Meat by The Lobel Brothers 1971 Hawthorn Books Hardcover Book Club Edition

Meat by The Lobel Brothers, published by Hawthorn Books in 1971, is a Book Club Edition hardcover cookbook with its original dust jacket and more than 300 recipes.

This practical 1970s meat cookbook covers buying, storing, preparing, and serving beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry, variety meats, and game, with recipes and illustrated guidance from working butchers.

Details

• Item: Hardcover Cookbook
• Title: Meat
• Author: The Lobel Brothers
• Illustrator: Edward Epstein
• Publisher: Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York
• Publication Year: 1971
• Edition and Printing: Book Club Edition. Printing sequence not confirmed
• Format and Binding: Red cloth hardcover with gilt utensil decoration
• Dust Jacket: Present
• Pages: 311
• Genre: Cookbook, meat cookery
  
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 8 3/4 inches x 6 inches x 1 inch

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: Complete and intact with noticeable exterior wear, while remaining clean, readable, and practical for kitchen use.
• All 311 pages are easy to read, with illustrations and clearly printed recipes throughout.
• The red cloth boards remain attractive, with the gilt knife, fork, and sharpening steel design still visible on the front cover.
• The original dust jacket is still present, an important part of the look and identification of this 1971 Book Club copy.
• Visible recipe pages include the Beef section with Oxtail Ragout No. 1 and Oxtail Ragout No. 2.

Issues / Wear

• The dust jacket has noticeable rubbing, edge wear, creasing, small tears, and losses at the corners and spine ends.
• The jacket shows age toning and scattered surface marks, especially along the lighter rear panel and edges.
• There are occasional scattered food spatters inside, but they are limited and do not interfere with reading the recipes.
• Page edges show some age toning from use and storage.

Collector's Notes

The Lobel family were established New York butchers, and Meat was their 1971 guide to choosing, preparing, and cooking the cuts they worked with professionally.

This is a good fit for a vintage cookbook collection, a meat and butchering reference shelf, or someone who still wants an old cookbook they can actually cook from.

The Book Club Edition is identified directly on the dust jacket flap, and this copy retains that jacket along with the distinctive red cloth binding underneath.

This 1971 Hawthorn Books club edition keeps its original dust jacket over red cloth boards with a gilt utensil design, and it suits a cook who wants a working meat reference. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.