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(Mexican) Stone, Idella Purnell. 30 Mexican Menus in Spanish and English.

$150

Jacket. First Edition. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, [1971].

Bookplate of Helen Evans & Philip S. Brown to front pastedown. The Browns were important Southern California cookbook writers and collectors, and knew the owners of the Ward Ritchie Press quite well. This book contains numerous recipes for 30 menus, including Adelita’s Christmas salad yolk salad dressing, marquesote, frijol soup, sopa de jocoque, Acapulco avocado salad, etc. Closed tears to upper front panel, else very good and bright. A nice association copy.