Wilton Cake and Food Decorating Bundle of 2 1969 and 1970-71 Vintage Yearbook Catalog Retro Cake Ideas
$29.99
This is a lot of two Wilton cake decorating books: Your Personal Guide to Cake and Food Decorating Ideas from 1969, with the red 1970 cake cover, and Magic for Your Table, Cake and Food Decorating from 1970-71, with the green cover.
Both are well used and well loved, with plenty of cover wear, but every page is still full of technicolor cakes, piping instructions, and Wilton's own product pages from the era.
These books mix decorating lessons with catalog pages, so they show borders, flowers, tiered wedding cakes, and party centerpieces next to the pans, molds, toppers, and tubes Wilton sold at the time. If you own an old Wilton pan or mold, chances are you can find it advertised in these pages, and any cake decorator will enjoy browsing them for ideas or remembering the cakes they once made.
Details
- Item: Lot of 2 vintage cake decorating books
- Title: Your Personal Guide to Cake and Food Decorating Ideas; Magic for Your Table, Cake and Food Decorating
- Author: Wilton Enterprises
- Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
- Publisher: Wilton Enterprises, Inc., Chicago
- Publication Year: 1969 (red cover) and 1970-71 (green cover)
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Softcover, perfect bound
- Dust Jacket: None, as issued
- Pages: 160 pages (red cover) and 192 pages (green cover)
- Genre: Cake decorating, baking, trade catalog
- Language: English
- ISBN: None
- Dimensions: 11 in x 9 in x 1/4 in each
Condition Grade: Fair
Positives
- Graded Fair: Both books are complete and readable, with heavy cover wear from years of kitchen use, and every flaw is named here.
- The pages are bright, and the color photos and illustrations are vivid.
- Both spines are intact, with their titles readable.
- Pages show Wilton borders such as Grape Vine and Lily of the Valley, piped flowers such as Dahlia and Yellow Jonquil, the Wilton School of Cake Decorating, decorating leaves, paste colors, cookie cutters, religious cake ornaments, and wedding cake toppers, plus centerpiece projects.
Issues / Wear
- The red cover shows heavy creasing, rubbing, and a crackled look across the front, with edge and corner wear.
- The red cover book has minor stains on the inside back cover.
- The green cover has creases, rubbing, edge wear, and a handwritten "1972" circled in ink at the top.
- The green cover book's back cover shows wear and toning.
- Pages are toned at the edges with age, and a few have small spots.
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These two Wilton books are a window into the cakes of 1969 and 1970, and they belong with any cake decorator who loves the retro look. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- 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.
Every item is honestly described and carefully packed. These are vintage pieces, so light age-related wear comes with them. I show and describe what I see so you know what to expect.
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