Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1952. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Green cloth binding with a line drawing of a Puritan; red cloth spine titled in black. 254 pages, indexed. Drawings by Harry O. Diamond; introduction by M.F.K. Fisher. Hints of rubbing to tips, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is Very Good (Minus). Price-clipped with creasing to the flaps; edgewear chipping at the margins; one large chip to the front panel. In an archival plastic protector. [Note: Due to a computer crash, this book may also show up as "000673]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good (Minus). Illus. by Harry O. Diamond. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005772
Title: Helen Brown's Holiday Cook Book
Author: Brown, Helen [Evans]
Illustrator: Harry O. Diamond
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good (Minus)
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Little, Brown, & Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1952
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Bookseller catalogs: Cooking Literature;

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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