Weight Watchers Cook Book 1966 and International Cookbook 1977 by Jean Nidetch Two Vintage Diet Cookbooks

Two Weight Watchers cookbooks from the years when the program was still new. Weight Watchers Cook Book is copyright 1966 by Jean Nidetch, published by Hearthside Press, and Weight Watchers International Cookbook is the first edition from 1977, published by New American Library.

The 1966 book keeps Jean Nidetch's photograph on the jacket and sets out the plan with its exchanges and its menus, at a time when the program ran through meetings rather than packaged food. The 1977 book widens the range to dishes from other countries, with an introduction by Nidetch and a tan and gold jacket showing a plate of food.

Both are hardcovers with their jackets, clean inside, with light foxing on the top edges and bumping at the corners. The 1966 jacket is toned from age and carries a price sticker on the front.

Details

• Item: Two vintage Weight Watchers cookbooks with dust jackets
• Title: Weight Watchers Cook Book and Weight Watchers International Cookbook
• Author: Jean Nidetch, with Weight Watchers International
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Hearthside Press, New York; New American Library
• Publication Year: 1966 and 1977
• Edition and Printing: Weight Watchers International Cookbook is the First Edition, 1977; the printing of the 1966 book is not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: Two hardcovers with dust jackets
• Dust Jacket: Both present; the 1966 jacket is toned and carries a price sticker
• Genre: Diet cooking and low calorie recipes
• Language: English
• ISBN: None on the 1966 book, which predates ISBN use; the 1977 ISBN is not confirmed from photos
• Dimensions: Not confirmed from photos

Positives

• Graded Good: Both books are complete, with their jackets and all their pages.
• The 1966 book keeps Jean Nidetch's photograph on the jacket front.
• The 1977 International Cookbook is a stated first edition.
• Both bindings are tight and the recipe pages are clean.

Issues / Wear

• The 1966 jacket is toned with shelf wear along the edges, and a $6.95 price sticker sits on the front.
• Light foxing shows along the top page edges of both books.
• Corner bumping shows on both covers.
• The 1977 jacket has edge wear at the spine ends and corners.

If you collect diet and health cookbooks, this pair tracks Weight Watchers from 1966 to its international edition in 1977. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

Condition Grade: Good