American Cookery by James Beard, First Edition, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Quite uncommon inscribed First Edition, First Printing of James Beard's expansive survey of American cookery, one of the classic books on food from the 20th century. Inscribed by James Beard to previous owners on the front endpaper. Cloth, 877 pages. The dust jacket has a chip at the top edge of the front cover and creasing on the front flap. The book itself shows minimal sign of previous use. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 7 x 10 1/2 in. 877 pp. Bright yellow cloth boards with orange spine label. First edition, fifth printing, 1972. Signed with an inscription by Beard with "Good re------ adventures" on the ffep. Condition is NEAR FINE ; covers extremely clean and bright, corners not bumped, no shelf wear. Binding tight and text unmarked. A few faint spots on text block edges. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; extremely clean and bright with no sunning to the colors. Laminate overlay is excellent. Price-clipped, a few minimal flecks to edge at spine ends. In a new Mylar wrapper. Cook. RGR. ETS. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Illus. by Earl Thollander (illustrator). 2nd prt. Tall 8vo, 877 pp., Signed by the author on the half-title page. Second printing of the first edition. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.

Condition: VG+/FAIR only (see notes). 1st. large 8vo. 877pp. Signed by the author: "Good cookery/James Beard". Book solid, some. concavity to spine. DJ makes you want to cry--see notes. DJ has numerous ragged and creased tears to 1" several chips to 3/4". square. Interior masking and scotch tape repairs. Scans on request. Any. signed copies of Beard's most significant book are scarce, 1st editions. such are scarcer still. We will include a nice 2nd printing copy of. Robert Clark's biography of Beard with an order for this.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, Fifth Printing. 877pp. Yellow boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Author Inscription in black sharpie on the front free endpaper. 144 illustrations. Even, light soiling to the externals, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has $16.95 price on the front flap, has two tiny liftoffs on the upper spine, otherwise near fine. This book "includes more than fifteen hundred of his favorite and most successful recipes, as well as advice on dozens of cooking questions, from choosing meats and vegetables to preserving fruit and making real cheeseburgers". Considered by many to be his definitive work. Size: Thick Octavo. Signed and Inscribed.

First Edition. First edition first printing. Signed by James Beard and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. [xii], 877 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth stamped in brown and ocher with gilt titles on spine blocked in ochre. Very Good with concave spine, tape ghosts to board edges, light staining and shelf rubbing to text block edges. Former owner name at front free endpaper. In an Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, moderate wear at crown with peeling laminate at edges. The famous Portland-born chef's comprehensive cookbook on American cuisine that emphasizes the use of fresh ingredients.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by James Beard and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth stamped in brown and ocher with gilt titles on spine blocked in ochre. Very Good with wear to spine ends, heavy foxing to textblock edge. In a Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, foxing and edge wear; small repair to head of spine on blindside.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by James Beard and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. 877 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth stamped in brown and ochre with gilt titles on spine blocked in ochre. Fine, in a Near Fine later issue dust jacket with a short tear to the bottom of the front panel, which has a tape ghost from a now absent tape repair. A lovely copy, signed by the author.