Bebe Daniels [Phyllis Virginia Daniels]; Jill Allgood — 282 Ways of Making a Salad

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of exciting salad recipes from American actress Bebe Daniels and British broadcaster and author Jill Allgood, signed by the authors. First edition. Signed by the Jill Allgood to the front free endpaper with an inscription that reads "To Marion, with very kind wishes from Jill Allgood and Bebe Daniels, August 1952. Good eating!" A book conceived by the authors before Miss Daniels left Britain and returned to America in 1945, as both of them have a profound interest in home and family life with its many varied needs. This book is an example of their belief that the table can be an exciting and intrinsic part of home life even when serving something as assumedly simple as a salad. With two hundred and eighty two fantastic and healthy salad recipes from French bean salad to chicken and pineapple salad, and many more. Including some special salads and salad dressing that are favourites of British and American personalities and stars. Written by Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels, an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer, and her close personal friend Jill Allgood, a British producer, director, script writer, author and broadcaster who worked for the BBC. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and minor sunning to the spine. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges. A mark to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.