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. .

Creative Cookbooks, 2001-05. Paperback. Good.

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

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.

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.

Children's Parties: DAVID McKAY, PUB., 1911. hard cover no dj. good for its age no d/j.

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..

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.

Philadelphia: David McKay. 1911. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. .

Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1911. Cloth. Fine/very good. Albert D. BLASHFIELD, decorations. [J.C. LEYENDECKER, illustrated binding onlay]. Octavo; viii, 240pp; dark green basket-weave cloth with stamped white lettering to front and gilt-stamped spine, color illustration onlay to front board of a putti or Kewpie about to carve a turkey; illustrated endpapers; 7 half-tone photographic illustrations; ownership in neat ink to free front endpapers; color pictorial dust jacket, lightly chipped and soiled; fine in very good minus dj. First edition. Famed cookbook author, Fannie Farmer's book dedicated to celebrating the holidays and special occasions with festive food and menus. Farmer (1857-1915) was the daughter of a printer and editor, and expected to complete higher education, but at the age of 16 she suffered a stroke which left her bedridden and in her parent's care for years. During a slow recovery she started cooking and turned her mother's house into a boarding house known for high… Read More