Presumed First Edition. Small octavo, 122 pages, original maroon cloth and publisher's gift binding - a color printed stiff card-stock dustjacket with twine edges and rooster illustration. One of the more common cocktail guides, but rather unusual with dustjacket. Very Good in Good 'dustjacket' lacking some of its border twine, chipped at spine ends and at lower front cover corner, some splitting to spine. Item #41663

Presumed First Edition, no printing statement. Original illustrated wrappers, ribbon bound, 50 pages, 6 by 5 1/2 inches. Scarce cocktail book with favorite recipes of Mae West, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Marlene Dietrich, Will Rogers and Jean Harlow, among others. Includes President Roosevelt Cocktail, Satan's Whiskers, San Diego, Shanghai, Sazerac, The Douglas Fairbanks, The Elissa Landi, the Jack Dempsey, the Jean Harlow, the Johnny Weismuller, The Lindbergh, The Lupe Velez, the Mae West, The Marlene Dietrich, The Mary Pickford, The Max Baer, The Roscoe Turner, etc. Signature cocktails from famous Hollywood hangouts like The Brown Derby, The Embassy Club and The Hi Ho, among others. Very Good, lacking box, modest soiling and wear to wraps. Item #32784

First edition. Original biplane illustrated card stock wrappers, string bound, 41 pages, 9 by 6 1/4 inches and in original matching illustrated cardboard box. Die-cut in the shape of a cocktail shaker. "52 Cock-Tail Spins for High Flyers from the Recipes of Many Celebrities", there are in fact only 28 recipes, contributed by celebrities including Fanny Brice (Coronation Cocktail), Marilyn Miller (Bronx Cocktail), June Walker (Absinthe Cocktail), The McCarthy Sisters (Sherry Cobbler), W.C. Fields (Clover Club Cocktail), Florenz Ziegfeld (Sloe Gin Fizz), and George Gershwin (Silver Fizz). "Bottoms Up is notable for two reasons. It was one of only a few cocktail books published in the U.S. during Prohibition, and it's the earliest known example of a book of cocktail recipes of famous celebrities. It's significant that "Tex" Guinan is included [as she had a] notorious reputation as the owner and manager of a Prohibition Era speakeasy called the 300 Club at 151 W. 54th Street in New York City." [Richard Powers; Stanford] Very scarce guide, especially so in original box. No copies located on WorldCat. A lovely Near Fine copy (having been protected all these years by the box), lacking corkscrew bottle opener that came with this guide, in Good only box, in which a previous owner unfortunately mended the edges of the box top with two layers of scotch tape, lower corners split, three corners split at bottom box. Item #32825

First edition. Original biplane illustrated card stock wrappers, string bound, 41 pages, 9 by 6 1/4 inches. Die-cut in the shape of a cocktail shaker. "52 Cock-Tail Spins for High Flyers from the Recipes of Many Celebrities", there are in fact only 28 recipes, contributed by celebrities including Fanny Brice (Coronation Cocktail), Marilyn Miller (Bronx Cocktail), June Walker (Absinthe Cocktail), The McCarthy Sisters (Sherry Cobbler), W.C. Fields (Clover Club Cocktail), Florenz Ziegfeld (Sloe Gin Fizz), and George Gershwin (Silver Fizz). "Bottoms Up is notable for two reasons. It was one of only a few cocktail books published in the U.S. during Prohibition, and it's the earliest known example of a book of cocktail recipes of famous celebrities. It's significant that "Tex" Guinan is included [as she had a] notorious reputation as the owner and manager of a Prohibition Era speakeasy called the 300 Club at 151 W. 54th Street in New York City." [Richard Powers; Stanford] An uncommon guide. No copies located on WorldCat. Good copy, lacking corkscrew bottle opener that came with this guide (and the box it was once housed in), relatively light stain to fore-edge area of first ten pages, some loss at lower spine end, about a square inch chip at lower rear panel. Item #35538

First edition. Original biplane illustrated card stock wrappers, string bound, 41 pages, 9 by 6 1/4 inches and in original matching illustrated cardboard box. Die-cut in the shape of a cocktail shaker. "52 Cock-Tail Spins for High Flyers from the Recipes of Many Celebrities", there are in fact only 28 recipes, contributed by celebrities including Fanny Brice (Coronation Cocktail), Marilyn Miller (Bronx Cocktail), June Walker (Absinthe Cocktail), The McCarthy Sisters (Sherry Cobbler), W.C. Fields (Clover Club Cocktail), Florenz Ziegfeld (Sloe Gin Fizz), and George Gershwin (Silver Fizz). "Bottoms Up is notable for two reasons. It was one of only a few cocktail books published in the U.S. during Prohibition, and it's the earliest known example of a book of cocktail recipes of famous celebrities. It's significant that "Tex" Guinan is included [as she had a] notorious reputation as the owner and manager of a Prohibition Era speakeasy called the 300 Club at 151 W. 54th Street in New York City." [Richard Powers; Stanford] Very scarce guide, especially so in original box. No copies located on WorldCat. A lovely Near Fine copy (having been protected all these years by the box), lacking corkscrew bottle opener that came with this guide, in Good only box, with the usual splitting at most corners of top and bottom. Item #40970

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 20 pages, 6 by 3 1/2 inches. Contains mixing instructions for cocktails, with biographies of Mr. Ernest Byfield, Miss Agnes Ayres, Coe Carmen and food suggestions by James Louis Smith. Near Fine but for some rubbing at lower spine end. Item #39536

Presumed First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 6" by 4 1/4", 48 pages. Color illustrated guide to mixing cocktails. Includes Daiquiris. Very Good, modest wear. Item #37205

First Edition. Original one 12 by 9 sheet folded into four, 8 panels. Cocktail recipes presented by Calvert Reserve. Very Good. Item #41598

No date, but circa 1930's. Original one sheet folded, one half post card, the other advertisement card with two cocktail recipes, The Daiquiri and Rumba. 7 by 5 1/2 inches opened. Very Good. Item #40927

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 14 numbered pages including rear inside cover, 6 by 3 1/2 inches. An uncommon cocktail recipe guide. Not found on WorldCat. Very Good, minor wear. Item #39549

First Edition, Limited Edition, # 740. Original boards, 27 pages. Collection of recipes including fruit cocktails (no alcoholic beverages unfortunately). Very Good. Item #40679

Seventh Edition. Original printed wrappers, 5 by 3 1/2 inches, 24 unnumbered pages. Souvenir booklet for the Casino Russe and Russian Tea Room. No copies found on WorldCat. As well as including black and white photographs of the restaurant, some Russian dishes and their ingredients, and Russian lingo, this booklet includes three pages of 'Russian Drinks' featuring such cocktails as Casino Russe Special, Sasha Special, Ballet Russe, Boyar Cocktail, Katinka Cocktail, Russian Special, etc. Very Good. Item #41356