Standard Mixed Drinks, Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters [Notebook] [Cocktail Recipes]. Baltimore: Balto, Badge and Novelty Co., (1906).
Orginal celluloid illustrated covers, 4 3/4 by 2 1/2 inches, 71 numbered pages plus blank notepaper. Very scarce scratchpad notebook produced by Balto, Badge as an advertisement piece for Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters - "imported from South American - The Only Genuine". Front and rear of notebook contains 64 pages of cocktail recipes under the title "Standard Mixed Drinks - Recipes for Mixing Fancy Drinks"" and includes West Indian Swizzle, Gin Fizz, Manhattan, Absinthe Frappe, Remsen Cooler, etc. Balto, Badge & Novelty Co. produced pinback buttons using "Celluloid", a high quality compound used for printing that made the advertisements more durable and vibrant in color. Very Good.
Price: $350.00