The Fireside Cook Book
Language: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1949
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: E Ridge Fine Books, Lake Elsinore, CA, U.S.A.E Ridge Fine Books
AbeBooks seller since October 16, 2006
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Good
£ 54.57
Quantity: 1 available
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First Edition, First Printing (with the 1949 date on the title page and no subsequent printings noted on the copyright page). 322 pages. Quarto. Considered to be the book that effectively launched James Beard’s career and fundamentally changed the way post-war Americans viewed home cooking and entertaining. (public review.) Hardcover in original pictorial cloth boards. Text block remains tight and pages are clean and square, free of the common kitchen grease stains or oil splatters associated with this title. No owner signatures, gift inscriptions, or internal markings. The back hinge is cracked with the mull exposed, though the front hinge remains intact. The board edges and corner tips exhibit light shelf wear. Natural age toning is present on the page edges, though the text remains crisp and the vivid mid-century color illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen remain exceptionally bright. Housed in a variant/later-issue dust jacket featuring the correct outer hearth illustration but blank on the reverse (lacking the fold-out kitchen poster chart). The current jacket exhibits general shelf and edge wear, with chipping present at the corners and the head of the spine. Critically, a detached front flap from the scarce original first-state dust jacket is laid in, displaying the original $5.00 retail price intact. The jacket is now housed and protected in a brand new, removable archival Mylar cover. An important bibliographic copy showcasing a fascinating early mid-century publishing variant of Beard's masterpiece. There are 1217 recipes and over 400 color pictures.…
Seller Inventory # 010692
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Fireside Cook Book
- Author
- Beard, James
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, New York
- Publication year
- 1949
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Alice Rose Provensen; Martin Provensen
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Collectible Books, Cookery, Food & Drink
E Ridge Fine Books
Lake Elsinore, CA, U.S.A.
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E Ridge fine Books is a general used and out-of-print bookstore. Email is the preferred method of contact with inquires responded to within 24 hours. Please use a phone call if direct or immediate information is required (951) 265-4578 (personal cell phone). Thank you.
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