Cook Book Signed Third by Rector George (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 8vo hardcover volume in grey embossed cloth. No faults looks like it came off the bookstore shelf. Signed by the author. 173 pages + index and 3 color ad pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Rector Publishing Company, Chicago, 1928. Third (3rd) edition. First printing. A near-fine copy, without a jacket. A copy with clean text. Note: Fading on spine, a rubbing mark on front board, and some fraying to extremities (all as pictured). This copy has been SIGNED and inscribed by Rector on the front endpaper: "To Mrs. Martin, with best wishes. George Rector." Rector was a renowned restaurateur (and the son of one), and the Broadway location of Rector's was the basis for the 1909 Broadway musical "The Girl from Rector's." "Mrs. Martin" is possibly the wife of one of the Martin Brothers, who founded Café Martin, a fellow avant-garde establishment in New York at the time, and other New York restaurants in the coming years upon Café Martin's 1910 closing. F300A. Inscribed by Author(s). …