200 Radiant Health Recipes by Holmes, Phoebe Marie - 1940

Huntington Beach, CA: Phoebe Marie Holmes, 1940. Paperback. Good. iii, 43, [1] leaves; 27 cm. Green cloth spine; green paper covers with cover title in black: 200 Radiant-Health Recipes. Mimeographed. Final leaf is a list of books by the author, printed on green paper. Portrait of the author on title page. No date of publication. In an ad in the New York Times in 1941, the author is described as being 86 years old. On this title page she is described as being "That Wonder Woman of 85," indicating that this was probably published in 1940. The recipes are vegetarian and avoid sugar, salt, and other unhealthy additives. Phoebe Marie Holmes (d. 1947) travelled internationally, teaching dietetics and scientific breathing; she was also the author of a book about astral projection, My Visit to the Sun (1933). In Good Condition: lacking cloth at tail of spine; cover is stained, and lightly creased; faint stain at upper edge of title page; otherwise, internally clean and tight. Scarce.