2 Edna Lewis first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Edna Lewis Cookbook (1972) to The Taste of Country Cooking (1976) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Edna Lewis title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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The Edna Lewis Cookbook — 1972 · The Bobbs-Merrill CompanyFirst edition carries the Bobbs-Merrill imprint, dated 1972; recipes arranged in seasonal menu form (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Christmas). Jacket design by Norman Ives with a photograph by John T. Hill. The copyright page carries no later-printing data; Bobbs-Merrill of this period did not use a consistent stated-first slug, so identification rests on the 1972 imprint and the absence of later-printing notation.…. The US Bobbs-Merrill 1972 edition is the true first. It precedes her better-known The Taste of Country Cooking of 1976; the two are distinct titles. Far scarcer than the 1976 title. A later reissue from Axios Press exists and is not the first. Watch for ex-library copies.
The Taste of Country Cooking — 1976 · Alfred A. KnopfTrue first follows Knopf convention: the copyright page states 'First Edition' with no later-printing line; 1976 copyright. Hardcover in dust jacket, a Borzoi book edited by Judith Jones. The ISBN 0-394-73215-4 (978-0394732152) is the Vintage trade-paperback reissue format, not the original hardcover first. The US Knopf 1976 hardcover is the true first; confirm via the stated 'First Edition' slug and the hardcover (not Vintage paperback) format. Anniversary editions (30th, 50th) are later 'first thus' reissues with new forewords. The Vintage paperback and later anniversary editions are reprints, not the first. Book-club-style copies lack the 'First Edition' statement and the original jacket price.

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