Mirations and Miracles of Mandy: Some Favorite Louisiana Recipes
by Natalie Scott; Olive Leonhardt [cover illus.]
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New Orleans, LA: Robt. H. True Co, 1929. Very Good. New Orleans, LA: Robt. H. True Co., 1929. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); 61pp. Stiff illustrated wraps. Shallow chips and tears along yapp edges and at spine ends. Hinges cracking and separating along gutter at head and tail, but binding is still holding. Small bookseller's ticket of Hansell & Bros., Ltd [New Orleans] on rear pastedown, else interior unmarked.
Collection of Louisiana recipes presented by the author through Mandy - a problematic, Aunt Jemima-esque composite of her and her friends' black cooks, complete with expected offensively caricatured dialect and cover illustration.
Collection of Louisiana recipes presented by the author through Mandy - a problematic, Aunt Jemima-esque composite of her and her friends' black cooks, complete with expected offensively caricatured dialect and cover illustration.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28556
- Title
- Mirations and Miracles of Mandy: Some Favorite Louisiana Recipes
- Author
- Natalie Scott; Olive Leonhardt [cover illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robt. H. True Co
- Place of Publication
- New Orleans, LA
- Date Published
- 1929
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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