1. The Waldorf Astoria, Waldorf Bar Cocktail Menu. [New York]: Waldorf Astoria, 1935.
Original stiff cardstock, 9 by 5 1/2 inches. List of drinks at the Waldorf Bar, illustrated at top and left edge. Scarce. Very Good. Item #601250
Cocktail Books
2. A & M Liquor Store [ COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. Ottawa, Illinois: A & M Liquor Store, [1940].
First Edition. Original yellow stiff wrappers, no date but circa 1940, approx 30 pages, 5 1/2 by 3 inches. Uncommon cocktail recipe guide, with one drink per page. Very Good clean copy. Item #40936
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3. Cocktail Recipe Drink Coaster Holder with Derogatory African Theme. [No Place]: [No Producer], [1935].
Original bent steel piping, bakelite head with hoop earrings, twelve drink coasters. Stands 5 1/2 inches, coasters 3 1/2 inches in diameter. Derogatory depiction of African or African-American for the use of holding drink coasters. Unusual item. No date or printed information, we assume the 1930's, but possibly earlier. Very Good, one coaster with two square centimeter of loss to edge. Item #32826
4. Bottoms Up! Y Como! [COCKTAIL RECIPES]. Tijuana, Mexico: Agua Caliente In Old Mexico, (1934).
Third Edition. Original green wrappers, 28 pages, 8 by 8 5/8 inches, two copper binder clips. Collection of alcohol lore and cocktail recipes produced by this famous resort south of the border. Very Good. Item #40638
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5. Wetherby's Cocktail Manual 1934. New Haven, Connecticut: Alderman Bros., Inc, 1934.
First Edition. Original stiff wrappers, 4 1/2 by 3 inches, 32 pages. Scarce cocktail recipe guide distributed by Wetherby's Wines and Spirits in Derby, CT. Very Good. Item #601236
6. Simple Facts About Wines, Spirits, Ale and Stout. New York: Alex D. Shaw and Co., (1935).
Fifth Edition. Original tan wrappers, 64 pages, 7 1/2 by 4 inches. Near Fine. Item #40950
7. The Hoster Cocktail Mixing Guide, My the Holiday Spirits Be With You (twice). Detroit: Almart Co, (1951).
First Edition. Three volvelles, 7 by 7 inches. Collection of three volvelles or cocktail recipe dials by Hoster. Uncommon. Very Good. Item #39595
8. Drinks as They Were Made Before Prohibition [COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. Santa Barbara, California: Press of the Schauer Printing Studio, (1934).
First Edition. Original green wrappers (rebound in blue leather binding), 8 3/4 by 6 inches, 51 pages. Very scarce cocktail recipe guide, WorldCat locates five library holdings. This copy has been bound in a blue leather binding by Talbot C. Walker of 'The Gables', socialites in early 20th Century Santa Barbara. Part of the Library of Congress's survey of American Cocktail Books, and also found in the bibliography of Paul Dickson's Contraband Cocktails. This copy with gift inscription of early Santa Barbara land owner and hotel owner Milo M. Potter (but possibly signed by his wife) Very Good, contemporary gift inscriptions at front endpaper. Item #40672
![Item #40672 Drinks as They Were Made Before Prohibition [COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. Ira D. ALTSCHUL](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/40672.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644101282)
9. Cocktail [ MEN'S MAGAZINE ] [ COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. North Hollywood: American Art Agency, (1960).
First Edition. Original wrappers, 11 by 8 1/2 inches, 71 pages. Volume 1, No. 7. Uncommon men's magazine illustrated with topless women, most matched with a cocktail recipe in the margin. Includes fiction stories and articles. Very Good. Item #41651
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10. Cocktails Et Cetera, Famous Recipes for Mixed Drinks. Honolulu, Hawaii: American Factors, Ltd, [1940].
First Edition. Original orange wrappers, 30 pages, 6 by 4 inches. Includes cocktails, Fizzes, Highballs, Punches and Juleps. American Factors was one of the 'big five' Hawaiian companies, wholesale and retailers of sugar. Scarce. No references found, circa 1940. Very Good, some signs of use. Item #41341
11. Cocktail Memoirs of Fresco Lime, A Tart and Aromatic Fruit of the West Indies. New York: American Lime Corporation, [1935].
First Edition. Original white illustrated wrappers, 5 1/4" by 4 1/2", 22 pages (including inside wraps). Fabulous post prohibition cocktail guide featuring a young woman with drink in hand at front wrapper. Contemporary magazine advertisement for this publication dates it at 1935. Includes: Learn the Carioca, The Monks Teach Me New Things, Benedictine, Gin is no Sin, Those Cora Vermouth Twins, The French Know How!, I get in the Pink with Grenadine, Get High With Rye, C'mon We're Russian, Refreshing Summer Drinks, Frozen Desserts and Dainties, Fresco Lime Pies and Desserts, Limeys and Vitamin C. Very Good. Item #34804
12. How To Make Your Own Beer at Home with 'Ambrew' Concentrated Beer Extract. Cincinnati: American Products Co., [1912].
First Edition. Original printed self-wrappers, 9 pages (one large sheet folded). Broadside of testimonials, order form, application for agency, guarantee of purity. WorldCat finds no library holdings. Very Good. Item #29269
13. Cocktails. New York: American Spirits, Inc, (1934).
Original illustrate wrappers, 5 by 4 inches, 16 pages. Uncommon collection of cocktail recipes distributed by a New York based liquor company of American produced alcohol. Very Good but for a rather noticeable stain to front cover and some pages. Item #600678
14. The Hollywood Host, 600 Proven Recipes by an Old-Timer, Cocktail Hour. Los Angeles: The Hollywood Host Publishing Co., [1934].
First Edition. Original wrappers, 9 by 6 inches, 34 pages, two side-staples. Printed by Excel Printing and Litho Corp. in Los Angeles. A very uncommon cocktail recipe book, with the original 25 cent price reduced to 10 cents at front cover. Includes Coolers, Fixes, Juleps, Punches, Cups etc. No copies found on WorldCat. Good, mostly split along spine edge, stain to rear cover and last few pages of text, modest wear. Item #41891
15. 100 Cocktails. How to Make Them and What to Eat With Them (A Laboratory Manual of Cocktail Making with Appetizers to Offset Them). Girard: Haldeman-Julius Productions, (1931).
Presumed First Edition. Original printed wrappers, 5" by 3 1/2". Little Blue Book No. 1688. An uncommon cocktail recipe book. Very Good. Item #37172
16. 100 Cocktails. How to Make Them and What to Eat With Them (A Laboratory Manual of Cocktail Making with Appetizers to Offset Them). Girard: Haldeman-Julius Productions, (1931).
Presumed First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 5" by 3 1/2". Little Blue Book No. 1688. 32 pages. An uncommon cocktail recipe book. Very Good, some pages and rear cover with some roughness at fore-edge. Item #40967
17. 100 Cocktails. How to Make Them and What to Eat With Them (A Laboratory Manual of Cocktail Making with Appetizers to Offset Them). Girard: Haldeman-Julius Productions, (1931).
Presumed First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 5" by 3 1/2". Little Blue Book No. 1688. 32 pages. An uncommon cocktail recipe book. Very Good. Item #600607
18. 100 Cocktails. How to Make Them and What to Eat With Them (A Laboratory Manual of Cocktail Making with Appetizers to Offset Them). Girard: Haldeman-Julius Productions, (1931).
Presumed First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 5" by 3 1/2". Little Blue Book No. 1688. An uncommon cocktail recipe book. Very Good. Item #601228
19. The No Holds Barred Guide , How to Get Stinko Fannishly [ COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. [Berkeley, California]: Still House Publications, [1954].
First Edition. Original mimeographed sheets, 8 pages including covers, two side staples, 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. 'Compiled by Die Zeitschrift fur vollstandigen Unsinn' which translates to 'The Magazine for Complete Nonsense'. A humorous collection of strong cocktails distributed at SFCon which was held in San Francisco in September, 1954. An editorial note at the last page states 'the source of the nuclear Fizz recipe is given as Washington Science Fiction Association, I have forgotten which member of WSFA actually invented it. Don't blame me if some of these are a little too rough for even the most bottle hardened stomach. Some of them I wouldn't touch, myself.' Scarce. Very Good. Item #41623
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20. Professional Mixing Guide and Try These New Home Recipes Using Angostura Aromatic Bitters. New York: The Angostura-Wuppermann Corporation, (1945).
First Edition. Original wrappers, 95 numbered pages, 4 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches. "the Accredited List of Recognized and Accepted Standard Formulas for Mixed Drinks Authentic Practical Concise". One of the more common cocktail books but this copy in the original mailing envelope and with a bonus recipe book. Very Good. Item #600610
21. Angostura Bitters and Some of its Many Uses [ COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. New York: Agents for Angostura Bitters, 1934.
First Edition. Original orange wrappers, 6 by 5 inches, 20 pages. Uncommon recipe book for Angostura Bitters including food, cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. This copy includes a sheet laid in with recipe for the Angostura Special as well as a broadside folded into four which lists the many uses of bitters. Very Good. Item #601251
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22. Cocktails and Other Tales [ COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. London: Angostura Bitters Limited, [1934].
First Edition. Original M. L. illustrated wrappers, 6 by 5 inches, 20 pages. Uncommon recipe book for Angostura Bitters including food, cocktails (four pages) and non-alcoholic drinks. This copy includes at rear a facsimile of the first Angostura Bitters label. Very Good, bit of mild staining to some pages, signs of wear. Item #601636
![Item #601636 Cocktails and Other Tales [ COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. ANGOSTURA BITTERS](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/601636.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764961931)
23. 101 [One Hundred and One] Drinks and how to Mix Them. Oshkosh: Dean W. Geer Company, [1934].
'First Edition'. Original illustrated wrappers, 9" by 4", 16 pages. Includes such cocktails as: Bijou, Bishop, Blue Blazer, Cape Cod Rainbow, Careless Love, Chattanooga Dew, Clover Club, Cream Fizz, Didi Cocktail, Electric Eel, Eureka, Fish Club Punch, Hell-Raiser, Highland Fling, Horse's Neck, Jack Rose, Shandygaff, Snag-Tooth Nell, and Stone Fence. Very Good, first few pages with two inch sized stain (but not terribly dark). Item #37658
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24. 101 [One Hundred and One] Drinks and how to Mix Them. Oshkosh: Dean W. Geer Company, [1934].
'First Edition'. Original illustrated wrappers, 9" by 4", 16 pages. Includes such cocktails as: Bijou, Bishop, Blue Blazer, Cape Cod Rainbow, Careless Love, Chattanooga Dew, Clover Club, Cream Fizz, Didi Cocktail, Electric Eel, Eureka, Fish Club Punch, Hell-Raiser, Highland Fling, Horse's Neck, Jack Rose, Shandygaff, Snag-Tooth Nell, and Stone Fence. Nearly Very Good, some light stains and wear to covers. Item #601548
![Item #601548 101 [One Hundred and One] Drinks and how to Mix Them. ANONYMOUS](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/601548.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764961791)
25. 33 [Thirty-Three] Wine Drinks and How to Make Them. San Francisco: Wine Advisory Board, [1955].
First Edition. Oblong, original illustrated wrappers, 3 by 6 inches, 16 pages including wraps. Uncommon collection of wine 'cocktails', only two listings on WorldCat. Includes such recipes as Bamboo Cocktail, White Wine Cocktail, May Wine, Sherry Flip, Club Cocktail, All American Cocktail, punches, etc. Very Good. Item #35495
![Item #35495 33 [Thirty-Three] Wine Drinks and How to Make Them. ANONYMOUS](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/35495.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1562105468)