Saxe D W (2 results)

Limited editions of 100 copies (parts 2-9) and 200 copies (part 1). Half-leather and boards, original printed wrappers bound in at end, folio, 45 cm, each part comprising 1 or more facsimile plates and accompanying commentary. Very Scarce. We have found only two auction records for full sets, from 1981 and 2013. A bound volume containing the complete set of 9 parts published in this series, namely : Part I: The Autograph of Charlotte Bronte by Thomas J. Wise; , Part II: The Autograph of Robert Burns by W. Craibe Angus and H.D. Colvill-Scott, Part III: The Autograph of Charles Dickens, by Thomas J. Wise; Part IV: John Keats, by H. Buxton Forman, Part V: Alexander Pope,by H. Saxe Wyndham; Part VI Matthew Prior by George A. Aitken, Part VII: George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron, by John Murray, Part VIII; Ludwig van Beethoven by J.S. Shedlock with Notes by Norman P. Cummings; and Part IX: Queen Victoria, by H. Saxe Wyndham. The Society of Archivists and Autograph Collectors was founded in 1893 but petered out for lack of support in 1900. As Munby noted in "The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England", Thomas James Wise was an active member of the Committee "which also included Walter B. Slater and Otto P. Rubeck, names familiar to students of the Wise saga." Bookplate of Thomas Parkin (1845-1932,of Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings, Sussex) on front pastedown endpaper, leather worn and scraped, covers soiled and marked with faint circular blindstamp on front board, name and address of Parkin and small library stamp on verso of front free endpaper, fore-edges duststained and chipping to a blank prelim, contents otherwise Good.

Condition: Very good. Third edition of this rare, great, and terrible compendium of recipes, techniques, and methods for soda fountain drinks hot and cold, fizzy and still, alcoholic and non-, including illustrations of soda jerks behind the bar. An authoritative and detailed text by a seventeen-year veteran of the soda trade, Saxe's New Guide includes the best formulations of popular and well-known drinks and a great number of original recipes "which if properly served and pushed will make you both money and reputation." There is Ambrosia, a straightforward mixture of St. Julien claret wine, raspberry and vanilla syrups, and gum foam; Honey Dew, calling for brandy, strawberry juice, and essence of cloves, roses, and mace; the morning Swizzle Fizz, incorporating Saxe's own Phospho-Guarana, "the finest Nerve Tonic in existence." From these simple beginnings, Saxe moves on to Fancy Drinks: the Egg Flip, Egg Calisaya, Orgeat a la Egg (containing Orgeat Syrup, ice, and One Egg), Sherbet de Egg, Vichy Egg Shake, and the eggless but very Fancy old Razzle-Dazzle, made with Pine Apple Syrup and raspberry vinegar, Saxe's own invention and "very popular with both sexes in Chicago last season." The manual's recipe groupings make no distinction between those drinks with alcohol and those without, or, indeed, those made with coca leaf derivatives and those without. Some, like the Coca-Calisaya, have both, while others, like the Hot Egg Lemonade, have neither, and seem much the worse for it. Illustrated throughout with images of soda fountain layouts and, most interestingly, the specific actions and positions of the soda jerks behind the counters, SAXE'S NEW GUIDE contains some two hundred recipes - one of the more complete such collections of recipes of this era. OCLC locates just seven holdings of this edition and only six of any other 19th century edition. A handsome copy of a scarce text with intensely pre-Prohibition sensibilities, full of great treasures for the cocktail revivalist. 7.5'' x 5.25''. Original gilt-lettered brown cloth. All edges gilt. Illustrated in black and white, many full page, featuring soda fountain layouts and soda jerks mixing drinks. 128 pages followed by advertisements. Front and rear hinges cracked but firm. A bit of wear to boards. Two small scuffed patches to pages 126 and 127 (index). Ownership stamp of the Altick Drug Store, Fleming & Fleming, proprietors, of Shippensburg, PA, on several preliminary leaves.