New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo (21 x 14.5 cm.), 307, vii, [1] pages. Illustrated. Index. Top edge yellow. FIRST & SECOND PRINTING BEFORE PUBLICATION. A biography of the radical temperance activist Carrie Nation, by the legendary journalist Herbert Asbury, author of Gangs of New York, The Great Illusion, and Barbary Coast. Carry Nation was published the year following Asbury's edition of Jerry Thomas' Bon Vivant's Companion. In publisher's.....

Del Monte, California: Hotel Del Monte, 1933. Stapled, octavo-sized book (16.5 x 11.5 cm.), unpaginated [32] pages. Illustrated throughout by Jo Mora; printed on alternating green and yellow paper, and printed in black, red, and green ink. Second printing (styled "second edition"). Originally printed and distributed less than one week after the repeal of Prohibition, with this second printing just thirteen days later. This cocktail manual also preceded publication of.....

Waukesha, Wisconsin: Published by Clysmic Spring Co., [1912]. Booklet, cord-tied in wrappers (18 x 13 cm.), [2], 32, [2] pages. Illustrated. Title and publication information from wrapper. Date from external evidence (1912 issue of Life Magazine announcing the publication). Evident FIRST EDITION. A promotional bar manual consisting of cocktail recipes made with Clysmic water. Most of the recipes are followed by quoted toasts. At the bottom of each page is.....

[England: Cunard White Star, 1937]. Tri-fold, card-stock menu (15 x 8 cm. folded), [6] pages. Illustrated, and signed "A.K. MacDonald" in the print. A shipboard cocktail menu, labeled "Express Steamers, (American Cruise, 1-12-37)". The name of the ship is not specified. The menu offers lists of Aperitifs, Cocktails, Liqueurs, Mixed and Fancy Drinks, Cigars, Tobacco, Cigarettes, and Playing Cards. two panels illustrated with a fantastic image by A.K. Macdonald, featuring.....

Philadelphia: 1880. Champagne bottle-shaped die cut, (19 x 7 cm.), 12 pages, plus card cover. Chromolithograph illustrated wrappers, bound with a brass grommet. Decorative blue and white silk cord and tassel. The text outlines the Officer and Trustees, Conductors, The Programme (a series of Marches and Promenades, Quadrilles and Waltzes), Supper is served in the foyer. Fine.

Osh Kosh, WI: Direct Mail Associates, Inc., [circa 1935]. Tall booklet, stapled in wrappers (22.5 x 10 cm.), [16] pages. FIRST EDITION. A promotional cocktail recipe book, although it is unclear what it is promoting, as no specific products are mentioned. It was issued by the Direct Mail Association, an early innovator in the field of marketing through the mail. The piece itself is not dated, but laid-in is a......

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1931]. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (12.5 x 8.5 cm.), 32 pages. FIRST EDITION; the issue with yellow wrappers, printed in red. Little Blue Book No. 1688. A prohibition-era cocktail book, with recipes made with "non-alcoholic ingredients". Internally a bit age-toned, in keeping with the poor-quality paper generally used by Haldeman-Julius; Wrapper lightly soiled and starting to separate at the spine crease. Still near very good and.....

Detroit, Mich., Windsor, Ont. Published by Johnson Smith & Company, [circa 1933]. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (19 x 13.5 cm.), 32 pages. Text in two columns. Title and publication data from wrapper. Later printing. A recipe book for liquor and other beverages: cordials, wine, beer, cocktails mineral waters, invalid drinks, etc. Text evenly age-toned throughout but otherwise clean and sound. Gray wrappers, printed in black, with an illustration of a......

New York: The Vendome Press, 1979. Octavo (22 x 16.5 cm.), 155 pages. Illustrated with drawings by Nigel Paige. FIRST EDITION. A stylish yet odd bar book from British Vogue columnist Henry McNulty. A series of essays on individual wines and spirits, with recipes for various mixed drinks within the narrative. The narratives are delightful, ranging from reminiscence of the author's first encounters with alcohol to some herb-based medicinal drinks.....

Budapest: Kapheto Aczél Miksa, 1899. Octavo, 96, iv, pages. Advertisements. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A very early Hungarian cocktail manual, written and published by the famous eponymous cafe/bar. The recipes and other text is in Hungarian, but the cocktail names are in English, and one can get a good sense not only of the cocktails which had appeared in Budapest, but the available ingredients. The author urges those who would embrace.....

Boston: B.B. Inc.; [Ben-Burk Distillers], 1934. Small folded pamphlet (11 x 6.5 cm.), 16 pages when folded. Printed in red, black and blue. FIRST EDITION. One of the very rare precursors to the famous Old Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide (1935). Following Repeal, Ben-Burk Distillers published the Guide, which was to become one of the iconic cocktail recipe books. Originally published as a promotional item for the Ben-Burk line of spirits.....

Chicago: Charles T. Powner Co., 176 Plymouth Court; [Buchanan Company, Ltd., 7522 Sheridan Rd. 1934. Small octavo in wrappers, stapled (17 x 12 cm.), 128 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION THUS. An enlarged and re-titled edition of a Pre-Prohibition bar manual, Tom & Jerry's Bartender's Guide, How to Mix Drinks, now published at the onset of Repeal. The book was published under variations of this title, often with a variant title.....

Montreal: Distillers Corporation, Seagrams Limited / The Ronalds Co. Limited, [circa 1930]. Stapled booklet, stapled in wrappers (15.5 x 8 cm.), 35, [1] pages. Illustrated throughout. FIRST EDITION. A humorous promotional cocktail recipe booklet, with thirty recipes, all for use with various Seagram's products. An illustration of the product, handsomely printed in chromolithography and with a short description of the spirit appears on the left page. The facing page contains.....