MCKESSON and ROBBINS. How to Make Cocktails and Punches, Wines and Liquors, How To Serve. New York: McKesson and Robbins, Inc, (1934).

First Edition. Original wrappers, 47 pages, 4 by 3 inches. Scarce cocktail recipe guide produced by McKesson and Robbins, a pharmaceutical company whose biggest customer during prohibition were bootleggers who distilled the alcohol out of the company's hair tonic and cosmetics. The company's president Philip Musica was twice convicted of fraud and killed himself before being apprehended a third time in 1938. One copy found at University of Virginia. Very Good, vertical crease at covers, some wear at spine edge.

Price: $300.00