Warner miss e (2 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Poor. First Edition, First Printing. Green printed card wraps with decorative florated borders, hole punched at upper corner with a brown string tie for hanging, square 8vo (8-5/8 inches [22 cm] tall), pp. (x), 158, illustrated with six full page color plates and various in-text drawings, B&W photos and a double page ad showing "The Largest Mill of The Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Ltd.", recipes throughout, the foreword states "Neither time nor expense have been spared during the two years it has taken to prepare the PURITY FLOUR COOK BOOK." and "Copyright, Canada, 1917" verso title page. Volume with tape repairs and much wear and tear to front cover, lacking terminal ad leaf (six coupons for ordering the book) and lower cover, stains, chips and notes to many pages with most interior pages in better condition than the first/last few leaves, which have taken the brunt. Also bound-in preceding the first leaf is a small printed ad on pink card which states "Use the coupons on the last page to place a copy of this valuable Kitchen Encyclopedia in the homes of your friends and acquaintances." This copy collates with the more uncommon state of the first edition (with the B&W ads for Western Canada Flour Mills verso all five color plates and the additional leaf of ads [also color recto with B&W ads verso] preceding the title page) held in the Canadian Cookbook Collection of U. of Guelph. "Miss Warner's 'Purity Flour Cook Book' was the first cookbook [published] promoting the use of Purity Flour.". The Purity Flour Cook Book was very popular and subsequently reprinted many times under various titles, as well as in a facsimile edition published by Coles in 1975. Ref. Driver, O394.1.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. First Edition. Lovely nostalgic colour-illustrated first page shows proud cook holding her baking. Two other colour plates within. 158 glossy pages. Includes "breads, rolls, buns, cakes, pies, fish, poultry, meats, vegetables, salads, fruits, pickles, sauces, beverages, candies, preserves, etc." - subtitle. Coupon page at back is complete, intact and unmarked. Photo on page 152 reminds us that when this book was printed prairie farmers still delivered their grain to the elevator by horse! Elizabeth Driver's description at O394.1 does not precisely match this unusual first edition variant which was not issued with a colour plate at pages 8 or 10. Unmarked with relatively moderate wear. Binding intact. Original hanger string present at top of spine. Two-inch by two-inch piece missing from top corner of page 57 does not affect text. A well-preserved example of this extraordinary early Canadian cookbook.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Purity Flour Cook Book (Cookbook) Vintage Canadian Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Limited. …