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Celebrity Cookbook

Over 100 recipe contributions to a ‘Celebrity Cookbook’ from the likes of Davis, Durante, and Liberace

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Over 100 recipe contributions to a ‘Celebrity Cookbook’ from the likes of Davis, Durante, and Liberace

Two large black binders, 10.5 x 12, consisting of over 100 recipes intended for an apparently unpublished ‘Celebrity Cookbook,’ most handwritten and all signed by the contributing celebrity. Many have also signed an accompanying photo. Signers include: Edith Adams, Dawn Addams, Jim Backus, Carroll Baker, Anne Bancroft, Anne Baxter, Frank C. Baxter, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joan Bennett, Gertrude Berg, Edgar Bergen, Polly Bergen, Ray Bolger, Victor Borge, Joyce Brothers, Ralph Bunche, Red Buttons, Spring Byington, Irving Caesar, Virginia M. Caldwell, Judy Canova, Hoagy Carmichael, Charles Coburn, Claudette Colbert, Arlene Dahl, Jean Dalrymple, Bette Davis, Yvonne De Carlo, Agnes de Mille, Johnny Desmond, Jimmy Durante, Andre Eglevsky, Dale Evans Rogers (2), Jinx Falkenburg, Gracie Fields, Betty Furness, Greer Garson, Marjorie Gateson, Harry Golden, Uta Hagen, Dorothy Hammerstein, Carol Haney, Julie Harris, June Havoc, Jack Hawkins, Edith Head, Hildegarde, Laurel Hurley, Fannie Hurst, Anne Jeffreys, Eartha Kitt, Julius la Rosa, Peggy Lee, Margaret Leighton, Lotta Lenya, Jerry Lewis, Liberace, Anita Loos, Claire Luce, Jeanette MacDonald, Shirley MacLaine, Guy Madison, Mana-Zucca, Mary Martin, Marilyn Maxwell, Audrey Meadows, Lauritz Melchior, Diana Menuhin, Dina Merrill, Ann Miller, Mildred Miller, Lucy Monroe, Patrice Munsel, Kathryn Murray, Mae Murray, Harriet Nelson, Cathleen Nesbit, Hugh O’Brian, Jan Peerce, Marguerite Piazza, June Platt, Donna Reed, Regina Resnik, Nettie Rosenstein, Elsa Schiaparelli, Zachary Scott, Rise Stevens, Elaine Stritch, Pauline Trigere, Sophie Tucker, Rudy Vallee, Jean Wallace Wilde, Meredith Willson, Jonathan Winters, and Peggy Wood. In overall fine condition, with various scattered toning, creases, folds, and notations, and binder holes to left border of most. A unique collection featuring recipes from the rich and famous. RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: December Monthly
  • Dates: #397 - Ended December 12, 2012