The New Joy of Cooking by Rombauer, Irma S. and Marion Rombauer Becker - 1953

Indianapolis (IN): "The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.", 1953. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good -/Fair. Decorated Blue-Gry Cloth Covers; covers are lightly rubbed mostly at edges and spine ends; White Endpapers with some light soiling; book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 1013 pages; indexed; over 4000 recipes and 150 drawings; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is lightly to moderately soiled; front dustjacket panel is chipped at lower edge near spine and upper edge is rubbed with a tiny closed tear and a chip that extends onto spine; upper right front corner of dustjacket has a chip on fold that extends into top left of inside front flap; spine ends of dustjacket have some light chipping and small closed tears; rear dustjacket panel has some chipping at top edge and corners; left reading fold is chipped and lower edge has some linear chipping and a small closed tear; inside front flap is clipped atlower right corner and rera flap is rubbed along top edge