A classic vintage Fannie Farmer cookbook for cooks, collectors, and anyone who loves mid-century kitchen books with real shelf presence. This is The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book in a green cloth hardcover, Ninth Edition, completely revised by Wilma Lord Perkins. It’s a substantial, useful copy with 877 pages, and it also includes two found-inside pieces of ephemera: a handwritten recipe and a loose page from another book.
Key Features
Author: Fannie Merritt Farmer
Title: The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Edition: Ninth Edition, completely revised by Wilma Lord Perkins
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Publication Year: 1951 revised edition shown on copyright page; later printing not confirmed
Genre: Vintage cookbook / culinary reference
Binding: Hardcover, green cloth boards, no dust jacket present
Pages: 877
Dimensions: seller provided as 9 x 6
Special Attributes: found inside are a handwritten recipe and a page from another book; illustrated title page notes drawings by Barbara Corrigan
Condition Grade: Good — noticeable wear
Positives:
- Hardcover binding remains intact
- Front cover and spine lettering present and readable
- Interior pages shown are generally clean and readable
- Text block appears complete from the photos provided
- Includes charming found ephemera: one handwritten recipe and one loose page from another book
- Strong vintage kitchen and shelf appeal
Issues / Wear:
- No dust jacket present
- Noticeable rubbing and edge wear to boards, corners, and spine ends
- Back cover has a large rubbed/abraded area with surface loss and a few dark marks
- Page edges show age toning
- Name/previous owner writing is visible on the title page
- Loose inserted items are present and show age-related wear
- As always with vintage cookbooks, light age-related marks may be present beyond what is most visible in photos
Why It Matters
This is the kind of cookbook many buyers remember from a parent’s or grandparent’s kitchen: practical, substantial, and full of the kind of recipes people actually used. It works well as a nostalgic kitchen book, a collectible Fannie Farmer volume, or a display piece in a story-rich home library. The found handwritten recipe and loose page tucked inside add exactly the kind of personal history many vintage cookbook lovers hope to find.
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Care and Handling:
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