First Edition. Original brown wrappers, 6 by 3 /12 inches, 12 pages. Prices for Crowley's selection of Whiskeys, Brandies, Wines, etc. Very Good, some signs of wear. Item #41365

Third Printing. Original red wrappers, 7 by 4 inches, 55 pages. 'This book was written on the job in the most famous hotels and casinos in the world'. Uncommon modern cocktail recipe guide, WorldCat locates the 1979, 1984, and 1987 printings. Very Good. Item #40691

Early Printing. Original yellow wrappers, 6 1/2 by 5 inches, 128 pages. Rather uncommon World War Two era cocktail recipe guide. Good only, lacking rear cover, small chip at top fore-edge corner of front wrap. Item #37685

1934 Edition. Original orange wrappers, 132 pages, 7 by 5 inches. An uncommon 1934 printing of this book that was published under variations of this title. WorldCat locates several copies of various printings from 1934 to 1968. An attractive Very Good copy. Item #37186

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 6 by 4 inches, 48 pages. Uncommon cocktail recipe guide with advertisements for local businesses throughout. Pritchard stamp at front cover, presumably a local liquor store. Good, stained front cover, lower fore-edge corner of first two leaves chipped, few internal stains. Item #34741

First Edition. Original wrappers, 7 1/2 by 4 inches, 24 numbered pages. An uncommon post-Prohibition collection of cocktail recipes. Very Good. Item #41656

First Edition. Gerta Schroedter cover art, frontis and interior decorations. Small octavo. Collection of drinking toasts, scarce in original dustjacket. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, lacking upper quarter of rear panel, smaller edge chips. Item #37176

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers (by W. R. De Lappe), 100 pages (plus frontis portrait with printed signature of Rawling), 6 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches. "An up-to-date guide for mixing and serving all kinds of beverages, and written expressly for the man who entertains at home." An extremely scarce pre-prohibition cocktail recipe book, with only one library holding found on WorldCat. According to the highly detailed German blog Bar-Vademecum, this title includes the earliest recipe for B&B, Benedictine and Brandy, served uncooled and as a pousse cafe. Rawling also includes an early variation of The Aviation Cocktail using Irish whiskey and grape juice (Boothby used Dubonnet and Sherry [1912] and Straub Applejack and lime [1913]) Also early (or earliest) use of a hazelnut in the Gibson Cocktail is found. A contemporary review of the booklet states that Rawling was a bartender at Wheeland and Collins at the corner of California and Montgomery Streets in San Francisco. Found in Straight Up Or On the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail by William Grimes. Rawling is quoted in many cocktail theme blogs for his sentiments on Fizzes: "When the spirits are jaded and body is weary; after a long automobile trip on hot and dusty roads; it is then that the Gin Fizz comes like a cooling breeze from the sea, bringing new life and the zest and joy of living.” Very Good, some dog eared pages, centimeter chip to top spine end, edges with wear and some rubbing. Item #37236

First Edition. Original green stiff wrappers, 7 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches, 76 pages (plus 4 note pages). 'Nearly 300 recipes for old and new Mixed Drinks and how to prepare them, a helpful guide to the trade and for the home'. Very scarce post-Prohibition cocktail recipe guide, only two copies located on WorldCat. Part of the Library of Congress's survey of American Cocktail Books. Very Good. Item #40671

First Edition. Original red stiff wrappers, 8 by 6 inches, 64 pages. Collection of New Orleans history and recipes as well as four pages of cocktail recipes at rear. Very Good, possibly unsigned author inscription at title page, otherwise a previous owner's. Item #40963

First or Early Edition (no printed date). Octavo, original red wrappers, illustrated by Paul Colin. Important French cocktail recipe book, fabulous illustrations by poster artist Paul Colin. Great deco advertisements for cocktail bars and a record and phonograph store on the rear wrap. An attractive Very Good volume, modest foxing and or soiling to covers. Item #34424

Later Printing (16th Printing). Small octavo, original green cloth and illustrated dustjacket, 112 pages. Robert, of the American Bar, Casino Municipal, Nice and late of the Embassy Club, London. Near Fine but for contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #34717

First Edition. Small octavo, original orange cloth and illustrated dustjacket, 112 pages plus ads. Robert, of the American Bar, Casino Municipal, Nice and late of the Embassy Club, London. The incredibly scarce first printing of this popular cocktail guide in original dustjacket with 2/6 price at spine. Near Fine in Very Good in dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end that wraps around to rear panel, small stain at front panel. Item #41330