Condition: Very Good+. Cover boards are in excellent vintage condition, with minor edge wear. The text is age-yellowed but clean and unmarred. Appears unused. The binding is tight. The dust jacket is in good condition, with minor discoloration on the spine, rubbing, and edge tears.
Meta Given’s Modern Encyclopedia Cooking: Volume I “A modern cookbook, complete in every detail, brings the latest developments in home economics into your kitchen for a simpler, better, and richer life.”- Title Page
Discover one of mid-century America’s most foundational culinary reference works. Written by renowned home economist Meta Given, Volume I offers an exhaustive, step-by-step guide to classic mid-century cooking, complete home management, meal planning, and foundational cooking techniques. Beautifully illustrated with black-and-white and full-color photographs throughout, this important collectible work is rarely found in such remarkably well-preserved condition, with its original dust jacket intact.
Product details
J. G. Ferguson; 1947 Revised ed. (1959)
Hardcover: 736 pages
Weight: 826 g
Dimensions: 15.2 x 5.3 x 21.7 cm
CV-MGM-481