New York: Aventine Press, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. 242 pp. Black and white illustrations. Silver boards stamped in black. Mild toning to spine with some light edgewear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. An attractive copy of this classic cocktail book. [Nolling Beverage Literature, p. 121]. More

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo; 182pp. Three illustrations including frontis. Orange buckram with black lettering and rules to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with dulling and soiling to spine and a few stray scuffs to cloth. Inch split between..... More

Garden City: Garden City Books, [1948]. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.) publisher's cloth in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 218pp. Some light wear to jacket extremities, tiny soil spot at spine crown, spine a bit sunned, old price sticker to rear panel, else Near Fine in a Very Good, better than..... More

Portland, OR / Chicago: n.d., ca. 1940s. Quarto (29cm.); black cloth three-ring binder containing 250pp. of manuscript ink notes and diagrams on lined paper. Binder a bit worn at extremities, some splitting along upper cover spine edge, brief white splattering to rear cover, else Very Good, contents still quite clean..... More

Paris: Furne et Cie., n.d., ca. 1864. Octavo (18cm.); original blue pictorial wrappers; [4],294pp. Some light edge wear, small chip to spine crown, contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper, minor later (early 20th century?) repair to loose signature, else a Very Good copy, interior quite fresh. Collection of poetry and..... More

Octagonal collapsible tabletop candle screen composed of white cloth over stiff card stock to which is mounted to each folding panel a 3-D cloth, silk, and hand-colored paper rendering of the Eight Immortals, accompanied by a separate octagonal card paper base. Cloth slightly foxed at extremities, perished tape repair visible..... More

[Detroit?: E.H. Ahrens, ca. 1940.] First Edition, Limited to 65 copies. Slim 16mo (14cm); publisher's parchment over decorative paper-covered boards; 11pp. Grease pen "X" on front cover. Light soil and toning to extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine copy. Quite possibly unrecorded keepsake signed in text by E.H...... More

Philadelphia: Press of M.D. Wood Printing Company, 1899. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's red textured paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt; 63pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, evidence of glue residue to front endpapers from previously removed materials, rear hinge cracked but holding, mid-20th century..... More

New York: The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 1948. First Edition. Signed by President Harry Truman and Cardinal Francis Spellman to front. Large octavo. 8 pp. Illustrated stapled wraps with tied string along spine. Invoice from previous owner's purchase in 1965 laid in at rear... More

New Orleans: Robert L. Crager & Company, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 235 pp. + notes. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Illustrated boards. Charcoal topstain. Dust jacket rubbed and smudged with some heavier staining to rear. Chipped along edges with several short closed tears..... More

New York: Orange Judd and Company, [1870]. First Edition. Octavo. 190 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's rust-colored pebbled cloth decorated in gilt. Brown endpapers. Wear to edges with brief exposure and general spotting with white discoloration to spine. Binding sound. Scuffing and moderate chipping to..... More

Paris: Dupont & Malgat, 1961. Nouvelle Édition (49e mille). Thick octavo; publisher's yellow paper-covered boards, upper cover and spine lettered in brown; [22](ads),viii,774,[2],[14](ads)pp.; twenty-eight (28) leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos, some in color, text illus. throughout. Minor scuffing to extremities, brief soiling to spine, ownership rubberstamp..... More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Highly amusing black and white illustrations by Clarke throughout. Green cloth stamped in black. Includes sections on cocktails and canapes, game, and chafing dishes, among others. Boards are heavily worn with exposure. Rubbed and scuffed..... More