Original steel body in shape of two barrels (copper colored), approximately 30 bakelite tabs, 6 by 3 1/2 inches. Fabulous cocktail mixing guide inventively housed in a miniature sized barrels with side turn dial and 'bakelite' recipe tabs. Includes such recipes as Morning Bracer, Brandy Flip, Merry Widow, Pink Lady, etc. Production date is an educated guess, possibly earlier or later, but appears to be 1940's or 50's vintage. Very Good, mechanism fully functional. Item #34411

First Edition. Original silver illustrated cloth, 6 1/2 by 4 inches, 77 pages plus index, illustrations by Hoff. Very scarce cocktail recipe collection, no copies found on WorldCat or bloggosphere. This copy retains the golf club mixer. Very Good, some light internal stains. Item #39563

First Edition. Original green wrappers, 4 by 2 1/2 inches, 40 pages. Post Prohibition advertising booklet for this Motorized Street Cleaning and Catch Basin Cleaning company. Near Fine. Item #34756

Original wooden wall ornament, with cardboard wheel, 9 by 12 inches. Interesting mid-century cocktail recipe guide for the bar-room. Includes such standby drinks as Tom Collins, Bronx, Old Fashioned, etc. Very Good, some signs of use. Item #40695

First Edition. 6 1/2 by 3 inches, six page fold-out die-cut. Includes recipes for Collins, Shandy, Gimlet, and Martini. Very Good. Item #41613

First Edition. Original card stock folded once, 6 by 4 1/2 inches. An uncommon advertising item from Jock Colling Grenadine, which includes two cocktail recipes for Red Britches and Green Jeans. Very Good. Item #34339

First Edition. Original wrappers, 5 by 3 1/2 inches, 45 pages. Near Fine. Item #40960

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 6 by 3 1/2 inches, 22 pages. Fabulously color illustrated cocktail recipe guide. Scarce. Very Good. Item #41895

Fourth Printing (but First Revised Edition). Small octavo, original pebbled red leatherette binding. This copy nicely signed and inscribed by Leo Cotton at front endpaper. Uncommon title signed, we find no reference to another copy with his signature. The ubiquitous cocktail book of the period, a classic and standard for mixing drinks. Includes color illustrations of Mr. Boston brand liquors. Very Good. Item #35540

Fourth Printing 1931 statement at copyright page. Octavo, original illustrated gold foil over boards. Gilbert Rumbold cover art and illustrations. This copy rather significant for being inscribed (at printing page) to 'H. Parker', inventor of several cocktails, three* of which are found in the 1937 printing of Tarling's Cafe Royal Cocktail Book. Despite Craddock's inscription appearing to be to 'T. Parker' the four sheets of 7 by 4 1/2 lined notepad paper laid in states 'List compiled of Cocktails / invented by H. Parker / 29/8/39'. Oddly, 'H. Parker' includes in his 'List' a drink called 'The Melody' which is cited in Tarling's Cafe Royal as being invented by 'G. W. Parker'. Is it possible nobody really knew what Mr. Parker's first name was? Or perhaps the Parker family were all bartenders? Tarling states in his preface that most of the recipes in his book are originals of 'Members of the United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild'. Given how Mr. Parker wrote the date in the British way, one can assume he was likely a member of the UK Bartender's Guild. Handwritten cocktail recipes in his list of inventions are: Pink Charlie, Courvoisier Suprema, The Melody (in Cafe Royale), All In, Lonely Lady, Coronation, Piccolo Pete, Pluto, Devil's Torch (in Cafe Royale), Rejuvenation, Victoria Club, Adonis, BBC, Alexander, Barcarde, Appetizer, Blossom, Apricot, Dullonet and a few repeats. Oddly missing is the third drink found in Cafe Royal and attributed to H. Parker is the 'How Zat' but perhaps another sheet long ago fell out of the book. Recipes are assumed to be handwritten by Mr. H. Parker himself. A Poor copy, spine detached but present, covers well worn, front cover holding by threads, general staining to pages. Item #40974

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 10 by 6 1/2 inches, 79 pages. Title continues: Well Concocted from Recipes gathered along the beaten and unbeaten paths of man. All of which having been imbibed are here first Inscribed and Described, Illustrated and Demonstrated, Collaboratively and Elaborately. A very scarce post-Prohibition cocktail recipe book, a cheaply made paperback sold at 25 cents. No copies on WorldCat or blogosphere. A Good only copy, fragile pages are yellowed, with chipping along inside and fore-edge of title page (which is also detached but present), lower fore-edge corner of several rear pages chipped (but not affecting any text). A miraculous survivor given its fragile construction. Item #32828

First Edition. Original 'R. Lillo' illustrated wrappers, 185 pages, 6 3/4 by 4 inches. Very scarce Cuban produced cocktail recipe guide including several hundred recipes. Credited for containing the first appearance in print of the Mary Pickford cocktail. A lovely copy of this title which presents Cuban influenced cocktails. WorldCat locates no copies of this original printing. Very Good, mild signs of use, a modern cocktail bar stamp at lower title page. Item #39532