First Edition stated. Octavo, original black cloth, rust colored dustjacket. Seldom encountered true first edition of one of the best known cocktail mixing books, with 700 recipes. Near Fine but for a couple stains at middle pages, in dustjacket that is Very Good but for some kind of surface 'erosion' to rear panel which obscures a good part of the panel text. Item #41312

First Edition. 6" by 3 1/2", original illustrated wrappers, 12 pages. Mixing manual for Gin, includes recipes for Ping Pong Special Cocktail, Mabel Berra Cocktail, Futurity Cocktail, Eclipse, etc. We believe this to be the first Fleischmann's recipe book and to be published shortly after prohibition ended. Good, some creases and signs of use. Item #41352

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. Very Good, some cracking to outer front hinge (with a small chip) but inner hinge firm. Item #41335

First Edition. Original quarto sheet folded into fours, with print on four panels, 9 by 6 inches. Cover art by Donn Allison, best known for his 'Aloha Airlines' map of Hawaii. An unusual piece of cocktailiana, the menu for the National Restaurant Association Convention at Honolulu, October, 1949. Includes the recipe for Hawaiian Poi Cocktail. Very Good. Item #41353

First Edition. Original newspaper stock booklet, 5 1/2 by 8 inches, 16 pages including wraps. Very few, one imagines, of these cheaply produced song books could have survived over the years. The last two pages include 16 cocktail recipes utilizing Hiram Walker whiskey. Good, last two leaves (including recipe leaf) split down middle vertically, but both sides of each leaf present, short closed tear to few pages at fore-edge. Item #41371

First Edition. Original card-stock, folded once, four 'pages', 4 1/2 by 3 inches. A scarce collection of six recipes including the 'Twenty-One Special'. Very Good. Item #41306

First Edition. Promotional handout, 3 by 5 1/2 inches featuring the recipe for the Havana Club Special Cocktail. Given to tourists in order to get them to visit the bar at the Havana Club. Very Good. Item #41351

First Edition. Sextodecimo, original pink boards with gilt lettering, lavender endpapers, black and white illustrations, original illustrated dustjacket. Second in a series of three, sequel to the quintessential publication of Prohibition era mixology known for being the predecessor of the 1930 'Savoy' cocktail book. This volume includes the "Tomato Cocktail," a non-alcoholic predecessor to the Bloody Mary. Near Fine, short old gift inscription at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end and top flap corners. Item #41333

First Edition. Original black stiff wrappers, 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches, 71 pages. "Internationally famous drinks collected from authoritative sources". Once copy listed on WorldCat. Attractive post-prohibition cocktail guide. Includes Absinthe Cocktail, Amaranth Cocktail, Fedora, Punch a La Fork, etc. Very Good but for general fading to black wraps. Item #41338

First Edition. H. dustjacket and cover art. Original rust red illustrated cloth, octavo, 61 pages. An unusually scarce recipe book with recipes for Soups, Fish, Meats, Vegetables, Salads, Pickles, Breads and Cakes, and Desserts. Some more specific recipes include Okra Gumbo, Crab Jambalaya, Barbecued Pig, Jambalaya, Fried Chicken, Waffles, Cup Cake, , etc. In the Miscellaneous section Knowles includes recipes for three alcoholic drinks: a Mint Julep, Egg-Nog and Peach Blow. Judging from the cover art the author may have been mistakenly identified as African-American but research of the dedicatee, her niece, reveals that she was a white author. Very Good but for having been bumped at fore-edge of front cover which has cut into the cloth some, but lettering bright, in Good edge chipped dustjacket, with small chip at mid front panel and at front flap edge as well as mid-spine. Item #41337

No date, circa 1910's or later. First Edition. Original gray illustrated wrappers, 8 1/2 by 6 inches, 124 pages. Very scarce cook book which credits each recipe to the contributor, no copies located on WorldCat. Includes recipes for a Mint Julep (utilizing claret), Dandelion Wine and Blackberry Wine. Very Good, few edge nicks, chip at top sine end. Item #41347

Presumed First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 31 pages, 6 by 3 inches. Uncommon DuBouchett recipe book featuring 'Jigger Man' at front cover. Includes recipes for such 'New Drink Sensations" as Rum O'Kola, Snowball, Hawaiian Cocktail, Singapore Sling, etc. Very Good. Item #41305

First Edition. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers, 20 pages. Scarce short collection of cocktail recipes wonderfully illustrated in red and black by Russell Patterson. Drink recipes include: Carioca Cocktail, Bees Knees, Pink Lady, Manhattan,Whiskey Cobbler, Cafe Royal, Back Bay Cocktail, Tom Collins, Long Whistle, and others. Very Good. Item #41311