A Taste of Texas: A Book of Recipes, edited by Jane Trahey, compiled for Neiman-Marcus by Marihelen McDuff. Random House, New York, copyright 1949; later printing (printing line begins with C). Hardcover in the original striped dust jacket with Texas cowboy-and-stove illustrations; designed by Ernst Reichl. A Neiman-Marcus store price sticker remains on the front jacket flap. Used, good: jacket chipped at the spine ends and edges with light soiling; book clean and tight inside.

More than 300 recipes culled from some 2,000 sent in by Neiman-Marcus customers and tested by the Home Economics Department of the Texas State College for Women — from Paris (Texas, of course) Onion Soup and Pecan Whisky Cake to Texas Border Casserole, Lone Star Apple Pie and Mincemeat Mother-in-Law, many credited to towns like Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and San Angelo, with an index of contributors.

A mid-century classic for cookbook collectors, Texana shelves and Neiman-Marcus fans.