The American Heritage Cookbook: and illustrated history of American eating and drinking (Obvious First Trade Edition/Obvious First Trade Print [1964] F/VF - One Volume)

by James Parton, Publisher; Joseph Thorndike, Editorial Director; Bruce Catton, Senior Editor; Oliver Jensen, Editor

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American Heritage / Trade Distribution by Simon & Schuster , New York NY (1964) HC w/ no DJ as issued, one volume, Obvious First Edition/Obvious First Print, 8vo, 629 pages with 11 final unnumbered pages titled Index of Recipes; Book: F/VF, clean, tight and sound, near as new, appears a once read or an unread, mild edge rub to bottom, elsewise nothing derogatory of note, blue boards with blue-green cloth spine and spine-turns, bright gilt lettering to spine, board's blind stamped with illustrations of kitchen impliments; Pages: F/VF, clean, white and secure, mild uniform tannish patina to edges, elsewise nothing derogatory of note, fancy pictorial endpapers and pastedowns; DJ: None As Issued (not a remainder/not a book club ed./not a Library ed.) Synopsis: A total of 640 pages on traditional American food and drink, with 384 pages of essays by Cleveland Amory, Lucius Beebe, Gerald Carson, Paul Engle, Marshall Fishwick, Evan Jones, Leonard Louis Levinson, Rushell Lynes, Archie Robertson, and George F Willison. And 500 traditional American recipes edited by Helen Duprey Bullock, Historical Food Consultant and Helen McCully, Recipes Editor. Generously illustrated in full color and B&W plates.