The Wise Encyclopedia of Cookery; An encyclopedic handbook for the homemaker covering foods and beverages, their purchase, preparation and service. by Wm. H. Wise and Company (Staff and resource associates with) - 1951

New York.: W. H. Wise., 1951. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid, pages are clean, but spine covering is reinforced at top w/ clear tape. Lower spine has narrow edge loss. Spine titles are darkened. Bottom page block, hungry bugs tried to get in, but it was too challenging.. Sigman-Ward, Associates of (Pen&Ink Illustrations by); Commercial Sources (Color photos by).. 1 Dark green cloth over boards. Embossed cover titles. viii, 1329 p. 22 cm. 32 color plates of food. Numerous smaller line art pieces. Two-column format from "A la mode" and "Abalone" to "Zwirn Cheese" and "Zythum". Readers may be pleased to know Zythum is an ancient beverage of malt and wheat; so it's a kind of beer. A glossary helps with international entries. The index begins with "Ale" and wraps up with "Zucchini". Post World War II.