Condition: Vintage Very Good. Clean, bright, and unmarked interior with a tight, sound binding. Hardcover boards show light edge wear with scuffing at the corners and spine ends. Spine lettering is lightly faded. Features illustrated endpapers, speckled fore-edges, and a previous owner’s name neatly inscribed on the front endpaper and table of contents.
First published in 1939 by the Culinary Arts Institute, The American Woman’s Cook Book is a foundational classic of American culinary literature, on par with Joy of Cooking and Betty Crocker. Edited by Ruth Berolzheimer, this comprehensive first edition features over 10,000 traditional recipes, thumb-indexed sections, and hundreds of vibrant full-color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. An essential centerpiece for vintage cookbook collectors and culinary historians.
Publishing details
Hardcover: 816 pages
Culinary Arts Institute; First Edition (1939)
Weight: 1.45 kg
Dimensions: 21.01 x 5.6 x 14.4 cm
CV-TAW-544
Overweight surcharge: 6.95