Vintage Southern Cookbook — 300 Years of Carolina Cooking Including Game Preparation (1975) — Junior League of Greenville | First Edition, Southern Cooking
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A classic Southern cookbook with deep Carolina roots, this 300 Years of Carolina Cooking Including Game Preparation brings together community recipes from the Junior League of Greenville.
It covers the kind of regional cooking readers actually want to use—hors d’oeuvres, soups, seafood, poultry, game, preserves, desserts, and practical kitchen hints. Inside are named household recipes and a distinctly old-school Junior League feel that makes these cookbooks so collectible.
Quick Specs
• Item Type: Vintage hardcover cookbook with dust jacket
• Size: 9 x 6 x 1.75 in
• Material: Hardcover boards with paper dust jacket
• Color: Burgundy boards with gilt stamping; multicolor dust jacket
• Origin or Maker: The Junior League of Greenville, Inc.
• Year or Era: 1975
• GENRE: Southern Cookbook; Regional American Cooking
• Language / Pages: English / 318 pages
• Identifiers: Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 76-124563; dust jacket price $5.95;
Edition & Features
• Edition/Printing: First edition; sixth printing, December 1975
• Dust Jacket: Present; visibly worn
• Illustrations/Maps/Plates: Decorative title pages and cover design; text recipes throughout
• Extras: Includes “About the Cover” insert page; game preparation section noted on title and jacket
Condition Grade: Good
Positives: Hardcover boards remain attractive with bright gilt title and seal, binding appears sound, and interior text pages look clean and readable overall. Original dust jacket is still present, which is a plus for a community cookbook collector. Recipes include appetizers, seafood, poultry, game, desserts, preserves, beverages, and helpful hints, making it both usable and display-worthy.
Issues / Wear: Dust jacket has noticeable edge wear, tears, chipping, creasing, and rubbing, especially at the top edge, corners, and lower edges. A few light brown spots/stains are visible on some pages near the upper margins. Minor shelf wear to board edges and light age toning are present. See all photos for detail—sold as pictured.
This 1975 sixth printing from the Junior League of Greenville still has its original dust jacket, and it belongs on a Southern or community cookbook shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
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- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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