GARDNER, George (George of the Ritz). How To Be A Bartender and The Art of Mixing Drinks, A Training Course and Reference Manual. Chicago: Nelson-Hall Co., Publishers, (1945).

First Edition. Original red leather stiff wrappers, 5 3/4 by 3 inches, 135 pages. "Up to page 80 are accurate recipes and mixing directions for about 300 drinks". Found in Chanticleer Society bibliography. WorldCat locates one copy in San Francisco. Good, with some loss along front spine edge, causing cracking to front hinge, old ownership stamp at rear cover and inside front cover.

Price: $300.00