THE MARTHA WASHINGTON COOK BOOK
New York: COWARD-McCANN, 1940. Hardcover. 212 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Prepared from the original manuscript given by Frances Parke Custis to Martha Washington. The Martha Washington Cook Book presents the "rules" which brought fame to America's first Lady as a housewife and hostess throughout her life. The recipes have been completely modernized, and the author offers in her Introduction a remarkably interesting and entertaining account of the Washington's and their domestic problems. The book contains three reproductions in grafatone, including a frontispiece portrait of Martha Washington; three reproductions from the original manuscript; and numerous decorations in black and white; it is printed on water-resistant paper, and bound in washable cloth with lovely decorative endpapers displaying the gardens of Mount Vernon. Book and boards clean and crisp. Slipcase rubbed with some staining. All edges red. [BROWN 4304]. White illustrated cloth. Near fine, in good slipcase. Item #4009
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