Betty Crocker Parties for Children 1972 and Cook Book for Boys and Girls 1976 Two Vintage Childrens Cookbooks

Two Betty Crocker books for young cooks, both from General Mills and Golden Press. Parties for Children is the fourth printing from 1972, and the Cook Book for Boys and Girls is the second printing from 1976.

Parties for Children opens on a pink cover with round photo insets of a lion cake, costumed children, and a birthday cake, and its pages mix party games with the food to make for them. The boys and girls book has an orange pictorial cover of seven children around a table and a white plastic comb that lets it lie flat.

Both books are complete and clean inside. Corners and edges show rubbing from real use, and the parties book has a faint blue ink name at the bottom edge of the cover.

Details

• Item: Two vintage Betty Crocker children's cookbooks
• Title: Betty Crocker's Parties for Children and Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls
• Author: Betty Crocker, a General Mills name
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: General Mills with Golden Press, New York, produced by Western Publishing Company
• Publication Year: 1972 and 1976
• Edition and Printing: Parties for Children is the Fourth Printing, 1972, with copyright 1964 and 1972; the Cook Book for Boys and Girls is the Second Printing, 1976, with copyright 1975
• Format and Binding: Parties for Children is a hardcover; the Cook Book for Boys and Girls has a white plastic comb binding
• Dust Jacket: None
• Genre: Children's cooking, parties, and games
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0-307-09617-3, printed on the back cover of the Cook Book for Boys and Girls
• Dimensions: Not confirmed from photos

Positives

• Graded Good: Both books are complete, with their covers and all their pages.
• The white plastic comb on the boys and girls book is whole, and the pages turn freely.
• Parties for Children keeps its bright pink cover and its round photo insets clear.
• The recipes and party plans are intact in both books.

Issues / Wear

• Corners and edges on both covers are rubbed from use.
• Scuffing shows on the covers, heaviest along the spine and at the corners.
• A faint blue ink name is written at the bottom edge of the Parties for Children cover.
• Page edges are lightly toned.

If you collect Betty Crocker books, this pair puts two children's titles from the 1970s side by side. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

Condition Grade: Good