Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards show slight signs of shelf wear. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
In 1896, Fannie Merritt Farmer, principal of the Boston Cooking School, created the first cookbook which called for standardized measurements--a level cupfu, teaspoonful, and tablespoonful. Now, a century later, modern-day cooks can refer to it again and again, in the tradition of their mothers and grandmothers...