COLLECTORS GUIDE TO COOKBOOKS

by FRANK DANIELS

Identification and Values

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New softcover book, 224 pages. Published 2005

Ingredients:

• Listings for hundres of general cookbooks

• Entries for select regional and local books

• Comprehensive listings from three major publishers

Directions:

Combine the ingredients to form a tasty assembly of cookbook, booklet and pamphlet listings. Fold in recent values from store and online sales. Spice generously with colour photographs. Then toss in grading tips, a market evaluation and other goodies to make a welcome treat!

Over 600 color photographs and 2,000 listings of cookbooks are presented, along with title, publisher, date, availability, and current collector value. The book is organized chronologically and a handy index is provided - so if you know either the date or the name of the cookbook, you'll be able to find it easily. The Culinary Institute of Chicago, General Mills (Betty Crocker), Pillsbury, and many other major companies are featured, from 1880 to the 1980s. A scarcity index is provided, indicating the relative difficulty in locating a particular item. General as well as regional volumes are included. If you are interested in cookbooks, Collector's Guide to Cookbooks needs to be on your bookshelf.

About the author:
The motto of author Frank Daniels is 'Anything that can be collected will be collected'. He has collected comic books, Beatles records and memorabilia and numerous other collectibles for approximately thirty years. He has contributed in one capacity or another to half a dozen books on the Beatles, including the Beatles Price Guide series. His Beatles website is one of the largest and longest-lived websites for Beatles collectors. He has written articles about collectibles, has had mystery short stories published, and has authored and co-authored philosophical writings.

Frank has collected cookbooks for over fifteen years. At his home, one room is filled with over 1000 cookbooks. Frank loves to cook for other people and actually uses the cookbooks that he buys, often creating recipes of his own. The artwork, the company histories, and of course the interesting recipes from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, are all of interest to him. The author has included 4 recipes of his own in Collector's Guide to Cookbooks.

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Collectors Guide to Cookbooks by Frank Daniels