Cross Creek Cookery (Signed)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Camp, Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 230 pp. Scribner’s “A” on copyright page and B&W-illustrated endpapers depicting a Florida swamp indicate this as a First Issue. Linen-covered boards. Inscribed and signed by author on frontispiece verso. Pictorial boards, matching dustjacket, and internal drawings by Florida painter, Robert Camp, Jr. No wear to case. Tips sharp. Internally clean and unmarked. Minor soiling to leading edge of text block and very slight spine lean, else Fine. Edgewear, creasing and chipping to dustjacket with material loss at heel of spine and lower leading corner of front panel, sticker scar on front panel, and four-inch closed tear to rear panel (please see images). Dustjacket now in protective archival cover. In response to myriad requests from readers of her book Cross Creek, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author produced this complimentary work binding together over 250 recipes and 30 menus, for breakfast, luncheon, dinner, and camp dinners, with conversational discussion of cooking and charming vignettes from her life at Cross Creek. Scarce in dust jacket. Near Fine / Very Good-. Item #295
Price: $800.00