first edition Hardcover
1939 · Indianapolis
by Rombauer, Irma S.
Indianapolis: The Bobbys-Merrill Company Inc., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 210 pages. 21 x 15cm. From the author of The Joy Of Cooking, this follow up to her first smash hit was less successful but found its audience - working women, daughters helping out at home, homemakers without help, and bachelors. With a nod towards packaged foods, Rombauer tried to lighten the work of homemakers by using both fresh and canned foods. Pages lightly toned but otherwise clean and crisp. Dust wrapper heavily rubbed at edges. Covered in protective mylar.
(Inventory #: 3501)