The Fannie Farmer Baking Book

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0394533321 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean. The top edge of the text block has several spots of discoloration and darkening. There is one notation from a previous owner on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing and wear. "Farmer grew up in Boston and in Medford, Massachusetts. She suffered a paralytic stroke during her high-school years that forced her to end her formal education. She recovered sufficiently to find employment as a mother’s helper, and she soon showed both an aptitude and a great fondness for cooking. With the encouragement of her parents, she entered the Boston Cooking School. Graduating in 1889, Farmer was asked to remain as assistant director, and in 1894 she became head of the school. Although reticent, she nevertheless became much sought after as a lecturer. She left the school in 1902 to open her own Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery, which was designed to train housewives rather than teachers, institutional cooks, or servants. For a year at Harvard University she conducted a course in dietetic and invalid cooking, and with her sister, Cora Farmer Perkins, she wrote a regular column for the Woman’s Home Companion from 1905 to 1915." (From Encyclopedia Britannica) .