North Sterling & Carl Kroch (editors).

So Red the Nose, or Breath in the Afternoon. Illustrated by Roy C. Nelson.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1935).

Octavo, unpaginated. First edition. A fanciful and funny cocktail recipe book, asking 1930's literati to contribute drink recipes, then to be named after their works. Thus we end up with the 'Tarzan,' the 'Canary Murder Case,' the 'Pumpkin Coach' and others. Fine, in publisher's decorated lavender cloth, in a very near fine green and black illustrated dust jacket, with only a tiny bit of edgewear.

Honey In The Horn High Proof Rum (at least 10 years old) (About 2 Beer Steins)Dark Strained Honey (the thin, runny kind) (A Tin Dipperful, and a Little Over)Fresh Huckleberries (crushed to a pulp) (A Tin Dipperful)Mountain Ash Berries (crushed)(2 Tablespoons; be careful with 'em boys)Best Black Gunpowder - To Taste "Mix (at room temperature) and stir savagely until it is no longer streaky in color. Each drink should be served with a toothpick impaling a dead bumblebee, a dead yellow jacket and a dead wasp. These are supposed to be eaten first to give the revelers a notion of what lies in store for them

Price: $450.00