"Cocktail Bill" Boothby's World Drinks and How to Prepare Them
San Francisco: Boothby's World Drinks Co., 1930.
Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition. Item #CAT000945
Apparently contemporary marbled cloth binding with "Swallows" in silver on the front cover. The revised edition of Boothby's popular cocktail manual first published in 1891 as "Cocktail Boothby's American Bar-Tender" and again in 1908 as "The world's drinks and how to mix them standard authority". Very slight wear, a few minor stains, dog ears, one or two pencil marks - likely rebound very early on from the yellow wraps that it is usually found in. 160pp. Bitting 49 (1891 ed.)
Over 1500 recipes, significantly expanded from the four hundred or so in the first edition. Lots of absinthe, bacardi, slings, punches, drinks named after places (Harvard, Hawaii, Hollywood, Plymouth, Tampa, Tennessee) juleps, slings, fizzes, lemonades). Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000945.
Price: $450.00