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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Later printing of the famous cookbook first published in the 19th century. Pictoral cloth, royal 8vo. 605pp. Frontispiece portrait of Lou Henry Hoover. Opposite p. 14 a portrait of Grace Goodhue Coolidge. Photo of the White House opposite p. 94. Although printed on cheap paper which is brown, the entire text block is flexible and appropriate for careful use. Botanical endpapers. Former owner name/address on front paste down. One small tear at corner of frontispiece archivally closed, but showing. Small spot of paper residue lower title page. Binding sound but back joint with paper loss uncovering some of the webbing. Cover mildly soiled and some image loss to illustration on front cover. A label not partial, was applied to the back cover advertising __OD Gross concentrated milk. We graded this copy only fair, but a reasonable "good" or "even good+" is also reasonable.