NMLP P-011924 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Joy of Cooking (privately printed first edition)

Irma S. Rombauer · A. C. Clayton Printing Co. (St. Louis), self-published by the author · 1931

This 1931 private printing is the genuine first edition and is exceedingly scarce. The 1936 Bobbs-Merrill 'First Trade Edition' is a distinct, far more common book often misdescribed as 'the' first; note precedence carefully.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011924 for "The Joy of Cooking (privately printed first edition)" by Irma S. Rombauer (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011924, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).