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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Privately printed, with light wear to front and back cover. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Privately printed, with light wear to front and back cover. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Yellow cream-colored boards with black title on front cover. Somewhat worn. Binding shaken, but intact. Some soiling and notations on pages. Several additional recipes fixed to supplied blank pages. 172 pages. Rare. No copies located in WorldCat institutions. One of the earliest cookbooks published in Pendleton, Oregon. Issued in December 1927, it precedes the American Legion Auxiliary 1936 cookbook by nearly a decade. Originally owned by Edith Janet (Laing) Hudson, who was born in Pendleton in 1901 (seven entries in the cookbook are credited to her aunt, Fannie Laing, aka Mrs. James T. Laing). Both of Edith's Canadian grandfathers, Robert Laing and John Dand, were Umatilla County pioneers, having settled there in the early to mid-1880s, both farming in the Cold Springs area just north of Pendleton. She married Elmer Hudson in 1924. They moved to Bend in 1931, and together owned and operated the Maytag Appliance Store from about 1941, until their retirement in 1967 (a little vintage Maytag Blue Cheese Cookbook is tucked in). Contents: Weights and Measures, Table Appointments and Table Service, Cocktails and Sauces, Soups, Fish and Sauces, Meats and Their Accompaniments, Vegetables, Salads and Salad Dressings, Breads, Cakes and Cake Frostings, Cookies Small Cakes and Doughnuts, Pies Pastry and Tarts, Puddings, Frozen Dainties, Beverages, Sandwiches, Eggs and Cheese, Relishes, Candies Nuts and Popcorn, Canning and Preserving, Left-Overs, Suggestions for the Convalescent, Large and Small Recipes, Whe the Community Dines (Proportions), Hints to Housewives, Menus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author(s) Hardcover. Light green cloth over boards with lettering stamped in white on spine and an illustration of the United States Treasury stamped in white on the cover. Clear plastic protective DJ. Title page and copyright page dated 1905. 160 pages. Book is in very good condition. Cover has some light wear including fading on the spine, rubbed corners and a closed tear in the cloth on the top edge of spine. A letter from Oct 21, 1905 has been pasted on the front attached endpaper. The letter is signed by William Cox, the book's editor. Previous owner's bookplate on rear attached endpaper. Deckled edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. No tears, no smudges, no highlighting. Black and white illustrations throughout. Overall, a nice copy. ISigned by Author(s).