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Rear cover (photo edited): Topham, John. Intoxicating Drinks: Their Nature & Effects. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1901. Good condition, front endpaper excised, fading to spine, some pencil markings. A scientific explanation of the ill effects of alcohol and benefits of temperance. $100
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Astoria Cocktail
A.B.C. of Mixing Cocktails
Gooderham & Worts, ca 1930. Flexi, 4-1/4” tall, 52 pp., illustrated with G & W products. Good condition with signs of use.
In a shaker, use: 2 parts Hyde Park London Dry Gin 1 part French Vermouth 1 dash Orange or Angostura Bitters Serve with stuffed Olive.
$100
Black Velvet
The Booze Book
June Dutton & Edith Vanocur; illus. by John Astrop & Eric Hill. Determined Productions, 1967.
Hardcover, 102 pp., in-text illustrations. Owner’s inscription to front end paper; very good in good dust jacket.
1 Part Ice 1 part Stout 1 part Champagne Mix in tankard or tall glass.
$60
Velvet Hammer
John Oster Manufacturing Co., 1959.
Paperback, 7” tall, 22 pp., including recipes For Children and For Mother, which are not alcoholic. The booze is just For Dad. Good condition with water stain to rear.
Blend, strain into glass. Variation—substitute 2 oz. cream for ice cream.
Chip Tips for Crushed Ice
2 jiggers Crème
1 jigger Vodka 1 scoop Vanilla Ice Cream
de Cacao
1/4 scoop Crushed Ice
$10
Corpse Reviver
Drinks of All Kinds, Hot and Cold, For All Seasons. Including Temperance Drinks.
Frederick & Seymour Davies.
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, [1929] 2nd edition.
Hardcover, 151 pp. Very good condition with light stain to foredge.
1 part Maraschino 1 part Brandy
1 part Curaçao
Pour into small spiral wine or liqueur glass, care being taken not to mix the colours.
$200
Dry Martini
Pulsam Co., 1935
Paperback, 40 pp. Very good condition with light wear. 2/3 jigger Gin 1/3 jigger French Vermouth Dash Orange Bitters
Combine in mixing glass 1/2 full of fine Ice. Shake well, strain and serve in cocktail glass. Drop 1 Olive in bottom of glass.
Fancy Drinks: How to Mix Them.
$45
Grasshopper
L. Peterson et al. Enrol Publishing, 1965.
Paperback,
Easy to Make Maidens and Cocktails: A Mixing, Swingers Bar Guide.
45 pp. Good condition with some stains to covers. 2/3 jigger Green Crème de Menthe 2/3 jigger White Crème de Cacao 2/3 jigger Cream Shake well with Ice, serve in Champagne glass.
$25
Hot Buttered Rum
1967 Lakewood Liquor Calendar
Lakewood, Calif., 1967. Wall-hanging 12-month calendar with drinks and pictorial schedule for each month. Near fine. 1/2 lump Sugar 3 sprigs Mint 1 1/2 ounce Scotch
Muddle sugar with mint in Old-Fashioned glass. Put in 1 Ice Cube and scotch, add Soda. Stir and trim with Fruit.
Recipe from Seattle’s Olympic Hotel.
$30
Drinks of Hawaii
Paul B. Dick.
by Harry Lyons.
By author, 1972. Second edition.
Paperback, stapled wraps, 9” tall, 52 pp. Very good condition.
Cartoons
1 ounce Light Puerto Rican Rum 1 ounce Dark Jamaican Rum 1/2 ounce Orange Curacao 1/2 ounce Orgeat Syrup 1/2 ounce Simple (sugar) Syrup Juice of 1/2 lemon 1/4 Lime Pour over cracked or crushed Ice, garnish with sprig of Mint & Sugar Cane. Mai Tai $25
Old Mr. Boston De Luxe Official Bartender’s Guide
Leo Cotton. Berke Bros. Distilleries, 1949 reprint.
Hardcover, 160 pp., color illustrations. Very good condition, moderate wear.
dash Bitters 3/4 ounce Italian Vermouth
ounce Old Mr.
Rye or Bourbon Whiskey
1
1 1/2
Boston
Manhattan $20
Stir well with cracked Ice and strain into 3 oz. Cocktail glass. Serve with a Cherry.
Negroni
The U.K.B.G. Guide to Drinks
United Kingdom
Bartenders’ Guild, 1953. First edition.
Hardcover, 288 pp., in-text illustrations. Very good in fair jacket. First appearance in print of the Negroni.
1 Part Dry Gin 1 part Sweet Vermouth 1 part Campari Bitters
Add Twist of Lemon Peel
Stir and strain.
$300
How to Mix Drinks (cover
title:
Drinks: How to Make and How to Serve Them.)
Bill Edwards. David McKay Co., 1936. First edition.
Hardcover, 102 pp., in-text illustrations. Owner’s inscription to front end paper; very good in good dust jacket.
4 Parts Dry Gin 1 part Curaçao 1 part Lime Juice 1 dash Angostura Bitters 1 dash Orange bitters Pegu Club $125
Bill Edwards. David McKay Co., 1936.
Paperback edition of previous, Wear to covers commensurate with use.
How to Mix Drinks
2 Parts Dry Gin 1 part Brandy 1 White of an Egg To taste Grenadine
$30
Pink Lady
Rattlesnake
Drinks Long and Short
Nina Toye & A. H. Adair. William Heinemann, 1930 reprint.
Hardcover, 67 pp., frontispiece. Very good in good jacket.
Shake very thoroughly, and pass through a fine strainer.
2
4 glasses Rye Whiskey 1 glass Sweetened lemon juice
Egg whites A few dashes Absinthe
$400
Crosby Gaige. Barrows, 1949 reprint.
Hardcover, 223 pp., illustrated, joke-er-ated. Very good in good jacket, toning to pp. 56 7, tears to DJ.
the
Cocktail
[Early version of
Bloody Mary]
Guide and Ladies’ Companion
2 ounces Tomato Juice 2 ounces Vodka 1/2 teaspoon Worchestershire Sauce 1 pinch Salt 1 pinch Cayenne Pepper 1 dash Lemon Juice Shake well with Ice, serve in Delmonico glass. Red Snapper $100
Schweppes Sling
tonic
Schweppes, ca. 1950s. Double-sided tri-fold, 6-1/2” tall x 8-1/4” when extended. Near fine.
Four dashes Angostura Bitters 2 ounces Light rum Pour over cracked Ice in a highball glass. Fill with chilled Schweppes Quinine Water
Schweppes: the authentic
mixer
$10
How to Make 44 Favorite Party Drinks Southern Comfort Coporation, [1960s]
1 teaspoon Sugar 1/2 jigger Lemon Juice 1 jigger Gin. Vodka or Tequila Dissolve sugar in juice, add Ice, liquor and dry soda; stir. Tom Collins $15
Paperback, 6-1/4” tall, 10 pp., full color artwork and photography. Fine condition.
Whiskey Sour
R. de Fleury. London: The St. Catherine Press, 1937. First edition.
Hardcover, 6-1/8” tall, 334 pp., including some pictorial ads. Very good in fair dust jacket.
1800 And All That. Drinks Ancient and Modern.
Juice of 1/2 Lemon 1 barspoonful Granulated Sugar 1 ounce Bourbon or Rye Whiskey Shake well and strain. Decorate with Fruit in season.
$250
