House Specialties Deanna House 1981 Plastic Comb Cookbook Michigan Recipes
$24.99
House Specialties by Deanna House is a 1981 fourth printing cookbook in a white plastic comb binding, self published out of Portage, Michigan and signed on the copyright page.
The orange cover keeps bright color with light surface rubbing and softened corners, and the plastic comb teeth stay intact, while the pages are clean, toned at the edges, and easy to read.
Photographed pages include Hamburger Soup, Easy Chicken Noodle Soup, Corn and Cheese Chowder, Quick Cranberry Bread, Zucchini Nut Bread, Rhubarb Bread, and Western Baked Beans, with microwave directions beside many of the recipes.
Details
- Item: Vintage cookbook
- Title: House Specialties
- Author: Deanna House
- Illustrator: Craig Minor, book design
- Publisher: House Specialties, Portage, Michigan
- Publication Year: 1981
- Edition and Printing: Fourth printing, 28,000 copies in print
- Format and Binding: Softcover with white plastic comb binding
- Dust Jacket: None
- Pages: 287
- Genre: Cookbook, home cooking, Midwest regional
- Language: English
- ISBN: 0-9610752-0-1
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inch
Positives
- Graded Good: The book is complete and readable, with light cover wear and a bright cover.
- The pages are clean and readable, with ingredients in one column and directions beside them.
- The orange cover and its house and pie graphic keep strong color.
- The back cover keeps the author portrait and biography.
- The copyright page carries the author's inscription, Happy Cooking! Deanna House, in brown ink.
Issues / Wear
- Light surface rubbing and shelf wear show on the cover.
- Corners are softened, with minor wear along the comb edge.
- Page edges are lightly toned with age.
- The front cover shows a light bend near the spine.
This 1981 fourth printing carries the author's own inscription and 287 pages of family recipes, and it suits a shelf of Michigan cookbooks. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
Condition Grade: Good
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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