Third Edition. Small octavo, original red cloth, illustrated dustjacket, 5" by 3 1/2", 109 pages. Mcelhone was a defining figure in early 20th-century bartending, most famous for his role at Harry's New York Bar (in Paris), which he bought in 1923. He worked at Ciro's Club in Deauville and the Plaza Hotel New York. He is often credited with inventing many cocktails, including the Bloody Mary, Sidecar, the Monkey Gland, the White Lady, and an early form of the French 75. The 1922 edition is credited with containing the first recipe for the Pegu Club Cocktail. An early printing, usually encountered in its ninth or tenth edition. Very Good, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, bit of loss at lower spine end, some foxing to panels. Item #35471

Eighth Impression. Small octavo, original red cloth, illustrated dustjacket, 5" by 3 1/2", 102 pages. This copy nicely signed and inscribed by Mcelhone at half-title page and additionally signed and inscribed by Roy Barton at rear endpaper. Barton was an American composer and lyricist who co-wrote the Buzz Buzz Buzz song of the I. B. F. [International Bar Flies], the 'tongue in cheek' fraternity of Harry's New York Bar regulars and honorees (who had their own secret handshake and decorated their ties with a tie clip featuring two friendly looking, well dressed flies). In the I. B. F. handbook Barton is listed as one of four 'Dragon Flies' honorees. And in the Tenth edition of this title Roy Barton is credited for the recipe for the Zero Hour Cocktail. But more importantly is Barton's role in the lore of the invention of the Bloody Mary cocktail. According to many bloggers and journalists on the subject (and Fernand Petiot's obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle), the most likely genesis of the name Bloody Mary is that Roy Barton christened it thusly after being served a vodka and tomato juice drink by well known bartender at Harry's, Fernand Petiot, because it reminded him a of a Chicago club, the Bucket of Blood. A fascinating association copy and, one imagines, an incredible rarity. Harry Mcelhone was a defining figure in early 20th-century bartending, most famous for his role at Harry's New York Bar (in Paris), which he bought in 1923. He worked at Ciro's Club in Deauville and the Plaza Hotel New York. He is often credited with inventing many cocktails, including the Sidecar, the Monkey Gland, the White Lady, and an early form of the French 75. Five copies of the Eighth Impression listed on WorldCat. Very Good bright copy, frontis fore-edge bumped, in Good only dustjacket, lacking front flap, half inch by two inch wide chip at top front panel, chipped at spine ends, light stain to front panel. Item #34429

First Edition. Original printed faux leather over boards, octavo, 170 pages plus blank note pages. Large formatted cocktail recipe guide book published immediately after the demise of prohibition. WorldCat locates six library holdings. The anonymous author's collaborator Patrick W. Guinee is described on title page as being "formerly of the Old Iroquois Bar, Plainfield, New Jersey, and one of the best Mixers in the days when drinks were Drinks.” Very Good attractive volume. Item #35486

First Edition (no later printings stated). Original printed boards, 7 by 4 1/2 inches, 100 pages. Collection of cups, punches and cocktails, notes on beer and wine and drinks for invalids. 'American Drinks' section include Brandy Scaffa, Ching Ching, Peach Drink, Kentucky Flip, St. Charles, Prima Donna, etc. A rather attractive copy, firmly bound, corners mildly worn. Item #34722

First Edition. Original decorative cloth, 10 1/2 by 5 inches, 115 pages. Includes recipes for fizzes, cups, punches, cocktails, flips, sours, and cordials. Cocktail recipes include Pousse-Cafe, Barnyard Cocktail, Marliave’s Cocktail, Marine Cocktail, Wells Cocktail, etc. This copy with typed sheet titled "Gone Are the Days' in which the writer documents how they used to serve Chatham Artillery Punch at parties. The recipe is included and credit given to Mary Lou King, Betty Ewing and Harriet Ross Colquitt (author of The Savannah Cook Book). Very Good but for colored pencil check marks to some recipes, modest cloth wear, couple of drip spots at lower front cover, newspaper shadows to front endpaper. Item #35554

First Edition. 2 by 2 inches, silverplate shell with celluloid wheel. A rare silverplate cocktail recipe disk by Napier whose silver designs from the first half of the 20th century are in museum collections including the Brooklyn Museum, Newark Museum and a substantial collection at the Dallas Museum of Art. The silverplate case holds a celluloid dial that can be rotated to show printed recipes for twenty classic cocktails. The back side is marked 'Napier Pat. Pend.' Scarce. Very Good but for silverplate mostly rubbed down to copper underneath. Item #35548

Third Edition (published previously in 1900 and 1904). Octavo, original blue cloth, silver lettering at spine and front cover, 112 pages, two photographic illustrations. Scarce French cocktail recipe book containing 327 cocktails and an early catalog of necessary utensils. The title is significant for Newman's influence on such famous barmen as Harry Craddock, for representing the epitome of the American craft of cocktails to a French audience, and for including in the 1904 edition, the first appearance of the Dry Martini. (distinct from earlier Martini recipes for replacing sweet vermouth with dry vermouth). The Dry Martini appears in this edition as well, but had been since printed in Louis Muckensturm's Mixed Drinks (1906). WorldCat finds one copy of the 1900 edition at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and two copies of this 1907 printing (one at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and the other at Bibliotheque interuniversitaire Sainte Genevieve), WorldCat lists no copies for the coveted 1904 printing. An attractive Very Good copy, text block sitting a bit low, old newsstand stamp at both half title and full title page. Item #34417

Presumed First Edition. Illustrated wrappers (side stapled, die cut crow shape), 6" by 3 1/2", interior photo illustrations, 20 pages. Includes the Ward 8 and the Crowbar cocktails. Very Good. Item #35504

First Edition. Original pale blue cloth, lettering in silver at front cover, 49 pages, 7 by 5 inches. Uncommon title which includes thirty five recipes for communal drinks with and without alcohol (including such punches and cups as: Bermuda, Columbian, Fish House, Roman, Whiskey, Claret, Moselle, Tiffin) and some individual drinks including Mint Julep, Tom and Jerry, Kentucky Toddy, Sherry Cobbler, etc. According to Andrew F. Smith (in Food and Drink in American History) this title is the first to print a recipe for the Tuna Sandwich. The Botargo, made with tuna roe and The Tonno, made with imported Pretto's Italian tonno. The recipes are fairly complex and of course the tuna sandwich is one of the most commonly eaten sandwiches today. Nearly Very Good, spine ends rubbed, edges worn, rear inner hinge cracking but still firm. Item #32735

First Edition. Origin copper and black boards, octavo. 46 pages. Tschirky was the Maitre d'Hotel at the Waldorf. Uncommon cocktail recipe guide to be found in attractive condition. Very Good, modest wear at spine ends, previous owner signature at top title page. Item #34284

Presumed First Tapp and Toothill Ltd. edition, first published in 1909 by McCorquodale and Co. with author listed at title page. No date at preface page as sometimes found. Duodecimo, 21 wood engravings "illustrated by Farrow and Jackson, Limited, London, Manufacturers of Bar Appliances, Mineral Water Machinery, &c.," original blue cloth with lettering in gilt, 78 pages, plus 11 pages of ads and memoranda blanks. Includes punches, stock drinks, hot drinks, long drinks, short drinks, and temperance drinks. From the preface: "A new compilation of Recipes for American Iced Drinks has for some time been urgently called for owing to former publications being now out of print. It would have been possible to obtain from fresh sources various Recipes, but after consideration it was thought better to reproduce those of a well known Expert whose knowledge and experience it was felt could not well be improved upon, and to whom due acknowledgments are hereby tendered. To these are added some Recipes of Non-alcoholic Beverages which may be found useful by a considerable class of customers." Very Good, firmly bound, modest wear. Item #34491

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 copy, first several leaves with very slightly rounded upper and lower fore-edge corners, a contemporary signature at first page of text, inch closed tear to fore-edge of a preliminary advert page. Item #32817