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c1950 Whitcombe's Modern Home Cookery Guide Vintage Cook Book + Recipes

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c1950 Whitcombe's Modern Home Cookery Guide Vintage Cook Book + Recipes

Whitcombe's Modern Home Cookery And Electrical Guide
Recipes Especially Prepared For Electrical Range Users
Published by Whitcombe And Tombs Limited: Melbourne etc c1950 4th Edition

" Whitcombe's Modern Home Cookery and Electrical Guide reflects the transformative post-war moment when electricity became central to domestic life in Australia and New Zealand. Issued in its Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged around 1950, the book was specifically designed for users of electric ranges, adapting traditional cookery to modern appliances with clarity and efficiency. It presents a wide range of recipes suited to electric cooking, alongside practical guidance on timing, temperatures, and methods unique to electrically powered kitchens, making it both a cookbook and a technical manual for the modern home.

Published by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, the volume also captures the optimism and progress of mid-twentieth-century domestic culture, reinforced by its period typography and illustrations of streamlined, contemporary kitchens. As part of Whitcombe's well-known series of practical household guides, it offers valuable insight into changing food habits, technology, and gendered domestic roles in the post-war era, and would particularly appeal to collectors of mid-century cookbooks, social historians, and those interested in the history of domestic electrification."

Light wear and fading to covers with minor damage to outer spine as shown. No inscriptions. Pages are clean and well presented. Strong binding with no loose pages. A nice copy in uncommonly good condition. Please study photos to further understand condition.

Size 18.5cm x 12.5cm x 1.5cm - 221 Pages

PRODUCT DETAILS


Condition: Very good
Binding: Hardcover
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Europe
Subject: Reference
Original/Facsimile: Original
Seller Notes: Light wear and fading to covers with minor damage to outer spine as shown. No inscriptions. Pages are clean and well presented. Strong binding with no loose pages. A nice copy in uncommonly good condition. Please study photos to further understand condition.
Language: English
Author: Whitcombe And Tombs Limited: Melbourne
Publisher: Whitcombe And Tombs Limited: Melbourne
Year Printed: 1950
Sub-subject: Vintage Cook Book