American Cookery
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972.
First edition, first printing. Signed by James Beard and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. [xii], 877 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth stamped in brown and ocher with gilt titles on spine blocked in ochre. Very Good with slightly concave spine, light rubbing to extremities and soiling to textblock edges, and foxing to upper edges of boards and textblock. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear, creasing to front flap, faint foxing along upper edge visible chiefly on verso, and 4 tape repairs to recto and verso. The famous Portland-born chef's comprehensive cookbook on American cuisine that emphasizes the use of fresh ingredients. Item #140948337
Price: $1,500