BOOTHBY, Hon. William T. The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them, Standard Authority ['Cocktail Bill' Boothby's] [Cocktails]. San Francisco: Pacific Buffet, Packific Building, 1908.

First Edition Thus (with additional material), Second Edition. Original yellow printed wrappers, 7 1/2" by 5 1/4", 139 pages. WorldCat lists seven library holdings for this edition. This title was originally published in 1891, with the title “Cocktail Boothby’s American Bar-Tender” Additional editions were published in 1930 and 1934. By the last printing the original four hundred recipes had expanded to seventeen hundred concoctions. Cocktails include Coffee Cocktail, Bronx, Turf, Poi, Mikado, etc. A very scarce printing of this classic guide. A Good copy, soiling to panels, edges rubbed, chip at mid spine, old signature at top front wrapper, light stain to first few leaves including title page.

Price: $600.00