THE AMERICAN WAITER: Instructions in American and European Plan Service, Banquet and Private Party Work, Part 1 [and] Part 2

The third and largest edition, with many additions, of this scarce pocket manual, which was originally published as The American Colored Waiter (1902). Goins, a veteran head waiter, was consistently employed at such leading hotels as the Albany Hotel in Denver, the Vincennes Hotel in Chicago, and the Neil House in Columbus, and also ran a school for black wait staff. Comprehensive and detailed, his manual provides instructions on everything from setting tables properly to restoring rancid salad oil, along with some poignant advice on how to "take it". Tall 12mo: [iv], 225, [3, blank], 8 [ads] pp. with numerous textual figures. Original flexible black cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling. Ownership inscription and stamp of Benny Henderson, Captain of Service at the Minnesota Club, to the endpapers. Some minor edgewear; otherwise very good.