My family has an extremely worn down copy, and are looking to find one that is actually intact. It’s the 1986/1987 version, and around 800 pages. All the ones I’ve found online say they are 168 pages, so I’m not sure if there’s a different version I’m looking for? The cover looks like the picture attached. Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated!
by Impossible_Usual_277
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My 1994 printing has 538 pages and “more than 800 recipes”.
[ Editions of Selections From Betty Crockers Cookbook | ThriftBooks](https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/selections-from-betty-crockers-cookbook/15228330/all-editions/)
I have it. Are you looking to own it it or just for a particular recipe? Mine is 3 ring binder style and that is so terrible for cookbooks, a few pages tore out and are preserved in plastic sleeves now
Can you look up the ISBN in yours? Should make it easier to do a targeted search.
Check on eBay, I just searched “vintage betty crocker cookbook 1986” and pulled up a bunch in good condition like [this one](https://www.ebay.com/itm/267025688105). My mom has the 1982 edition (“with microwave recipes!” which always cracks me up) and I wanted a copy when I moved out and was able to find one there.
Edit to add that I think the one I pulled up is an edition before yours, but for most of those around that time there wasn’t a huge difference between editions. My mom also had one in a 3-ring binder and I believe it had more pages than the bound version because of extra dividers and such but I don’t think there was actually a difference inside.
paperback 803 pages [Betty Crocker’s Cookbook Paperback By Betty Crocker 1986 Bantam | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/186644373325?_skw=betty+crocker+1986+cookbook&itmmeta=01JC8XN9YFWKP31RHX26DJZYK3&hash=item2b74df1f4d:g:VCYAAOSwERpmxTXX&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKluC%2Fbz8YXWnHofoDv9okg1%2FYPiTfU7dASGUdCdUP%2BBXlbAp%2B%2BBRtCQ6SCosKu2ChR51%2FUIEdDkU3WSmwrItruKoNhtBkNNyJeevI24ciAjq4jh37QuqeeFcwMHEQURPmSmhUCKNQ5aRJH%2F2hpMv7yxcVFFPs39qPLtoTxVAzjTY47cpRTYD5c%2B1uvyjqMBIi1Pwy%2Bc%2F5zaBGX0uu9NNC4vUZ3iehIMwHTpzgOhEfBcFi4HOGHr2Yh0MMtRp%2BlovPJ3Q5UQZRNkp0hqLB1hPLAn%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6qf1Z3iZA)
[Selections from Betty Crocker’s Cookbook: Over 250 Recipes | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/335572362800?_skw=betty+crocker+1986+cookbook&itmmeta=01JC8XT3EZW0RTBJAHV89C8VYV&hash=item4e21abe630:g:CFMAAOSwKJlnFgYR&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABAHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKn9tQA%2BE093djbJ8JarwGL0skXE5jQNjraGUJy0rZe4kdP9H6G7CAe%2Bn6cIwFgxh6Pjw7uf7DFT07EM49RzFEqdCKuDSkVrQ12uOhcssoiRqWys6FUODmrb6hxHticFttBXTKWkLzIkoivKGLdUeyO3dv6F72%2FV1CPHtTVarxNke6QEf2CrBLyudHjWVNJKyHZqpYAS%2F3FPN8J0jzdWkJrptMwoN3uBFr9gsvyCpxH9uwXjJnm%2FUHh9yBeI4RZrReM58ibsq1V3jU7yRGmLA7%2BvMSoQrQc%2BH%2BJqeSt31%2B2ap%2FHH%2BHWzD%2FoVmLb75nHHiIc%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9C36J3iZA)