The Gentleman's Table Guide and Table Companion to the Art of Dining and Drinking, with Table Habits and Curious Dishes of the Various Nations, &c, &c. with Practical Recipes for Wine Cups, American Drinks, Punches, Cordials. Recherche Bills of Far. With Service of Wines, &c

Third Edition. Original green gilt decorated cloth, gilt lettering and page edges, 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches, 167 pages plus advertisements, yellow printed endpapers. An early and seldom cited or encountered guide to cocktails and other drinks. Dale DeGroff, in his work, 'The Craft of the Cocktail' cites this volume for the inclusion of Green Tea Punch, an unusual drink utilizing green tea and the blogger of 'Cocktail101' cites this title as the earliest to contain a recipe for Corpse Reviver. Eight copies found on WorldCat. Contents page lists 'American Drinks' and includes Gin Julep, Sherry Cobbler, Gin Cocktail, Jersey Cocktail, Soda Cocktail, American Milk Punch, Beer Sangaree, Tom and Jerry, Sleeper, Stonewall Jackson, Yard of Flannel, Metropolitan Hotel U.S. Punch, Gin Sling, Washington, President Lincoln, General Grant, Nightcap, etc. Very Good, firmly bound volume, pages clean, inner and outer hinges sound, cloth wear at spine ends and some cover corners.