What a great find! WW2 edition of The Joy of Cooking Cookbook. Rationing recipes are in the back of the book. According to Anne Mendelson's STAND FACING THE STOVE, due to World War II paper quotas, some printings of JOY for 1945 and 1946 were done by the Blakiston Company of Philadelphia (subsidiary of Doubleday).

It would appear that any printings done by Blakiston in 1946 would have the 1943 copyright, as I have observed only 1943 editions with the Blakiston imprint. The Blakiston printings do not say "Bobbs-Merrill" on the spine.

Author: Irma Rombauer
Supporting Cast: Mazie Whyte Hartrich, Marion Rombauer Becker
Illustrator: Marion Rombauer Becker
Pages: 884 (About 3, 350 recipes)
Copies published: Information about print runs not located.
Copies sold: In 1944 167, 261 copies were sold. 1945 94, 693. 1946 294, 400.
Overview: Irma added a number of "quick cooking" recipes to Joy [mostly taken from her 1939 book: STREAMLINED COOKING]. The relationship with her readership is now concretely stated in the foreword as "a close kinship with many thousands of persons."
Trivia: Julia Child's first cookbook was the 1943 JOY.

condition: quite good. the spine is ragged and foxed and pages yellowed but overall good.

This item is sold from a vintage boutique in Seattle.