THE FIRESIDE COOK BOOK a Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginners and Expert Containing 1217 Recipes and Over 400 Color Pictures by BEARD, JAMES A - 1949

Simon & Schuster, 1949. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and Expert Containing 1217 Recipes and Over 400 Color Plates. Illustrations in color by Alice and Martin Provensen. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1949). First Edition, Second Printing. 10" x 7.75". 323pp, Index. Illustrated brown cloth, near fine condition (slightly rubbed at edges); dj very good (few small chips and light wear to edges), price of $5.00 intact. Book designed by Sandpiper Press and Artists and Writers Guild. An early publication by James A. Beard, celebrated chef, author of cookbooks, pioneer in cooking shows on television, who emphasized American cuisine using fresh ingredients.; 10 x 7.75 inches; 323 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very good with minor external wear; in a fair, well-worn and well-chipped, double ("four color chart for framing") jacket in archival mylar.. Quarto in color pictorial jacket; 322p, illustrations 26 cm; index. Wonderfully illustrated! "James Andrews Beard (1903-1985) was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. He pioneered television cooking shows, taught at The James Beard Cooking School in New York City and Seaside, Oregon, and lectured widely. He emphasized American cooking, prepared with fresh, wholesome, American ingredients, to a country just becoming aware of its own culinary heritage. Beard taught and mentored generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts. He published more than twenty books, and his memory is honored by his foundation's annual James Beard Awards."-WikipediaThe seasoning shelf -- The calorie question -- Hors d'oeuvres -- Soups -- Fish and shellfish -- Poultry -- Game and… Read More

Simon & Schuster. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 067125880X . ; Pictorial cloth cover has wear to extremities but overall in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Page edges are toned and lightly soiled. Pages are very lightly toned but clean and in very good condition. ; 10.0 X 7.6 X 1.1 inches; 322 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Quarto (25 x 19.5 cm.), 322, [1] pages. Illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen. Index. All edges green. FIRST EDITION. An interesting cookbook, in that it recognizes recipes as enjoyable reading in their own right. Beard presents a single basic recipe in detail, and the offers variations. The price-clipped dust jacket is two-ply, and fold open to reveal a four-color poster. The poster has wear along the crease lines, otherwise overall near fine.

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1949. Book. Illus. by Provensen, Alice and Martin. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 322 pages, 4to. Jacket price unclipped: $5.00. 1949 date on title page matches 1949 on copyright date. No printing or edition stated on copyright page, indicating Simon & Schuster first printing. Brown cloth boards with green lettering along spine, color illustration on front cover. Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen. Minor shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers, heavier scuffing at spine corners. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen. 322pp. Slight fading on the top stain else fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight creasing and a small tear on the bottom page edge. Containing 1217 recipes and over 400 color pictures.