Thoughts for Food A Menu Aid 1940 Vintage Menu Cookbook Institute Publishing Co Hardcover
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Description
Thoughts for Food is a vintage menu cookbook by The Institute Publishing Co., copyrighted 1938, with this copy from the fifth printing in September 1940. The hardcover has a silver grey cloth cover with the design printed on the boards, a dark blue ribbon banner, and small line drawings of fruit, fish, and a bowl of soup.
With menus and the recipes that go with them, the book was made for the homemaker and hostess of the mid-20th century, covering efficient home management along with company worthy meals. It is out of print and hard to find, and the menus give even a novice cook plenty of ways to impress guests.
Thoughts for Food A Menu Aid fits a mid-century cookbook collection, a kitchen shelf, or a home library.
Condition
This vintage cookbook is in good shape for its age with no rips or tears to the pages. There are brown water stains on the inside cover and along the top edge of a few pages near the spine, and the inside hinge shows old clear tape reinforcement. As shown in photos.
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Book Dimensions: 9x6x1
Book Details
- Publisher: The Institute Publishing Co.
- Publication Year: 1938, fifth printing September 1940
- Edition and Printing: Fifth printing, September 1940
- Format and Binding: Hardcover, cover design printed on the boards
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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