The Brown Derby Cookbook
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1949. Cloth. The 1949 stated 1st edition of the oriignal cookbook based on the legendary Brown Derby Restaurant of Los Angeles. With "over 500 unusual recipes from the staff of the famous Brown Derby restaurants". Tight and VG, with staining the size of a quarter along the top-edge and offsetting to 2 of the middle pgs. of text where a newspaper had been laid-in. And in a perfectly serviceable, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with chipping and several small closed tears along the panel edges and tips, and a bit more chipping at the spine crown. Still though very appealing in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Charming line-drawn illustrations (alas uncredited) supplementing a number of the recipes. Very Good / Very Good -. Item #25103
Price: $300.00