![[COOKERY & WINE]. Two works by former White House Chefs, comprising: VERDON, René. The White House Chef Cookbook. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1968. Illustrated plates. Original cloth; pictorial dust-jacket (a few tears and chips, one with tape repair). FIRST EDITION. René Verdon served as the White House Chef during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, from 1961 until he resigned in 1965.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/NYR/2016_NYR_12190_0385_000(cookery_wine_two_works_by_former_white_house_chefs_comprising_verdon_r053254).jpg?w=1)
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[COOKERY & WINE]. Two works by former White House Chefs, comprising: VERDON, René. The White House Chef Cookbook. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1968. Illustrated plates. Original cloth; pictorial dust-jacket (a few tears and chips, one with tape repair). FIRST EDITION. René Verdon served as the White House Chef during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, from 1961 until he resigned in 1965.
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HALLER, Henry and Virginia ARONSON. The White House Family Cookbook. New York: Random House, 1987. Numerous illustrations. Original cloth; original printed dust-jacket. Label SIGNED BY HALLER adhered to half-title: “Best Wishes, Henry Haller.” Henry Haller, the White House Chef through 5 administrations and more than 250 state dinners, worked at the White House for 21 years, from 1966 through 1987. Hired while Lyndon B. Johnson was in office, worked at the White House through the second half of Reagan’s second term as president.
[With:]
HALLER, Henry and Virginia ARONSON. The White House Family Cookbook. New York: Random House, 1987. Numerous illustrations. Original cloth; original printed dust-jacket. Label SIGNED BY HALLER adhered to half-title: “Best Wishes, Henry Haller.” Henry Haller, the White House Chef through 5 administrations and more than 250 state dinners, worked at the White House for 21 years, from 1966 through 1987. Hired while Lyndon B. Johnson was in office, worked at the White House through the second half of Reagan’s second term as president.