A Friend in Need. A Cook Book

Ladies of the Free Kindergarten Association of Columbia, South Carolina

Published by The R.L. Bryan Co, Columbia, South Carolina, 1917

About this Item

Tall octavo, 10.75 x 5.75", brown wrappers with illustration of rabbit cooking stew, 92, [10] pp, with index and local advertisements at end. A scarce South Carolina community cookbook, and an attractive production. Begins with instructions for setting the table and for serving wines. Next are the recipes, each attributed, including Low Country Brown Soup and Charleston Hopping John. There are also several recipes for alcoholic drinks such as claret punch, egg nog, and champagne punch. OCLC only shows entries for a 1971 reprint. Three hole punches along spine, which may have once held a ribbon, tearing, creasing, ring stain, and chipping to wrappers, manuscript poem to front endpaper (dated 1917), mild spattering to pages.

Seller Inventory # 12332

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Friend in Need. A Cook Book
• Publisher: The R.L. Bryan Co, Columbia, South Carolina
• Publication Date: 1917
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cookery