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Published by M. Barrows and Co., NY, 1945
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Third Edition. Bound in red cloth, stamped in black, lacking the dust jacket. An early printing of a bartending book that is quite scarce. Previous owner's name and date (1946) to ffep. and a few tape ghosts to endpapers. A little darkening to top of front panel of book. Still, a tight, clean copy of this 223 pp. book with illustrations by the author throughout.
Published by NY: M. Barrows and Company, 1946
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. fifth printing (1946); 223 pp., original red cloth (hardcover), very good in an edge-worn dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.
Published by M. Barrows and Co, 1946
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Fifth printing. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. Forward by Lucius Beebe. Covers shelfworn, with a few spots. Dust jacket chipped, with some pieces missing around corners.
Published by M. Barrows and Company, 1941
Seller: Vintage Books and Fine Art, Oxford, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st printing of this classic mid-century cocktail guide. "Crosby Gaige was a high profile theater producer, writer, epicure, gourmand, bon vivant and ubiquitous socialite-a difficult to avoid figure within the mid-Century New York mediasphere. Gaige was a contemporary of James Beard, a noted cookbook collector, and he wrote several recipe books, himself, including "Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion" (1941) and "The Standard Cocktail Guide" (1944). Gaige was one of the people who restored cocktails' cultural cach? in the wake of Prohibition." - cocktailkingdom This volume is whimsically illustrated and is cocktail recipes of the time, but also chapters and text regarding the art and pleasures of drinking, as well as biographies of colorful anecdotes of personalities associated with cocktails in some way. 223pp. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Little wear to binding. Dust jacket with mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A Lovely 1st Edition of this Classic Mid-Century Cocktail Manual.
Published by M. Barrows and Company, 1941
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. GAIGE, Crosby [223] pp. M. Barrows and Company 1941 First Printing 8 1/4" x 6" w/ a Foreword in Golden Prose by Lucius Beebe Richly embellished w/ drawings almost from life by Rea Irvin.
Published by M. Barrows and Company (Fireside Press), New York, 1946
Signed
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rea Irvin (illustrator). AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY CROSBY GAIGE on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1946 stated 6th printing. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine crown and very light creasing at the top-edges. Wonderfully illustrated by Rea Irvin, Foreword by the formidable Lucius Beebe.
Published by M. Barrows and Company, 1946
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Foreword by Lucius Beebe [223] pp. M. Barrows and Company Fifth Printing 1946 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" Illustrated by Rea Irvin VG/ VG Crosby Gaige was a talented Broadway producer and writer as well as the president of the New York Food & Wine Society. Cocktail Guide and Ladies Companion is of one of Crosby Gaige's finest works on cocktails. It blends humor and cocktail how to that makes this not only an amazing cocktail recipe book. but gives insight into the café society of the time. Gaige's wisdom is complimented by contributions from contemporaries of the time such as James Beard, Dr. Charles Browne, Frank Case, and the ever-eloquent Lucius Beebe amongst others. it also contains illustrations by Rea Irvin, foreword by Lucius Beebe, and a recessional by Lawton Mackall.
Published by M. Barrows and Company, New York, 1941
Seller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full cloth. Octavo. 223 pages. Drawings by Rea Irvin (illustrator). First printing. Not just a fine compilation of cocktail recipes from the early 20th century, but also a wise and witty look at the philosophy of drinking, the arts of sociability, and a snapshot of the times. "Richly embellished with drawings almost from life by Rea Irvin, with a Foreword in golden prose by Lucius Beebe and a Recessional or final insult hurled at the Reader by Lawton Mackall. Published for Hussies and Homebodies." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Mild browning to endpapers along hinges, a few extremity rubs. Jacket has a few closed edge tears, a few shallow edge chips, slight rubbing, but no significant loss. Bright, attractive copy.
Published by M. Barrows and Company, Inc, New York, 1941
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition, Limited Edition of 300 copies, this being #177, signed by author on limitation page. Original red boards, octavo. The rare limited edition of this well-known cocktail recipe guide. This copy in nicer condition than usually encountered despite some splitting at lower front spine edge, splitting at upper spine edges mended with scotch tape to exterior, horizontal crack about an inch down of spine. The spine material over the text block for this book is thin and fragile, other copies we have encountered have parts of spine missing entirely, this is at least all present. Book is otherwise Very Good, some drink recipes in blue ink at front endpaper.