First Edition. Original colorful wrappers, 9 by 5 3/4 inches, 24 numbered pages, (this copy with, what one imagines, very scarce wrap around band 'What Every Young Woman Should Know Before Getting Married!'). Uncommon collection of recipes designed as a give away brochure for Lucca's. Includes eleven well known cocktail recipes: Floradora Cooler, Side Car, Pink Lady, etc. Included also is the menu for August 28th 1939 and a business card, and another folding business card. Very Good bright copy. Item #39574

First Edition. Original painted wooden boards, metal hinges, bound with leather straps, 55 pages. Collection of cocktails named for the signs of the zodiac, stars, and constellations. Includes Astral Toddy, Big Dipper Punch, Gulf Stream Cup, Saturn Shrub, Ghost Star Cocktail, etc. Nearly Very Good, title page with dime sized chip and two inch closed tear at lower margin, some expected wear. Item #32805

First Edition. Original yellow wrappers, 31 pages (303 recipes), 6 by 4 inches. No date, but circa 1934. Uncommon, not copies found on WorldCat. Very Good. Item #37226

Reprint Edition, with statement at rear cover stating that this printing is a copy of the original with an added Cosmopolitan recipe (the original printing was done on a letterpress). Original wraps, string bound, 16 pages, 7 by 4 inches. An uncommon modern cocktail recipe guide, with calligraphy by Marilyn Zornado. This copy signed and inscribed by authors at inside front cover. Very Good. Item #40700

Presumed First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 31 pages, 6 by 3 inches. Uncommon DuBouchett recipe book. Very Good. Item #35493

Presumed First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 31 pages, 6 by 3 inches. Uncommon DuBouchett recipe book featuring 'Jigger Man' at front cover. Includes recipes for such 'New Drink Sensations" as Rum O'Kola, Snowball, Hawaiian Cocktail, Singapore Sling, etc. Very Good. Item #41305

First or Early Printing. Original blue cloth, gilt stamping, octavo, 311 pages, 12 pages of ads. Uncommon book of recipes for various necessities such as preserves, perfumery, ice creams, inks, dyes, etc. which seems rather preoccupied with alcohol production, including 25 recipes for Brandy (cherry, cognac, French, Peach, Rochelle, etc.), various beverages including Cottage Beer, Cream Beer, Ginger Beer, Mead, Spruce Beer, Pineapple-ade, Silver top, nine varieties of Cordials, Spirits for beverages, five variants of Holland Gin, seven variants of Rum (Jamaica, New England, St. Croix), eighteen different types of wine, and seven types of Whiskey (Apple, Bourbon, Irsih, Monongahela, Scotch, Wheat). Very Good firmly bound volume, moderate soiling and staining to covers. Item #34420

First Edition. Original illustrated black wrappers, 6 by 4 1/2 inches, 64 pages. Advertising piece including a large collection of cocktail recipes made at La Florida (also called La Floridita) in Havana, Cuba. Includes brief comments by L. Frau Marsal, Jack Cuddy, and W.H. Graham on their impression of and experience with La Florida. They also mention other cocktail-serving establishments of the day in comparison. WorldCat locates two copies. Very Good, modest wear, tear at top front panel, small chip at lower spine end and top rear panel. Item #34743

Early Printing, no statement at copyright page, but 'Fifth Printing' plug at top front flap of jacket. Original red cloth and illustrated dustjacket, small octavo, 76 pages. An uncommon cocktail guide. Includes Chocolate Cocktail, Mocha and Java Cocktail, Pick-Me-Ups, etc. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, short closed tears at top rear panel. Item #35523

Presumed First Edition. Original green printed wrappers, two side staples, approx. 200 pages, 5 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches. This copy inscribed to one of the school's graduates by Pat McCann (Owner of Modern School) in 1972 at rear endpaper. Approved and endorsed by the executive board of Bartenders Local Union 694 in Sherman Oaks. Very scarce recipe guide, no copies found on WorldCat or blogosphere. Very Good, tape residue along spine of covers, spotting to page edges. Item #34725

First Edition. Original stiff boards, spiral binding, 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches, 32 pages. Scarce cocktail recipe guide, no copies located on WorldCat. This copy inscribed and signed by McChrystal at inside front cover. 'Internationally known mixologist. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and the University of Utah. His exotic drink concoctions are known throughout the United States, Honolulu, Denmark, France, The Netherlands and Mexico'. Very Good, lower edge of covers show minor signs of dampstaining. Item #37162

First Edition. Original illustrated boards and dustjacket. 61 pages, small octavo. An increasingly uncommon mid-century cocktail recipe guide. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top rear panel. Item #39579

Third Edition. Small octavo, original red cloth, illustrated dustjacket, 5" by 3 1/2", 109 pages. Mcelhone was a defining figure in early 20th-century bartending, most famous for his role at Harry's New York Bar (in Paris), which he bought in 1923. He worked at Ciro's Club in Deauville and the Plaza Hotel New York. He is often credited with inventing many cocktails, including the Bloody Mary, Sidecar, the Monkey Gland, the White Lady, and an early form of the French 75. The 1922 edition is credited with containing the first recipe for the Pegu Club Cocktail. An early printing, usually encountered in its ninth or tenth edition. Very Good, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, bit of loss at lower spine end, some foxing to panels. Item #35471