The Cook Book by "Oscar" of the Waldorf

by Oscar Tschirky

Mâitre d'Hôtel, The Waldorf 

First edition, signed.  Chicago and New York:  The Werner Company, 1896 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Pale gray glazed covers have black ink title and decoration. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, bumps, scuffing, cracking at shoulders, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has black text and is faded with bumped, frayed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is secure, with some play to the covers.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning, light staining. 
• Signed on the free end paper.  
• Frontispiece is missing.
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some smudges.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2025.1106

907 pages. 7.5 x 10 inches

First Edition, publisher's boards with glazed cloth and ink title.  Signed across the front end paper.  Generally very clean internally; gently age toned and with some corner turn-ins at the front and a little play to the covers.  The frontis photo portrait of Tschirky is missing, though the tissue guard remains in place.  Condition overall is Very Good-.

Oscar Tschirky (1866-1950) was a Swiss-American restaurateur who was maître d'hôtel of Delmonico's Restaurant and subsequently the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan.  The Waldorf, like Delmonico's, was a NYC institution.  Tschirky, though not a chef (he rose from busboy to maître d') parlayed his fame into this cookbook which, at 907 pages, aimed for completeness.  Widely known as "Oscar of the Waldorf," he is credited with having created Waldorf salad.  

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