Cookbook from the 1940's Part I

Ida Bailey Allen's Time Saving Cook Book, published in 1940. Yet another book by Mrs Allen!

New Orleans Cook Book by Lena Richard, published in 1940. Lena did a book tour to promote her book and the previous owner had it signed.

The Settlement Cookbook - The Way to a Man's Heart, published in 1940. This copy is the 23rd edition (enlarged & revised). The first edition was published in 1901.

Southern Cooking by Mrs. S.R. Dull, published in 1941. The first edition, published in 1928 is still defined by current culinary connoisseurs as the Bible of southern cooking.

June Platt's Dessert Cookbook, published in 1942.

The American Woman's Cookbook, published in 1942. Originally published in 1938 from the Delineator Cook Book.

The Lilly Wallace New American Cookbook, published in 1943. The first edition was published in 1941.

The Modern Family Cookbook by Meta Givens, published in 1941. This book is huge, with 905 pages of recipes with tabbed sections.