Antoinette Pope School Cookbook by Antoinette and Francois Pope is a 1951 tenth printing hardcover published by The Macmillan Company.
This working kitchen copy has worn yellow cloth boards, scattered food stains and water marks, pencil notations, and readable pages packed with recipes.
The cookbook covers everyday cooking, baking, sauces, gravies, cakes, meal planning, table settings, and other practical kitchen subjects, with black and white photographs and illustrations throughout.
Details
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Item: Vintage cookbook
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Title: Antoinette Pope School Cookbook
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Author: Antoinette Pope and Francois Pope
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Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
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Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York
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Publication Year: 1951
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Edition and Printing: Tenth Printing, 1951
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Format and Binding: Yellow cloth hardcover
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Dust Jacket: No dust jacket
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Pages: 366
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Genre: Cookbook and home cooking reference
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Language: English
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Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 1 inches
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
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Graded Good: This copy is complete and usable, with all recipes easy to read despite clear signs of kitchen use and age.
- The book contains 366 pages of recipes and practical cooking information, including visible sections for sauces and gravies and cakes.
- The Rainbow Butter Cake recipe has handwritten measurement adjustments in pencil, a useful bit of evidence that this copy was actively used in a kitchen.
- A vintage clipping with the poem "Wisdom" by Edgar A. Guest, marked Detroit Free Press 8-25-31, remains tucked between the pages.
- The inside back cover includes a printed table of measures, weights, canned food capacities, and equivalents.
Issues / Wear
- The yellow cloth boards show overall handling wear, rubbing, small marks, and discoloration.
- The upper spine corner has noticeable fraying and cloth loss.
- Food stains, splash marks, and scattered water staining appear on page edges and some interior pages.
- There are pencil notations and recipe adjustments on some pages.
- The page edges are age toned and darkened from use.
Condition Grade Key
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Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
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Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
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Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
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Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
Collector's Notes
Antoinette and Francois Pope created a practical cooking reference meant to teach both recipes and the kitchen skills that go with them, making this the kind of book designed for regular household use rather than occasional browsing.
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Disclaimer
All items are vintage and may show signs of age, wear, or use consistent with their history. Photos show the exact condition of each piece, please review them carefully, as they are part of the description.
Care and Handling
Handle with clean, dry hands. Store upright, out of direct sunlight, at about 68°F and 40 to 50% relative humidity. Avoid damp areas and extreme temperature swings.
