{"product_id":"white-house-chef-rysavy","title":"White House Chef François Rysavy 1957 Eisenhower Cookbook with Dust Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite House Chef is François Rysavy's account of his years running the White House kitchen for President and Mrs. Eisenhower, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1957 and illustrated by Artur Marokvia. The jacket carries the subtitle With Favorite Recipes of the President and Mrs. Eisenhower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy still has its dust jacket, stained and worn along the top edge and spine, and it did its job of protecting the book. The yellow hardcover underneath is in good condition. The top page ends carry spotting, and there is a small handwritten 7 near the top of one inside page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe recipes run from Martha Washington's meat loaf and string beans almondine to President Eisenhower's ham steak in milk, with the printed menus for a stag dinner and a special luncheon held in March 1955. It suits a shelf of presidential history as well as a working kitchen collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-cookbooks-and-recipes\" title=\"Cookbook\"\u003eCookbook\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e White House Chef\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e François Rysavy, as told to Frances Spatz Leighton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Artur Marokvia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1957\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with dust jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes, present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cookbook, presidential history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e None printed, Library of Congress catalog card 57-14521\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 in. by 6 in. by 1 in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGraded Good:\u003c\/strong\u003e a complete, readable copy, sound and square, with clean interior pages and its original jacket still along for the ride.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe yellow hardcover boards under the jacket are clean and square, with only a few faint specks on the front.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dust jacket is still with the book, with the front panel, spine, inside flap and back panel all intact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe spine still reads Rysavy at the top and Putnam at the bottom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe copyright page prints the 1957 copyright line, Made in the United States of America and Van Rees Press, New York.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe title page credits Artur Marokvia as illustrator and G. P. Putnam's Sons as publisher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe back panel carries the original About the Book blurb.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages are flat, clean and easy to read, with no writing in the text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe recipe pages read cleanly throughout, from the Chicken Tarragon and Petits Fours pages to the printed stag dinner and luncheon menus of 1955.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dust jacket is stained and worn, with dark staining across the top edge and brown marks on the spine and covers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe jacket has small tears and chips along the top edge, and a tear with paper loss at the bottom right corner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe jacket corners are bumped and the bottom edge is curled and lightly soiled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall foxing spots are scattered across the jacket surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe top page ends carry spotting and foxing along the full edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is a small handwritten 7 near the top of one inside page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA liquid stain runs along the top edge of the title page and the blank facing it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePage edges are tanned and yellowed with age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 1957 Putnam cookbook of the Eisenhower White House table, useful both as a piece of presidential history and as a working kitchen book. 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