'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

First Edition Thus and Early Movie Tie-In Edition with "Inspired by Warner Bros. Technicolor Production" plug at front cover. Original illustrated boards. Oblong painting activity book for children, with several color plates. Very Good tight copy, some illustrations crayoned in. Item #8955

no date but circa 1870. Quarto. Four separate toy books in original illustrated front and rear wrappers bound together. Contemporary 3/4 red leather binding, marbled boards. Lovely collection of Warne published toy books with fantastic color chromolithographs for each volume. An attractive set, with covers and plates in generally bright and clean condition, John Gilpin and Jack and Jill in Very Good condition, Dick Whittington with first double-page illustration detached and split at fold, few several inch closed tears, Railway A. B. C. with one text page and illustration page with four inch closed tear at top inside page. Item #12465

First Edition. "A thoughtful novel about present-day New York. Presenting a new and startling view of the bank scandals, racketeers, gangsters and politicians, written by an author who knows". A contemporary reviewer wrote: "This writer studies the turbulence of the boom period and the chaotic turmoil of the depression by following the fortunes of the three children of a wealthy New York merchant. They are two brothers and a sister, and when the merchant dies an aging lawyer is left to look after them; and it is largely through his eyes that the action is seen. It makes a queer picture. Most of the recent municipal scandals in New York are dragged in, thinly disguised. Racketeers, crooked politicians, unscrupulous financiers. Reading, you get an impression of a society grown utterly corrupt, utterly rotten, ready to disintegrate at the first serious shock." Very Good, top cover corners worn, in Very Good dustjacket, spine darkened, chipping to top spine end, small chips at lower spine end and flap corners. Item #24046

First Edition. Quarto, 11" by 9", original illustrated wood covers (featuring female wizard) with leather straps, mimeographed pages. Novelty cocktail recipe book with astrological theme. Illustrated. Includes 246 recipes. WorldCat finds no copies. Very Good. Item #39553

First Edition. Original yellow cloth, stamped in red, octavo, 46 pages. Very Good, light stain at lower spine end. Item #26934

First Edition. Original illustrated cloth and printed dustjacket. "When the Black Hawk war broke out in Illinois about 1832 young Abraham Lincoln was living at New Salem, a little village of the class familiarly known out west as one horse towns and located near the capital city of Illinois." Near Fine in edge chipped but otherwise Good dustjacket, quarter sized chip at top spine end. Item #27475

Second Printing. Original red cloth, stamped in black, octavo, 80 pages. Uncommon English printing of a not so uncommon title. Includes recipes for: Absinthe Frappe, Blue Blazes, Café au Kirsch, California Absinthe, Claret Punch, Egg Nog, Egg Nog Bowl for New Year's Party, Fog Horn, Gin Daisy, Gin Fizz, Gin Rickey, Golden Fizz, Hot Applejack, Hot Apple Toddy, Hot Irish, Hot Scotch, Hot Spiced Rum, John Collins, Maiden's Dream, Mamie Taylor, Medford Rum Punch, Milk Punch, Mint Julep, Mint Julep--Brandy, Morning-Glory Fizz, New York Sour, Peach Blow Fizz, Pick Me Up, Picon High Ball, Pigeon Wing, Planter's Punch, Port and Starboard, Port Wine Flip, Port Wine Sangaree, Pousse Café, Pousse L'Amour, Ramos Fizz, Remsen Cooler, Rhine Wine Cobbler, Rickety Scotch, Royal Fizz, Royal Plush, Sam Ward, Sauterne Cobbler, Sauterne or Hock Cup, Shandy Gaff, Sherry Cobbler, Sherry Flip, Silver Fizz, Souiesse, St. Croix Rum Sour, Stinger, Syracuse Cooler, Three Trees, Tom Collings, Tom and Jerry, Velvet, Ward Eight, Whiskey Rickey, Whiskey Sour, Bandel Melange, Shelburne Cooler. Very Good, tiny tear at top spine end cloth, foxing to title page. Item #26928

'First Edition'. Original plastic cylinder containing ten mixing and measuring 'sticks', 8 1/2 by 1 inch (box), printed label. Ingenious post prohibition cocktail mixing tool in which one would dip the stick into a glass and fill alcohol and mixers up to the appropriate lines. A contemporary 1933 newspaper advertises the Mix-O-Meter for seventy five cents. Very Good in Very Good box. Item #32804

'First Edition'. Original plastic cylinder containing ten mixing and measuring 'sticks', 4 1/2 by 5 inch (box), printed label and illustrated advertising piece inside. Ingenious post prohibition cocktail mixing tool in which one would dip the stick into a glass and fill alcohol and mixers up to the appropriate lines. TA contemporary 1933 newspaper advertises the Mix-O-Meter for seventy five cents. This is an unusual variant, seen before with 8 1/2 by 1 inch box, this square box with advertising piece is a first for us. Very Good in Very Good box. Item #39518

Third Edition (Published in January 1935). Original red illustrated wrappers (designed by 'Doc Rankin'), 4 1/2" by 3", 32 pages. The title page states that the Hotel Martinique was "one block from the Empire State Building." Cocktail recipes are Mamie Taylor, The Martinique, The Harvard Cocktail, The Stone Fence, The Princeton Cocktail, Harold Payne Whitney, The Irish Rose, The Bamboo, Mary Pickford Cocktail, Louis XV Cocktail, etc. The introduction states: "While many of the old drinks made famous by these well-known gentlemen are still popular at the new Cafe-Bar Martinique, along with them have sprung up a new set of cocktails, the names of which may sound strange to the old-timers but which are nevertheless as pleasing to the palate. It is the purpose of this book to list many of the old as well as the new favorites, including those old standbys—the Martini and the Manhattan. For the benefit of those who wish to recall old favorites, or to experiment with the new, the proportions are listed by jiggers, ponys and dashes." An uncommon item. Very Good, some creasing to covers, dime sized stain to mid rear panel and last page. Item #37656

Presumed First Edition. No Date given. Story of the British Navy and their success in the War. Very Good with light chipping to cloth along rear spine edge, mild staining to lower spine end, and age toning to pages, in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and light foxing/age toning to panels. Item #15053