A Date With a Dish

1948 Hermitage Press, Inc., Yellow cloth hardcover with light wear and age toned edges in an unclipped acceptable dust jacket with many taped tears and a few small missing pieces. 9" by 6". A scarce second printing of Freda De Knight's popular cookery book of African American recipes, considered the first of its kind. The second printing, published… Read more about this item

Hermitage, 1948. first. hardcover. very good: binding tight, front pastedown and FFEP covered in pencil and pen annotations, main text has a few pencil markings next to some recipes. offsetting on back endpapers from newspaper bookmark, some toning, bottom corners slightly bumped./poor: large rips along front cover and spine, chipping, missing pieces, price still visible on inside flap ($3.00).… Read more about this item

New York: Hermitage Press, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Foreword by Gertrude Blair. Octavo. 426pp. Fine in just about fine dust jacket with nominal rubbing at the spine ends. A superior copy of a well-known and important cookbook by "this extremely charming, brown-skinned little woman" (from the jacket text), who was the cooking editor of *Ebony* magazine. *The… Read more about this item

NY: Hermitage Press, Inc.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Light brown cloth over boards. Rear board and spine loose from binding; cloth peeling from board on rear; endpapers soiled; some water damage on front board and first few pages. ; 426 pages .