A Family Harvest: Being the recipes and record of good eating from the shores of Maryland and the rocky Berkshires of Massachusetts by Jane Moss Snow (1976 1^st Edition Hardcover in Dust Jacket) 

•           Author:                           Jane Moss Snow   

•           Designed by:                  Betty Crumley   

•           Jacket Design:                Helen Barrow     

•           Jacket illustration:          Bill Goldsmith   

•           Publisher:      The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.    Indianapolis, IN   U.S.A.     1976   

Being the recipes and record of good eating from the shores of Maryland and the rocky Berkshires of Massachusetts.  Published in the year of America's Bi-Centennial, a literal melting pot of Maryland  and Western Massachusetts recipes.  Blending Catholic with Puritan methods and tastes. 

Book design by Betty Crumley.  Jacket design by Helen Barrow and Jacket illustration by Bill Goldsmith. 

Stated: 1st printing (of 1976 copyright?).

Hardcover has pale blue cloth boards with brown lettering and designs in an unclipped dust jacket.  Interior tight, clean and unmarked, surprising for a cookbook! Dust Cover is present but shows wear & missing chips at spine edges because it was pulled down from shelf quite often. 

• Size:  8vo – over 7¾ - 9¾” tall,       221pp.  
• Condition:  Very Good Hardcover , in Good Dust Jacket  –  Copy from 1^st Edition, 1st Printing for 1976 release.  Always privately owned.  No Ownership markings. 

Copyright 1976.  Stated First Printing, First Edition implied, but edition not specified.  Manufactured in U.S.A.  Bobbs-Merrill catalog 52169 on rear of jacket.  ISBN: 0-672-52169-5.  LCCN: 75-33569.  MSR = US $10.00. 

Notes on Condition/Edition ratings:

Fine – means like new, but any book produced over 10 years ago isn't “brand new” or even “new.”  Using the same term as coin collectors, “can’t guarantee it is uncirculated, but it looks very much like it could be.”  Booksellers need similar grading to describe this...

Like New – A new book, no marks no damage (except maybe remainder marks or shelf-wear) except not obtained directly from the publisher or in packaging from the publisher.  Same sort of thing about grading as Fine above except generally used for newer publication dates with title still in print. 

Good – How someone else might take care of a book. Also referred to as “standard.” This is the most likely condition for books of this age & title, shows the book has been read or previously owned.  

 Acceptable – How a young child, student or a librarian might take care of a book. (Either trying to make sure someone doesn't steal it by plastering ownership everywhere, filled it with copious notes or a book that has been damaged.)

Poor – Combination of “acceptable” factors above. Most likely with water damage as well. Might have missing pages (you should ask).  Usually requires repair to be usable. 

Near – Means “almost” in an optimistic sense. e.g., “Near Fine” means very good, but on the high end.

1st Thus – Unique somehow, maybe 1st paperback, new illustrator, misprint or even the 1st edition. A collector might desire this copy for their collection.

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