First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 30 pages, 6 by 4 1/4 inches. Cocktail recipes include Pilgrim Swizzle and Pilgrim Hot Tom and Jerry, etc. Very Good. Item #35492

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 124 pages (plus 4 at end). Rather large collection of post-prohibition cocktails compiled by Virgil L. Rankin Co. of San Jose. Includes Toddies, Sours, Slings, Skins, Shakes, Smashes, Sangarees, Collins, Cobblers, etc. Cocktails include Whip Cocktail, West Indies Cocktail, White Cargo Cocktail, Soul Kiss Cocktail, Suisse Cocktail, Speedway Cocktail, Star Cocktail, and others. I find no copies on WorldCat. Very Good, minor signs of wear. Item #37157

Second Printing. Small octavo, 128 pages. Fairly uncommon cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, some small chips, rear panel torn vertically and slightly unevenly mended with thick piece of (yellowing) clear tape. Item #32759

First Edition stated. Small octavo, 128 pages. Fairly uncommon (this is the first time we have had a copy that states 'first printing' on copyright page) cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service. Near Fine but for contemporary previous owner signature and date at front endpaper, in Very Good attractive dustjacket, some signs of surface wear to panels. Item #34334

Second Printing. Small octavo, 128 pages. Fairly uncommon cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service. Very Good in Good only dustjacket, some staining to front panel, few edge chips, three inch closed tear at top front panel unfortunately mended with thick piece of clear tape at exterior. Item #34481

Fourth Printing. Small octavo, 128 pages. Fairly uncommon cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service. Near Fine in Very Good attractive dustjacket with only a few short closed tears. A nicer copy than usually encountered. Item #34727

Fourth Printing. Small octavo, 128 pages. A not terribly uncommon cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge nicks. Item #37193

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 6 1/2 by 4 inches, 63 numbered pages. Uncommon cocktail recipe guide published sometime shortly after the repeal of Prohibition. Not found in WorldCat or blogosphere. Very Good but for fairly light stain to lower fore-edge corner of later half of pages (getting larger toward end). Item #32812

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers,, side stapled, 30 pages, 5 1/4 by 3 1/2 inches. A uncommon collection of cocktail recipes, I find no copies on WorldCat or anywhere else. Possibly a pre-prohibition publication but without any printing information its impossible to tell. Good or Very Good, light stain to top edge of wrappers. Item #37240

First Edition despite copyright date of 1894. Original dark cloth, gilt print at front cover: Mixed Drinks, 7 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches, 168 numbered pages plus ads. From the introduction: "I have been in this line of business many years, an active and observant worker, commencing my career with Messrs. Chapin & Gore. Amid the ebb and flow of life in the palace of conviviality, between drinks, as it were,I have taken a great many notes mentally, and I now commit them to paper to be launched out upon the sea of literature, a craft bearing the secrets of the saloon as revealed in book form, comprising the art of "tending bar," the mystery of mixing drinks, the etiquette of the saloon, the conduct of bar clerks and proprietors, the literature of beverages, and many tabulated statements and scraps of information never before published, but very useful to the man behind the counter. I feel confident that I have produced a standard work that comprehends the entire subject. It is not a mere recipe book of mixtures more or less well known, but it contains everything valuable "up to date." I commend it not only to the trade, but to others interested in the subject, and with the belief that there are few who will not find something of value in its pages. Two copies found on WorldCat. Interesting to note an article published in an Indianapolis journal from 1895: Herbert W. Green, proprietor of the Denison House bar, is experiencing, for the first time, some of the woes of the successful author. A few months ago Mr. Green became known to the literary world through the medium of a volume entitled, "Mixed Drinks". The author was fortunate in disposing of five hundred copies of the book immediately after its publication to Mayer Bros., of Cincinnati. Yesterday, Mr. Green, with Frank H. Smith, his publisher, brought suit in the Superior Court to recover the purchase price of the installment sent to Mayer Bros. as they never paid. This copy is not one of those five hundred, which has 'Compliments of / Mayer Bros. & Co. / Cincinnati' stamped at front cover. Cocktails include Brandy Crusta, Phoenix Cocktail, Remsen Cooler, Sam Ward, Sea Foam, Beef Tea, Banana, Blue Blazer, Velvet, Gin Puff, etc. Contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper reading: Chicago Ill 6:25:1900 / Hal W Hauk / c/o Lancaster Hotel Bar / 21st Wabash Ave. Possibly once mixing guide for the bartender at the Lancaster. I can find no reference. Nearly Very Good, some expected signs of use, boards showing at cover corners, spine end cloth nicked and rubbed, inner hinges with mild signs of cracking. Item #34476

First Edition. Original green cloth, gilt lettering, 87 pages plus 20 pages of ads, octavo. Extremely scarce 1908 printing (the two copies we have previously seen were 1910 printings) and especially so signed by Grohusko (in ink) under his frontis portrait. One of standard pre-Prohibition cocktail recipe guides, with early versions of such classics as the Absinthe Drip and the Mint Julep, as well as less-common drinks, including Gin and Molasses and the Hot Brandy Sling. First appearnce for the Brooklyn Cocktail. Firmly bound copy, with cloth rather stained, spine end and cover corner cloth worn, pencil cocktail recipes at rear endpapers. Item #35498

First Edition. Original red wrappers, 6 by 4 inches, 63 numbered pages. Collection of post Prohibition cocktail recipes. Very Good. Item #32790