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Published by Independently Published, United States (2020)
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Book Depository International, London, United Kingdom
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Language: English. Brand new Book. This book has been written as much for the ordinary gentleman of good taste, as for the connoisseur or the epicure or the gourmet of drink. It is written, not with the crude and rough hand of any careless bartender, but with the fastidious and delicate hand of one who has served drinks to Princes, Magnates and Senators of many wealthy nations.When that old vintner, Noah, first squeezed the precious grape into the cup, and throwing back his head, felt the vigorous wine-drops trickling deliciously down his parched throat, a new art was born, fostered and loved by Kings and Rajahs, flourishing in the courts of Emperors and Khans. And even today, if you observe in any street of any city, a man, more imaginative, more bold, more firm than his fellow men, you may depend upon it, he is descended direct from old Noah.Today, that Art of creating exquisite drinks to match exquisite moods is gasping on its death-bed, and the dull ogre, Puritanism, supplanting the Skeleton, sits gloating by the bed-side, waiting eagerly to hear the last death-rattle.If this volume succeeds in preserving, even a little while longer, that ancient and much beloved Art, the writer will be happy.---Here's to a long life and a merry one, A quick death and an easy one, A pretty girl and a true one, A full bottle and another one. Independently Published, United States, 2020. Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by ELF PUBL CO, NY (1928)
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Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
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title cont.Chapter of Celebrities,Their Favorite Drinks, some sort of moisture staining throughout book and on covers, with red lettering from front cover bleeding onto pages, all pages readable DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: 49. ELF PUBL CO, NY, 1928. HARD BACK TAN. Condition: READING COPY ONLY.
Published by Arden Book Company, New York (1934)
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Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
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"Very good" book with some discoloration to bottom of rear board, in a "good only," complete, original, purple-and-yellow dust jacket which has been damp to jacket rear panel, leaving telltale tidemarks there. This is the 1934 (post-Prohibition) second edition of a book originally published by Elf Publishers, Inc., 1930. Includes a few amusing toasts. Did you know a martini is supposed to contain "two dashes of orange bitters"? Classic 1930s bartending guide; 53 pp. including index. Here reduced from $550. Arden Book Company, New York, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition.
Published by Elf Publishers, New York (1930)
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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53 pp. The new revised and enlarged edition. Publisher's grey cloth binding, stamped in pink. Very Good. Cloth lightly edge worn and lightly scuffed. Pages toned and lightly thumbed. A scarce cocktail book by Charles, who formally tended bar at the renown Delmonicos. Elf Publishers, New York, 1930. Condition: Very Good. Revised and Enlarged.
Published by Arden Book Company, New York (1934)
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Stated new edition, revised and enlarged. Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket. A very sharp copy, with faint touches of rubbing at corners and spine ends. Light toning to pages, with two bottom corners creased. Dust jacket shows light edge wear with faint crimping and several short closed tears; fading to pink on spine and lightly to top edge of front panel A lovely copy in a striking and rare dust jacket. Arden Book Company, New York, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: Like New.