Birth of a Cook by Mundt, Ernest - 1956

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated first edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean bright yellow cloth boards with decorative black author initials on cover, black cloth spine with yellow lettering. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - very small previous owner return address label at top right corner of front free endpaper. 243 pages. Clean unclipped dust jacket is a bit tattered, with a diagonal closed tear to spine, chipping at top and bottom spine ends, some wear to folds; still, quite presentable in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. (Gastronomy, Cooking, Autobiography)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean bright yellow cloth boards with black spine, yellow lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Foreword by the author. 243 pages. Dust jacket is clean (hint of light dust soiling to rear panel), slight wear to corners, unclipped (4.00 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The fascinating stories behind the chef's own recipes and the recipes themselves (some forty-odd) are found here; also the story of his own adventurous life with food and cooking. He inveighs against restaurant steam tables, supermarkets, mechanical kitchens, too much flour in soups and sauces, and the international hotel school of cookery..

Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Cooking critic Ruth Halloran's copy, with her signature and light bottom foreedge foodstain (!) Rear of dj is also lightly stained, without affecting book; but overall, and as an association copy, an attractive volume in its Mylar jacket protector.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. 243 pp. White endpapers. Quarter black cloth with yellow titles and boards. Corners bumped. Blue and yellow DJ. Yellowed spine, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+. First Edition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 243pp. Illustrated. Slight edgewear else fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear.

Hardback. New.