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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket 1946 printing. (Cooking, Cookbook) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1946. Second Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Light wear at corners and spne ends. Traces of cover soiling. Interior clean -- very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 884 pages .

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1946 Bobbs-Merrill Company reprint (of 1943 edition) hardback, no dj; acceptable condition copy, blue boards are very worn, wear to spine edges and split spine edge; age-browned end papers and page edges, small corner tear loss to fep, good reading copy inside, 884 pages, scarce item; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Hardcover. 1946.

Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943. Later Edition. Very Good. Marion Rombauer Becker, Illustrator. [6x8.5"]; Light Blue cloth covers with white lettering on a dark blue field on spine and front, blue and white lined diamond patterns on cover; 884 pp., chapter and other illustrations in text; Minor soiling and shelf wear to covers and edges, darkening of top edges and spine, small white spot on back cover, prior owner ink signature and date on front endpaper. Irma Rombauer [1877-1962] was and still is a major figure in American cooking. The Joy of Cooking was first issued on 1931 and is still in print. This is the war rationing edition with added chapters sugarless and sugar-saving recipes, and meat stretching, substitutes and supplementary dishes.

Indianapolis:: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Inc. ,. Fair/NONE. 1946. Hardcover. 1946 hardback edition with blue-and-white cover with moderate to heavy wear, including edgewear, one-inch split at top edge near spine, smaller dings/nicks, moderate soil. Textblock edges and some pages food-stained. Hinges uncracked but for one-inch split at upper front and back hinge, but overall wobbly/shaken. Pages tight, with occasional markings. No DJ. No ribbon marker with this edition. Illustrations by Marion Rombauer Becker. ; .

The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Hardcover . Used - Acceptable/No Jacket. Pages tanning with age. Reading creases to front and/or back covers. taped recipe on first blank page Some stains on a few pages. Spine a long rip on edge Domestic orders shipped with USPS tracking numbers.

Indianapolis/New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. Later edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Becker, Marion Rombauer. Longtime kitchen bible for thousands of American cooks, this vintage edition is a more scarce early one with the blue-and-white latticed covers & only Irma listed as author, though daughter Marion (who would later assume co-authorship) is credited with illustrations. Originally published in 1931, this edition is from 1946, in 884 pages including the new Preface to the 1943 Edition, which traces the history of the cookbook & upholds its important role as a "record of our American way of life." Includes adjustments to "the new order, for the cook,'' eg, sugarless & sugar-saving recipes designed to accommodate the wartime rationing of sugar & other staples. Hardcover book is in Good+ condition: exterior blue/white diamond-patterned covers are very clean, with slight rubbing, heavy to extremities. Tearing at head of spine with some fraying of the… Read More

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946T. hardcover. Good. 2.3000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.4000 in. Notes on end pages. Front and back hinges cracked. Stains on back cover and right side of book. Sharpie marks on back cover.

Bobbs-Merrill, Idpls., c.1941, 6th.prtg., 8vo., cloth, 628pp., badly torn spine, frayed corners, cracked inner hinges, slightly yellowed paper, last page of index detached but present, recipes taped to endpapers, half-title & to title page, waterstained corner of last pages, poor condition, $

New York: Scribner, 1998. First published in 1931 by Simon and Schuster, Irma became a trusted kitchen companion for generations of novice cooks. This is a Fine copy of the facsimile edition. Blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 395 pages. The dustjacket is Fine; in an archival plastic protector.. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bobbs Merrill Co ( 1931, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943 ) 1946 884 pages, includes extra pages at the end for your own recipes. Hard back book in mostly good (95+ percent) condition. There is some fray to the spine and edges. Several previous owner marks, on the end papers, and on several recipes (about 15 out of 884 pages) including some of the back pages, indexed and one of the index pages has been taped. Couple of recipes have star stickers. It must have been cherished by the previous owner. Pages are honey colored from age, but mostly clean and unmarked. Good quality for the cost of this scarce edition. Blue check pattern, Hardback : hard cover edition in good usable vintage condition, but not quite perfect, without Dust Jacket, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent and plentiful recipes to try and taste. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Firmly readable. As to be expected with used books, there may be some minor bumping, creases, and/or scuffs. Overall a good copy. We… Read More

Bobbs Merrill Co ( 1931, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1953 ) 1962 852 pages, includes extra pages at the end for your own recipes. Hard back book in very good condition. Small tape repair at the upper rigth on spine hindge, minor. Includes original bound in red ribbon book marks. Interior is clean and unmarked, a few very minor food splash marks on the ends of pages when book is closed. A sturdy book, ideal for gift presentation. Quality Hardback : hard cover edition in Very Good condition without Dust Jacket, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great GIFT IDEA for the fan / reader in your life. Scarce edition. Inquires welcome. . Hard Back / Embossed Titles. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Some Illustrations. C: Cookbook, Recipes, Kitchen. How to Do it Yourself.

Bobbs Merrill Co ( 1931, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943 ) 1946 884 pages, includes extra pages at the end for your own recipes. Hard back book in good plus (G+) condition. There is some fray to the spin at the upper left corner and a slight sticker mark. Pages are honey colored from age, but clean and unmarked. Nice quality for this scarce edition. Quality Hardback : hard cover edition in better than good condition without Dust Jacket, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great GIFT IDEA for the fan / reader in your life. Inquiries Welcome. Thanks for stopping by our shop. . Hard Back / Decorative Binding. Good /Nice/Clean/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Some Illustrations. C: Cookbook, Recipes, Kitchen. How to Do it Yourself.

Bobbs Merrill Co ( 1931, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943 ) 1946 884 pages, includes extra pages at the end for your own recipes. Hard back book in good plus (G+) to VERY GOOD condition. There is some minor fray to the spin at the upper left corner and a small interior stain at the top edge fold of the ffep, very minor. Pages are honey colored from age, but clean and unmarked. Nice quality for this scarce edition. IDEAL FOR GIFT GIVING. No previous owner names, marks or paste downs. High Quality Hardback : hard cover edition in better than good condition without Dust Jacket, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great GIFT IDEA for the fan / reader in your life. Inquiries Welcome. Thanks for stopping by our shop. . Hard Back / Decorative Binding. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Some Illustrations. C: Cookbook, Recipes, Kitchen. How to Do it Yourself.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Good+ with no dustjacket. 1936. Hardcover. Internally good+ and clean. Very sound. Newly rebacked with the original spine laid on--reinforcing spine cloth under the original spine. Some fraying along the cover edges. The corners are bumped and worn but repaired. New, quality bank endpapers. Very sturdy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Bobbs Merrill, 1943. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Becker, Marion Rombauer . 884 pages. Early edition, 1943 edition. Moderate staining and wear to the blue and white covers; a good sound binding. The pages are yellowed, only a few stains here or there; a good old book overall. The rare dust jacket is chipped, torn and stained, some tape repairs to the edges. Price of $2.50 intact on the flap. Additional photos upon request. Illustrator: Becker, Marion Rombauer . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Food & Drink; Inventory No: 181215. .

Indianapolis/New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1941. Thick octavo (24 x 16.5 cm.), [10], 1-628 pages. Illustrated with silhouettes by the author's daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker; detailed Table of Contents and detailed Index. Second edition, stated sixth printing. The sixth printing of the first trade publication of the The Joy of Cooking, issued by Bobbs Merrill in 1936, following the original, privately published by the author and printed by Clayton of St. Louis in 1931. As described by Anne Mendelson in her masterful biography of Rombauer, Stand Facing the Stove (New York, 1996, pp. 170-172), with each successive printing of Joy, incremental changes were made and the book progressed toward becoming a national bestseller and a standard household reference. Simultaneously, Rombauer's relationship with Bobbs Merrill deteriorated. This new copyright registration in 1941 indicates not a new edition, but rather another incremental step more properly called a new printing, and an effort on… Read More

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1936. Good Hardcover, first edition, fourth printing, 1936, original binding worn on cover, spine professionally rebacked, edges soiled, foxing on some pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Becker, Marion Rombauer.

St. Louis: A.C. Clayton, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good. First edition, first printing of Irma S. Rombauer's self-published cookbook, The Joy of Cooking.. Octavo, [xxxii], 395pp, [3]. Green pebbled cloth, title in gilt on front cover. Stated "Printed by A.C. Clayton Printing Co." on copyright page, with no additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to corners, covers previously cleaned per the instructions in the book. Thumbmarks to endpapers. Marginalia on endpapers and throughout, mostly in pencil. Illustrations by Irma's daughter, Marion. Lacking the original dust jacket. Housed in custom blue cloth clamshell, title in gilt on black label affixed to spine. (Bitting, p. 407) A scarce work. Irma S. Rombauer (1877-1962) wrote The Joy of Cooking as a way to earn a living and cope with the sudden loss of her husband, Edgar. Rombauer collected recipes from members of her hometown, St. Louis, and found a local printer to produce 3,000 copies. Their contract, signed… Read More

St. Louis, MO: [the author]; A.C. Clayton Printing Co, 1931. Octavo (20.5 x 14 cm.), [32], 395 pages. Illustrated with chapter silhouettes and with a dust jacket design by Marion Rombauer. FIRST EDITION, privately published by the author in an edition of 3000 copies, and illustrated by the author's daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker, who also designed the dust jacket depicting St. Martha of Bethany, the patron saint of cooking, who took up a mop to fend off the dragon Tarasque. Irma von Starkloff Rombauer, the daughter of Max von Starkloff, an affluent St. Louis doctor, studied art at Washington University, and enjoyed a brief romance with the writer Booth Tarkington before marrying Edgar Rombauer, a lawyer, in 1899. As she wrote in her introduction to The Joy of Cooking, "Will it encourage you to know that I was once as ignorant, helpless and awkward a bride as was ever foisted on an impecunious young lawyer? Together we placed many a burnt offering upon the altar of matrimony." After her husband… Read More