LUPOIU, Jean. Cocktails. Paris: Les Oeuvres Francaises, 1938.

First Edition. Original illustrated boards, cloth spine, small octavo. 181 pages. An early French collection of cocktail recipes to include three Cuban drinks: Daiquiri, Presidente, and Mary Pickford. Bar-Vademecum cites this title for its Manhattan recipe. Lupoiu, who was to become, in 1938, the first president of the Amicale des Barmen de France, was working for the Continental Palace in Saigon, Vietnam. Good, covers rather soiled, front endpaper with two inch closed tear at fore-edge.

Price: $300.00