Collection of (45+) vintage hardcover cookbooks including (5) signed by Julia Child to George Christy. ...

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Collection of (45+) vintage hardcover cookbooks including (5) signed by Julia Child to George Christy. (1950s-1990s) A collection of (45+) vintage hardcover cookbooks with original dust jackets spanning a wide range of international cuisines. Including (5) Julia Child cookbooks inscribed and signed to legendary Hollywood journalist George Christy by the mother of television cooking shows herself. The edition of Julia Child's The Way to Cook contains Christy's original notes from his 1989 interview with the celebrity chef. Other notable titles include The Brown Derby Restaurant, The Wolfgang Puck Cookbook, Foods for Glamour by Jack LaLanne, Delmonicos: A Century of Splendor by Lately Thomas, How to Cook a Pig by Betty Talmadge, Cook My Darling Daughter by Mildred O. Knopff, Paul Bouses's French Cooking, and books by Paul Prudhomme, The Alice's Restaurant Cookbook by Alice may Brock, The Silver Palate Cookbook, multiple titles by M.F.K Fisher and many other celebrity chef editions and novelty cookbooks with some duplicates. Subjects range from home cookery to haute cuisine. From the personal collection of legendary Hollywood journalist George Christy.

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