Economy Cooking How to Prepare Tasty Dishes Gerard HC by Lillian White 1924 1st Edition 115 pages Small 8Chapters Measuring 7.5" x 5.25" Publisher's plain black cloth over boards The Dust Jacket is in several pieces, but I have put it into an archival envelope and including it. The Book itself is in Good Condition for being 100 years old--the pages have toning A compilation of recipes with "easy methods of preparing pleasing food for everyday use and [which has] has purposely eliminated the more elaborate dishes so often found in cook books"; This was undoubtedly informed by the scarcity, and rationing experienced by families during the First World War. Sections include: Beverages, Breads, Cakes and Cake Fillings, Fillings, Candies and Nuts, Dressings, Eggs, Fish, Ice Cream, Jellies and Jams, Meats, Meat Substitutes, Pickles and Relishes, Pies, Puddings, Salads, Sandwiches, Sauces, Soups, and Vegetables. Cloth extremities rubbed and showing edgewear, slightly shaken (binding remains sound). Internally, there is some spotting and hand-written recipes (in pencil) to the endpapers, hand-written recipes to pages 4 and 66, two small white spots to pages 40/41, some age-toning to the pages but text-block remains overwhelmingly clean and unmarked. Overall, good+. Rare in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. We note that this title corresponds to OCLC #468794305 indicating only but four institutional holdings at time of cataloguing (not housed at Guelph University Archives Special Collections, Cookbook Collection). This book has been compiled with the hope that is may be an efficient aid to the housewife whether novice or experienced. Tasty food is the keynote to happiness, but the housewife should not devote so much time to her kitchen duties that she is too tired to enjoy the food when it is placed upon the table. With this in mind the author has compiled this book to contain the easy methods of preparing pleasing food for everyday use and has purposely eliminated the more elaborate dishes so often found in cook books PLEASE REFER TO ALL PHOTOS FOR A BETTER VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM *Vintage and secondhand items may have flaws. Please review item(s), description and picture(s). I do my best to research and describe the items accurately, but I am not an expert on all of the items I sell. Unless specified in the listing, all items are sold AS-IS AS-SEEN in photos* All of My Items Come from a Smoke Free Home and have been cleaned per's standards I do Ship everyday Monday - Saturday Feel Free to Visit My Store and Browse Through My Other Listings as I am happy to combine shipping for you. Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up! If you have any further questions, please feel free to message me Any props that are used in the taking of the photos are not included. Only the item/items in the title of the listings are being sold