Search Results: catering for special occasions with menus by farmer fannie merritt

Oxmoor House, 1985. Good.

Phila: McKay. Very Good/No Jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. B Cookbooks: FARMER This cookbook if highly decorated with cherubs, including one sharpening a big knife nefore a turkey. Menus throughout, index. Green cloth. rubbed, gilt title. .

David McKay, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rubbing to green cloth at corners and spine ends. .

PHILADELPHIA, PA: DAVID MCKAY PUB.. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1911.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Catering for Special Occasions with Menus & Recipes.

Creative Cookbooks, 2001-05. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Creative Cookbooks, 2001-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

David McKay Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto: Musson Book Company Book. Illus. by Albert D. Blashfield (decorations). Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. Small octavo. No date (circa 1911). In her foreword, Ms. Farmer informs us that "all the recipes have been thoroughly tested, and not found wanting" (if Fannie Farmer says so, that's good enough for me). Contains recipes and menus for every special occasion imaginable (imaginable in 1911, at any rate, but that was before the self-absorbed and narcissistic rose from whatever depths they inhabited before polluting the Earth's surface), from St. Valentine's spreads to repasts on Dominion Day (if you're a Canadian born after 1982, look it up), and Christmas dinners to children's parties. Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, white lettering to front cover, tipped-on cover illustration, top edge gilt, illustrated end papers, 240 pages (including index), six half-tone illustrations (frontispiece plus five in-text, as called for in list of illustrations), many… Read More

1911, David McKay, PA. Some pages have a stain but pages are fine. Otherwise a NF copy. Green cover and white lettering & pictoral is NF. A nice tight copy.

[ca. 1911]. First Canadian edition. Octavo. Frontispiece and six halftone photographs; numerous reproductions of Cherubs in the text by Albert D. Blashfiled. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and white; large color pictorial label, t.e.g. Good. No signatures or bookplates. Bitting p. 153. Brown 4063. Cagle and Stafford #247.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia: David McKay. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1911. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A clean, tight copy, with slight wear to the bottom of the boards, but no markings or signs of use in the text. The pages have toned to a creamy beige. The illustrations are charming, and the endpapers are a delight. The front board is pictorial, and very bright. The jacket is intact at the back, intact with chipping at the front, almost nonexistent at the spine. A mylar Brodart cover keeps it together. Although this is not mentioned in her Wikipedia biography, I have read elsewhere that Farmer pioneered the modern recipe format, with a list of ingredients at the front followed by instructions. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 240 pages .

Philadelphia:: David McKay,, [1911].. First edition.. publisher's cloth lettered in white, with applied illustration in color; in dust jacket.. A bright, fine copy in a chipped and dust-soiled dust jacket.. 8vo,. Decorations by Albert D. Blashfield. Illustrated with Half Tone Engravings of Set Tables..

Toronto, Canada: Musson Book Company No date specified - circa 1911. "Arranged for the Canadian Table by Jennie B. Williams author of 'Us Two Cook Book'". Dark green boards, gold lettering on spine, white lettering and paste-on illustration on front of baby angel sharpening a knife in preparation for carving a turkey, 240 numbered pages. Lightly rubbed on ends of spine, corners rubbed and bowed. Small smudge on front, two (1/8 inch) lines on spine, else boards bright. Store label (1 x .25 inch) on front paste-down and colour carried over to ffep, faint pencil erasure shadow on ffep, page following fly title page loose on top half but firmly attached. Binding tight. Spatter of tiny dots on page 126 -127, faint thumb mark on page 195 and 225, else pages spotless. A lovely, bright copy!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No DJ. Illus. by Blashfield, Albert D.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: David McKay. Collectible - Acceptable. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1911. 1st edition. Sm 8vo Hardcover. B/W frontis+240pp. B/W illustrations. Fair book and Poor dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Pages age toned. Frontis detached, but present. Previous owner's named inked to the dedication page. With typical foxing to several pages throughout. (cookbook, cooking, holidays) Inquire if you need further information.

Dark green cloth boards, with debossed white text on the front cover with three-quarters pastedown illustration. Spine has gold gilt text with minor blemishes to the top or bottom of the back strip where it meets the front and rear gutters. Front board has light rubbing along the gutter where it meets the back strip and minor cosmetic blemishes. The rear board has minor cosmetic blemishes but also a wrinkling of the cloth above the center point. Corners are all sharp with wear at each of the tips. Spine is straight with no cracking at the decorative endpapers and with firm hinges. Text block is solid with all pages attached. Age tanning and some foxing throughout. All interior pages are clean with no tears, cracks, or previous owner marks. Illustrated with Half Tone Engravings of Set Tables and black & white cherub on all text pages.
Fannie Merritt Farmer (1857 – 1915) was to become a culinary expert on diet and nutrition for the ill but began her cooking studies at age 30 when she enrolled in the… Read More

Philadelphia.: David Mackay., 1911.. 1st edition.. Hardcover, green cloth, gilt spine title, white cover title, pictorial cover, top edge gilt. . A very good bright copy in a chipped and edgeworn dust jacket with some loss.. 12mo.. Decorative illustrations by Albert D. Blashfield.