First Edition. Original limp tan leather, blindstamped at front cover, 5" by 3 1/2", 48 pages. Fabulous little volume of cocktail recipes, one of only two recipe books to include the Liberal Cocktail. Two recipes are food items: Clam Cocktail and the Oyster Cocktail. Three of them are drinks that are technically not cocktails: Chocolate Cocktail (a flip), Coffee Cocktail (flip), and the Soda Cocktail (a soft-drink). The other forty-five recipes are true cocktails. "No cobblers, Collinses, coolers, fixes, fizzes, highballs, juleps, punches or sours in it. The majority of today’s so-called ‘craft cocktails’ (most of them actually sours or other short punches) would not have passed muster to get into the Gorham Cocktail Book." [Andrew Willett, Elemental Mixology] A lovely and scarce title. Very Good, front pastedown paper has partially detached from inside cover, tear to rear pastedown paper, bit of leather loss at top fore-edge corner of rear cover. Item #31260

First Edition, Limited Edition of 2,175 copies, this is #XXIII (and one of 25 "exemplaires sur japon marques). Preface de Raymond Queneau, illustrations de Felix Labisse (French Surrealist). Tall octavo, original printed wrappers, 136 numbered pages. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Bauwens (as well as the editor Vriamont) at front endpaper. An uncommon volume by this barman of the Saint James in Brussels, and includes "Bicks, Coblers, Collins Coolers, Crustas, Cups, Daisies, Egg Noggs, Fix, Fizzes, Flips, Horses Neck, Juleps, Pousse Cafés, Sangarees, Shandy, Punchs, Rickeys, Slings, Smashes, Sours, Squash, Toddies, etc." Very Good, very mild cocking, centimeter sized chip at upper front wrap (at spine edge). Item #31332

First Edition. Original wrappers, 16 pages, 7 1/2 by 5 inches. Collection of homemade drinks including alcoholic concoctions. This copy with author Julian Street's signature at front inside cover. Very Goo. Item #31297

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, side stapled, original illustrated dustjacket, 52 pages. Cocktail recipe book by the famous contemporary author and comedian. Uncommon in original stylized jacket. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chip at top spine end. Item #31310

Reprint Edition, likely First Halcyon printing. Rare cocktail recipe book of over 900 drinks including the Zombie. Original red cloth with spiral binding. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some fairly shallow chipping at edges. Item #31271

Fourth Printing. Small octavo, 128 pages. Fairly uncommon cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #31241

First Edition. Small Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. John Held Jr. cover art and illustrations. Collection of cocktails, humorously illustrated by Held or in his style. Very Good. Item #31293

Presumed First Edition. This copy with sticker over publishing information on title page stating: "Limited Edition by Robert Ross". Original green cloth, 96 pages, octavo. Chapters on Cobblers, Cocktails, Coolers, Eggnoggs, Highballs, Juleps, etc. Includes recipes for such drinks as Helen Twelvetrees, Doctor Special, Hot Foot, Betrothal, Rumson Bull Dog, Bees Knees, Destruction, etc. “Formerly Chief Mixologist and Bar Manager of the famous Fine Books on Food & Drink Knickerbocker Hotel at 42nd Street and Broadway, New York City.” Four copies on WorldCat. Very Good attractive volume. Item #31243

First Edition. Pull tab design recipe guide, with sheath and measurement card, 7 by 4 inches. Very Good. Item #31309

First Edition. Small octavo, original illustrated boards, 110 pages, illustrated. A very uncommon cocktail collection with only four library holdings found on WorldCat. Mcelhone was a defining figure in early 20th-century bartending, most famous for his role at Harry's New York Bar (in Paris), which he bought in 1923. He worked at Ciro's Club in Deauville and the Plaza Hotel New York. He is often credited with inventing many cocktails, including the Bloody Mary, Sidecar, the Monkey Gland, the White Lady, and an early form of the French 75. "Barflies and Cocktails conveys a whiskey-addled sense of zany humor that seems tied to the Roaring Twenties, when the book was first published. The running conceit of the book has to do with the fictional association of International Bar Flies, the rules of which include the admonition that, “Those seeing cerise cats with purple ears should keep it to themselves.” [Peter Meehan. New York Times, 2008] This copy inscribed at title page "Best wishes / Harry". I can not locate another McElhone signature to compare this inscription to, but we have no reason to believe its not authentic. A Good copy, lacks last leaf (111/112) which is an ad for The Boulevardier and photo illustration of Harry's Bar, cracked at front hinge (likely repairable), some lower page corners a bit dog-eared. Item #31231

First Edition stated. Uncommon volume of cocktail recipes, presumably pirated from "Cocktails :How to Mix Them" by "Robert late of the Embassy Club in London". Very Good, some foxing to cloth and foxing to page edges, in Good dustjacket, few coin sized stains, some nicking and edge wear, quarter sized chip at upper rear panel. Item #31244

Second Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 9 by 6 1/2 inches, 103 numbered pages. Extremely scarce second edition of this title which Blogger's consider to be the German opus of mixology. WorldCat locates no copies of this 1913 printing. Includes early recipe for the Imperial Cocktail (gin, dry vermouth, maraschino) with no gin, but with a few dashes of absinthe included. American mixed drinks, and the chief German, English, French and Russian as well. Also Punch Bowls, Cups, etc. The 1909 printing is the first to include The Fedora. Seutter was a German cocktail author who gained extensive experience traveling America while working in various bars throughout the country. Very Good attractive volume. Item #31326

First Edition. Original brown faux leather soft covers, 52 pages, octavo. Rare prohibition-era cocktail book. Includes recipes for cocktails, cobblers, coolers, cordials, daisies, flips, fizzes, freezes, highballs, juleps, punches, rickeys, smashes, sours, sangarees and toddies. Page 28 with drink titled: Yale. Known to Yale Men Everywhere. 1/3 French Vermouth, 1/3 Gin, 1/3 Creme de Yvette, Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Also, the Copper Kettle. Sullivan tended bar at The Drought in New Haven, a well known Yale hangout of the time. Copies found at the Culinary Institute of America and at UC Davis. Found in: Straight Up Or On the Rocks, The Story of the American Cocktail by William Grimes. Very Good, expected wear to edges and covers. Item #31236