Helen Evans Brown Chafing Dish Patio Appetizers Slipcase Bundle

This is a set of three Helen Evans Brown cookbooks in a green slipcase from The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles: Chafing Dish Book, Patio Cook Book, and A Book of Appetizers, with drinks by Philip S. Brown. All three books shown are included.

Chafing Dish Book front and back covers look good, and A Book of Appetizers covers stay solid. Patio Cook Book has stains on the front and back covers and more wear from going in and out of the case. All three spines are a little faded. The slipcase is worn, with paint spatters that look like they came off a roller, and it protected the books.

Together they pack chafing dish cooking, patio and outdoor recipes including spit roasted lamb or mutton, and appetizers with drinks into three small square volumes.

Details

• Item: Set of three cookbooks in a green slipcase
• Title: Chafing Dish Book. Patio Cook Book. A Book of Appetizers (with a number of drinks by Philip S. Brown)
• Author: Helen Evans Brown. Drinks by Philip S. Brown (A Book of Appetizers)
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles. Patio Cook Book distributed exclusively by Lane Book Company
• Publication Year: Chafing Dish Book: copyright 1950, sixth printing 1963. Patio Cook Book: copyright 1951, Second Revised Edition 1959. A Book of Appetizers: copyright 1958
• Edition and Printing: Chafing Dish Book: First Printing 1950, Fifth Printing (Revised) 1958, Sixth Printing 1963, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 51-9030. Patio Cook Book: Second Revised Edition 1959, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 64-8306, printed in the United States of America. A Book of Appetizers: copyright 1958, no printing statement shown
• Format and Binding: Three square hardcovers in a green cardboard slipcase
• Dust Jacket: None. Decorative paper covered boards
• Pages: Pages are not numbered
• Recipes: Chafing Dish Book 141 recipes plus index. A Book of Appetizers 145 recipes plus index. Patio Cook Book 141 recipes
• Genre / Subject: Nonfiction, cookbooks: chafing dish, patio cooking, and appetizers
• Language: English
• ISBN: Not confirmed from photos
• Dimensions: Slipcase 7 by 6 by 2 1/4 in. Each book 6 by 6 by 3/4 in

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: The books are in good condition and the pages shown stay clean, with the wear noted below.
• Chafing Dish Book front and back covers look good, and the pages shown stay clean and easy to read.
• Chafing Dish Book recipes shown include Chicken Livers with Green Olives and Clam and Eggs.
• A Book of Appetizers covers stay solid, and the pages shown stay clean.
• A Book of Appetizers recipes shown include Blinis and Waffled Treats.
• Patio Cook Book pages shown stay clean, with no writing and no spatters.
• Patio Cook Book recipes shown include Anchovy-Caper Salad Dressing and Barbecue Sauce, and spit roasted lamb or mutton.
• A lot of recipes are packed into this small set.

Issues / Wear

• All three spines are a little faded.
• The green slipcase is worn, with fraying at the opening edges and corners, and paint spatters that look like they came off a roller.
• Patio Cook Book has stains on the front and back covers and more wear from going in and out of the case.
• Chafing Dish Book endpapers show foxing and mottled brown spotting.
• Cover corners on the books show light rubbing and small board show through at the tips.

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Chicken Livers with Green Olives from the Chafing Dish Book next to a patio spit roast is the kind of small Ward Ritchie shelf that keeps a California kitchen close. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.