On Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:57:55 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:

> I got the Betty Crocker one from 1969/1976. This appears to be the same one
> that I used to have but has a different spine on it. So it will take much
> much less room in my closet. Whoever had it didn't appear to have used it at
> all. Almost as good as new but the pages are a tad crispy from age.
>

I bought two early editions, both pristine. One at a book fair, the other
at a used bookstore in Palm Springs. I was looking for one like my mother
had, which was loved to death a la the Velveteen Rabbit, so I could cook
some of the old familiar recipes.

I didn't need the second one, but it was in such fabulous shape I
couldn't resist it. My mother's was spiral bound, so it could lie flat,
but both of these are hardback.