I couldn't agree with you more! Why is that great book out of print!? Just last year I found an older hard-cover edition to go with my falling apart paperback. PS Buwei invented the English term "stir fry".
In fact no photos at all, except the cover. My problem is it's only a paperback and the pages are brittle with age. Written with great wit and charm, she coined the word "stir-frying".
I am only familiar with the first one, *How To Cook And Eat In Chinese* - but it IS a cookbook - and I think it is the best Chinese cookbook I have ever seen, by far! It was first published in 1945 - and it needs to be back in print!!!