[Office of the Quartermaster General, War Department]

Manual for Army Cooks, 1916.

New York: Military Publishing Co., 42 Broadway; War Department, 1916.

War Department, Document no. 564. Duodecimo (14.7 x 11.5 cm.), 270 pages. Illustrated, including one folding plate. FIRST EDITION. An instructional guide for Army cooks. Beyond the recipes, the guide includes material on building ovens in the field, kitchen sanitation, provisioning and more. Fascinating and well-illustrated. A bit of offsetting to endpapers. In publisher's blue cloth, gilt-titled on the front panel. Small loss along the rear gutter, otherwise near fine. Ownership inscription on front endpapers, "Henry N. Arnold, Maj. Inf. ORC. Sept 1917"

Price: $90.00