One of the strange editions from the 20s by WB Conkey Co Chicago. See other entries. Very clean bright copy. ( )

Another later edition. Not as collectible as a 1st or 2nd edition, still sought after. see 1st edition entry. There is one other edition with a colorful mammy on the cover as a pastedown. ( )

Early facsmile edition, sometimes known as the 3rd edition. Really lovely, though not original. Highly collectible in it's own right, nearing its centennial. ( )

True 2nd edition. 1 page introduction. see first edition. Two copies. ( )

...from Leading Chefs and Noted Creole Housewives, Who Have Made New Orleans Famous For Its Cuisine. Recipes attributed to Mrs. Rudolph Matas, wife of famous New Orleans Tulane University surgeon. 1st edition. Definitive classic and one of the first on creole cookery. Stupendous.
"Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. Hearn lived in New Orleans 1877-1889, worked first as a correspondent for the Cincinnati Commercial, and later as a journalist for the New Orleans Daily City Item and the Times Democrat.

Hearn's writings for the New Orleans newspapers included impressionistic sketches of New Orleans places and characters and many stern, vigorous editorials denouncing political corruption, street crime, violence, intolerance and the failures of public health and hygiene officials. Hearn is credited with "inventing" New Orleans as an exotic and mysterious place. His Creole Cookbook is a ground-breaking work on the local cuisine." ( )