Wakefield, Ruth GravesRuth Wakefield's Tried And True Recipes -

Brockton, Mass: by the author / Printed by Nichols & Eldridge, 1931. Octavo, 207, [1] pages. Advertisement for the restaurant. First edition of this iconic New England cookbook, published by the author five years prior to the trade issue which included the famous Toll House Cookie, which is credited by some with being the first chocolate chip cookie. The original recipe (not present here) was called a "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies", and appears in a later edition. Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield's Toll House Restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts served hearty, home-cooked New England food. Handsomely printed on a laid paper. Some light soiling throughout, and a few pages show signs of dog earring. In printed red cloth, with a bit of mottling to spine, and a shallow crease to the corner of a few pages. Near very good. Scarce. [OCLC locates just six copies of the first edition; not in Bitting; Cagle incorrectly cites the 1936 trade publication as the first].