Covers have heavy wear, rubbing and chipping with lots of water spots on back cover only. Corners and ends of spine bumped, rounded and frayed. Binding broken in numerous places but stitching is still tight. Writing on front free end paper and pencil handwritten recipes on verso of rear free end paper and other side. Pages have scattered soil. xvi + 272 pages. Cooking in the twenty-first century is a lot different than it was in the 1930s but the dishes will sound familiar. It involved lots of fat, butter and eggs and some unfamiliar ingredients. Recipes include sardine canapes, beefsteak with oysters, meat pies, olive sauce, timbale cases, lobster patties, stuffed onions, sweet potato puff, raisin rocks, brownies, tea cakes, lady fingers, peanut brittle and date pudding. The cookbook is illustrated with black and white pictures of finished dishes. Size: 6.25 x 9.25