First Edition. Original brown boards, approximately 180 pages, octavo. Scarce Hawaii published cocktail recipe book, with no copies found on WorldCat or in the cocktail blogosphere. The forward states the Pop was a member of the Bartenders Local No. 86 in Reno, Nevada. "This guide book is designed to give you the finest recipes and how to make them in the quickest manner. I dedicate this book to all my buddies and shipmates of World War One and World War Two". Very Good in Good dustjacket, some chipping at edges, two closed tears (both two inches in length) at top front panel, edge wear, light stains. Item #34737

First Edition, Original illustrated wrappers, 8 by 5 1/2 inches, 24 pages. Title continues: Cocktails, Punches, Sherberts, Highballs and Fancy Mixed Drinks are included in this series. Extremely scarce self published cocktail mixing guide produced presumably just after Prohibition. This cataloger finds no reference to this title, author or publisher (on WorldCat or anywhere else). Based on ten cent price and yellowing cheap paper it was printed on, the Depression seems like the right era, but it could also have been produced during Prohibition or even the 1940's. Very Good, front wrap has come detached and has chipping at upper fore-edge, light stain to lower fore-edge corner of front wrap and pages. Item #37065

First Edition. Original card stock, four panels, 6 by 3 1/2 inches. The cocktail list for this hotel. Very Good. Item #34341

First Edition. Original printed wrappers, 36 pages, 6 1/2 by 4 inches. Collection of facts about wine and liquor including 8 pages of cocktail recipes. Scarce title, WorldCat locates one copy at the University of Denver. Very Good, some abrasions to front panel. Item #34788

'First Edition'. Original celluloid volvelle or mixing wheel, 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Uncommon double sided volvelle, with cocktail recipes revealed on both sides. Very Good. Item #34298

First Edition. Original soft suede printed 'wrappers', 121 pages, 7 by 5 inches. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Iverson at title page. Attractive post-prohibition cocktail guide, including recipes for such drinks as: American Flag, Waldorf Fizz, Paree Cocktail, Blinker, etc. An article in a contemporary Santa Cruz newspaper muses about this title thusly: "Cocktail hour visitors to the restful St. George hotel tap room are talking about John R. Iverson, recently 'discovered' by them as not only a modest, sincere and friendly bartender, but as an author of merit and one of the country's outstanding authorities on drinks and how to make them. Hiddin for almost the entire two months he has been at the St. George, his prominence under a natural screen of self-effacement, the young but serious-browed Mr. Iverson stood today revealed as the author of a deluxe 'cocktail manual, "Liquid Gems." A highly different but thoroughly authoritative book of drink recipes accepted as "tops" in its line by leaders of the beverage industry. Mr. Iverson, formerly of the world-famed Savoy hotel, London, compiled and published his novel work while at the California Golf Club in San Francisco. Beautifully printed and bound". Scarce, WorldCat locates two copies, both at the University of California. Very Good, covers darkened with modest wear. Item #35527

Presumed First Edition. Original wrappers, 5 by 4 1/2 inches, 152 pages plus ads. Recipes include the Charlie Chaplin Cocktail, the Pousse Cafe American, the Klondyke Cocktail, Havana / Serpents Tooth, Stiff Horses Neck, White Lion, Mamie Taylor, Eau de Absinthe, etc. Jayne’s was a patent medicine manufacturer and was very active in the 20's and 30's. There are adverts in this booklet for their various products, ranging from skin cream to laxatives and ‘tonic pills’ for gentlemen wishing to still be “frisky at sixty”. The introduction states: "Of the making of drinks there is no end. Even to classify all known mixed drinks into headings would be a formidable task. However, since the blending of liquors, wines and other delectable beverages into satisfying drinks has been a more or less a secret art for the past decade or more, our happy escape from the restrictions of the Eighteenth Amendment (may it rest in peace!) calls for some sudden expert knowledge of these mixtures." A cheaply produced volume, but a popular one with cocktail bloggers. In addition to recipes for cocktails and mixed drinks, there are also formulae for making some long-lost ingredients such as Stoughton’s Bitter, Angostura Bitters, Orange Bitters, Usquebaugh Cordial, and loads of other curiosities. [Anistatia Miller] Very Good, small stain at title page, lower fore-edge corner of title page torn away (not effecting text), small chip at lower spine end. Item #34309

First Edition. Original illustrated cloth, 5 by 3 1/2, single sheet, folded in quarters (measuring 10 by 7 unfolded). Cocktail recipe chart with cocktail names on vertical column, and ingredients on horizontal column. Uncommon. Near Fine. Item #34480

First Edition. Small octavo, 96 pages. Rare collection of cocktail recipes by this famous bartender. Very Good, signs of staining at lower front cover, in Good dustjacket, staining at lower front panel, dime sized abrasion at lower front panel, small chip at lower spine end. Item #34427

First Edition. Original red cloth (variant), Small octavo, 96 pages. Rare collection of cocktail recipes by this famous bartender. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, minor loss at spine ends, dime sized chip at lower rear flap corner, inch dampstain along lower rear panel. Item #27931

'First Edition'. Original illustrated cardboard, flip tabs with cocktail recipes on verso, 9 inches by 5 inches. Very scarce cocktail guide and promotion for a Boston liquor store. I find no reference to this guide. Illustrations by E. L. H. Flip Tabs unused, Very Good. Item #34719

First Edition. Original decorative green cloth stamped with light green and brown design, gilt lettering, octavo, 120 numbered pages, 12 pages of ads. An uncommon cocktail recipe book by Kappeler, the head bartender at the Holland House Hotel in New York City. From the preface: “The recipes contained in this book are for the proper mixing of all kinds of drinks, such as Absinthe, Cocktails, Cups, Crustas, Cobblers, Coolers, Egg Noggs, Fixes, Fizzes, Flips, Juleps, Lemonades, Punches, Poussé Cafe, Frozen Beverages, etc. The formulas are simple, practical, and easy to follow and are especially intended for use in first-class Hotels, Clubs, Buffets, and Barrooms, where, if adopted and concocted according to directions given, they will be entirely satisfactory to the caterer and pleasing to the consumer, the latter of whom will immediately notice a marked improvement in his favorite beverages.” David Wondrich and Robert Hess have referred to this title as the first printed reference for the Old Fashioned, and Ted Haigh mentioned it in Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails as the original reference for the Widow’s Kiss. Very Good but for lower fore-edge corner of front cover creased, two pages share a newspaper shadow, a mid page with short closed tear at fore-edge, modest shelf wear. Item #34419