I have a 1971 Better Crocker that I got as a Christmas present the year I started working full time. I still use it all the time. When DH and I got married, I got a 1946 edition of the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook; I believe it was his aunt's. I find things up in there that I haven't found in newer cookbooks (fondant recipe for example). I love cookbooks and have several old ones produced by women's groups (often handwritten recipes and mimeographed, some falling apart and stained on certain pages (maybe "favorite recipes").