
Condition: Condition – Good – Cover has soiling and wear to edges and corners. Spine has wear, loss to head and tail. Binding loose. Front hinge spilt but intact. Lan Longone bookstore sticker inside front cover. Pencil name of former owner inside front cover. Contents clean. Please see photos.
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