ALTSCHUL, Ira D. Drinks as They Were Made Before Prohibition [COCKTAIL RECIPES ]. Santa Barbara, California: Press of the Schauer Printing Studio, (1934).

First Edition. Original green wrappers (rebound in blue leather binding), 8 3/4 by 6 inches, 51 pages. Very scarce cocktail recipe guide, WorldCat locates five library holdings. This copy has been bound in a blue leather binding by Talbot C. Walker of 'The Gables', socialites in early 20th Century Santa Barbara. Part of the Library of Congress's survey of American Cocktail Books, and also found in the bibliography of Paul Dickson's Contraband Cocktails. This copy with gift inscription of early Santa Barbara land owner and hotel owner Milo M. Potter (but possibly signed by his wife) Very Good, contemporary gift inscriptions at front endpaper.

Price: $600.00