"Fourth Printing, September 1971"; publishhed by Gourmet Books Inc., New York; large volumes, 12 lb total; very good as-new condition of both volumes; external slipcase very good; beautiful books in an elegant slipcase; Volume I: 820 pages; Volume II: 831 pages.
 
from Introduction, Volume I -
This new edition of The Gourmet Cookbook appears as Gourmet magazine nears its silver anniversary.  It is time of pride for all of us who have labored together over the years in the cause of good living - a cause so beautifully served by the volume in your hands...
 
...More than fourteen years have passed since the publication of The Gourmet Cookbook, Volume I.  Based on the cream of the recipes that had appeared in the magazine during the first decade of its existence, the book immediately established itself as the greatest collection of recipes in the English lnaguage...