Lot 149
  • 149

Cocktails--

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of 16 volumes, comprising:
  • PAPER
Duffy, P.G. The Official Mixer's Manual. New York: Long and Smith, 1934, illustrations, original cloth ring-binder, rare dust-jacket, some chips and loss to dust-jacket--Craddock, H. The Savoy Cocktail Book. London: Constable, 1933, new edition, signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, some chips and loss to dust-jacket--[Anon]. Americana: Eight Cocktail Napkins... [no publisher, undated], eight hand-blocked designs on cotton tipped-in, original boards--Walker, J. et al. Bottoms Up... Chicago: Buzza Co., 1928, original wrappers bound with metal bottle opener--Meyer, A.R. Des Herrn Munkepunke Coctail- und Bowlenbuch. Berlin: Romwohlt, 1929, original illustrated boards--Bauwens, E. Livre de Cocktails. Bruxelles: Un Coup de Dés, 1949, illustrations, original wrappers--together with 10 others (16)

Condition

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Catalogue Note

We are happy to provide an indicative listing of individual books in this lot as a general guide to our clients, but the listing may not be exhaustive. Please note that the sale is subject to our conditions of business which cover the lot description as provided in the printed catalogue, and it is the catalogue lot description that governs the sale not the additional listing.


[Anon]. Americana: Eight Cocktail Napkins... [no publisher, n.d.]
Craddock, Harry. The Savoy Cocktail Book... new edition... (Constable and Co., 1933)
Craddock, Harry. The Savoy Cocktail Book (Pavilion, 1999)
Steed, Tobias and Ben. Hollywood Cocktails (Octopus, 1999)
Bullock, Tom and Frienz, D.J. 173 Pre-Prohibition Cocktails (Howling at the Moon, 2001), original wrappers
Bennett, Bev and Kim Upton. The Joy of Cocktails & Hors d'Oeuvre (Barron's, 1984)
Khachadourian, Simon. The Cocktail Shaker (Philip Wilson, 2000)
Duffy, Patrick Gavin. The Official Mixer's Manual (Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, 1934)
Bauwens, Emile. Livre de Cocktails (Un Coup de Dés, 1949), original wrappers
[Anon]. The Cocktail Book (John Macqueen, 1902)
Meyer, Ulfred Richard. Des Herrn Munkepunke Cocktail- und Bowlenbuch (Ernst Romohlt Verlag, 1929)
Schumann, Charles. American Bar (Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1991)
Robert. Cocktails How to Mix Them (Herbert Jenkins, n.d.)
Robert. Cocktails How to Mix Them (Herbert Jenkins, n.d.)
Robert. Cocktails How to Mix Them (Herbert Jenkins, n.d.)
[Anon]. Bottoms Up (The Buzza Company, 1928), original wrappers