Joy of Cooking - 1962
Description by Wikipedia: Joy of Cooking, often known as "The Joy of Cooking", is one of the United States' most-published cookbooks. It has been in print continuously since 1936 and has sold more than 20 million copies. It was published privately during 1931 by Irma S. Rombauer (1877-1962), a homemaker in St. Louis, Missouri, after her husband's suicide the previous year. Rombauer had 3,000 copies printed by A.C. Clayton, a company which had printed labels for fancy St. Louis shoe companies and for Listerine mouthwash, but never a book. Beginning in 1936, the book was published by a commercial printing house, the Bobbs-Merrill Company. With nine editions, Joy of Cooking is considered the most popular American cookbook. This book is the 4th Edition - Library of Congress #:61-7902 indicating a 1962 Edition. Marion edited and published this edition after the death of her mother Irma the founder of the cookbooks.
Author
Irma S. Rombauer/Marion Rombauer BeckerCondition
1962 Edition - Good Condition - Some wear tear due to age - no highlighted textProduct Info
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 852 pages
- Item Weight : 2.8 pounds