The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image
The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good-image

The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good

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Author: Brown Derby Restaurant Additional Info: American; Hollywood Memorabilia Signed: No Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Topic: The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Country of Origin: United States Character Family: The Brown Derby Cook Book Place of Publication: Garden City, New York Region: North America Binding: Hardcover Special Attributes: 1st Edition Additional Info 2: First Edition; Vintage; Restaurant Cookbook Language: English Year Printed: 1949 Subject: Cooking Additional Info 3: Recipes from the iconic Hollywood restaurant

Description

The Brown Derby Cook Book 1949 First Edition Doubleday HC Hollywood Good. The book contains the Brown Derby’s most famous recipes, presented exactly as they were served to Hollywood’s elite. For collectors of Hollywood’s Golden Age, this 1949 FIRST EDITION of The Brown Derby Cook Book is more than a recipe collection — it is a surviving artifact of the most iconic restaurant in Los Angeles. The Brown Derby Cook Book (Doubleday, 1949) is the original FIRST EDITION of the legendary Hollywood restaurant’s official cookbook — a culinary snapshot of the Golden Age of film. The Brown Derby was the iconic hat ‑ shaped restaurant where Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Spencer Tracy, and countless others dined, and where signature dishes like the Cobb Salad and Grapefruit Cake became classics. This first edition was printed at The Country Life Press in Garden City, New York. Two authentic binding states were produced during the initial 1949 run: one with solid brown endpapers (the earliest and most common state), and one with illustrated endpapers used in later binding batches. This copy features the solid brown endpapers, consistent with the earliest binding state. The book contains the Brown Derby’s most famous recipes, presented exactly as they were served to Hollywood’s elite. Doubleday’s production includes the distinctive yellow cloth boards with the Brown Derby hat emblem stamped on the front cover — a hallmark of the first edition. A clean, well ‑ preserved example of a highly collectible Hollywood cookbook. For collectors of Hollywood’s Golden Age, this 1949 FIRST EDITION of The Brown Derby Cook Book is more than a recipe collection — it is a surviving artifact of the most iconic restaurant in Los Angeles. The Brown Derby was the unofficial dining room of classic Hollywood, where stars like Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, and Spencer Tracy gathered under its famous hat ‑ shaped roof. This book preserves the dishes served to those legends at the height of the studio era, making it one of the most desirable culinary collectibles tied to mid ‑ century film culture. First ‑ edition copies, especially in clean condition, remain a cornerstone item for Hollywood memorabilia collectors.

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