[Homefront WW I] Purity Flour Cook Book / 1st Edition 1917-image

[Homefront WW I] Purity Flour Cook Book / 1st Edition 1917

$ 84.63

Year Printed: 1917 Binding: Softcover, Wraps Subject: Americana Original/Facsimile: Original Publisher: Western Canada Flour Mills Company Ltd Author: Warner, Miss E. (Elizabeth Seller Notes: “Poor.” Special Attributes: 1st Edition

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[Homefront WW I] Purity Flour Cook Book Author: Warner, Miss E. (Elizabeth) Title: [Homefront WW I] Purity Flour Cook Book Publication: Toronto, ON: Western Canada Flour Mills Company Ltd., (1917) Edition: First Edition, First Printing Description: First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Green printed card wraps with decorative florated borders, hole punched at upper corner with a brown string tie for hanging, square 8vo (8-5/8 inches [22 cm] tall), pp. (x), 158, illustrated with six full page color plates and various in-text drawings, B&W photos and a double page ad showing "The Largest Mill of The Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Ltd.", recipes throughout, the foreword states "Neither time nor expense have been spared during the two years it has taken to prepare the PURITY FLOUR COOK BOOK." and "Copyright, Canada, 1917" verso title page. Volume with tape repairs and much wear and tear to front cover, lacking terminal ad leaf (six coupons for ordering the book) and lower cover, stains, chips and notes to many pages with most interior pages in better condition than the first/last few leaves, which have taken the brunt. Also bound-in preceding the first leaf is a small printed ad on pink card which states "Use the coupons on the last page to place a copy of this valuable Kitchen Encyclopedia in the homes of your friends and acquaintances." This copy collates with the more uncommon state of the first edition (with the B&W ads for Western Canada Flour Mills verso all five color plates and the additional leaf of ads [also color recto with B&W ads verso] preceding the title page) held in the Canadian Cookbook Collection of U. of Guelph. Poor. "Miss Warner's 'Purity Flour Cook Book' was the first cookbook [published] promoting the use of Purity Flour.". The Purity Flour Cook Book was very popular and subsequently reprinted many times under various titles, as well as in a facsimile edition published by Coles in 1975. Ref. Driver, O394.1. Seller ID: 2220 Subject: Americana & Canadiana, Science, Reference & Biography Harropian Books Nelson, B.C., Canada Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs). Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is Canada Post. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. n.b. * Please wait for us to create a new updated invoice reflecting combined shipping costs before making your payment and ignore the auto-generated eBay invoices which will NOT reflect combined shipping costs. * All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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