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Harry Craddock The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930... The decorations are by Gilbert Rumbold. London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1930 FIRST EDITION, 8vo, printed in colour throughout with illustrations and maps, additional printed slip pasted to p. 25 (for a Bacardi cocktail), decorative silver pictorial boards, black cloth spine, bespoke light brown and marbled clamshell box, boards slightly dampstained, extremities slightly rubbed First edition of the classic cocktail book by the master bartender Harry Craddock (1876-1963), with lively illustrations by Rumbold. This book is still in print today.

View 1 of Lot 166: Harry Craddock | The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930, first edition

harry craddock | the savoy cocktail book, 1930, first edition

Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century

Harry Craddock The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930... The decorations are by Gilbert Rumbold. London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1930 FIRST EDITION, 8vo (191 x 124mm.), printed in colour throughout with illustrations and maps, additional printed slip pasted to p.25 (for a Bacardi cocktail), decorative silver pictorial boards, black cloth spine, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, occasional light foxing, binding slightly rubbed First edition of the classic cocktail book by the master bartender Harry Craddock (1876-1963), with lively illustrations by Rumbold, which is still in print today. PROVENANCE: "Here's How" | Harry Craddock | To my dear friend Myra | October '30, inscription opposite preface

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harry craddock | the savoy cocktail book, london, 1930, inscribed by the author

Books for Cooks

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)

collection of 16 volumes, comprising:

English Literature, History, Children's Books &amp; Illustrations

Alexander, Russel George. A Plain Plantain, Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic’s Press, 1922, original binding, folding case--Bolitho, Hector. The Glorious Oyster, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929, original binding--Boulestin, X. Marcel and Hill, Jason. Herbs, Salads and Seasonings, with illustrations by Cedric Morris, William Heinemann, 1930, original binding, dust-jacket--Craddock, Harry. The Savoy Cocktail Book, Constable & Company, 1930, original binding--David, Elizabeth. A Book of Mediterranean Food, John Lehmann, 1950, original binding--Howe, Robin and Espir, Pauline. Sultan's Pleasure and other Turkish Recipes, Peter Garnett, 1952, original binding, dust-jacket--Lovell, M. S. The Edible Mollusca of Great Britain and Ireland with Recipes for Cooking them, L. Reeve and Co., [1884], 12 coloured lithographs, original binding--M[asters], J. E. Old English Wines and Cordials, decorated with wood-engravings by Reynold Stone, Bristol: High House Press, 1938, later half morocco, number 60 of 215 copies--Simon, André L. Cheeses of the World, Faber and Faber, 1956, original binding, dust-jacket; Simon, André L. The Art of Good Living, Constable & Co, 1929, original binding--Schloesser, Frank. The Cult of the Cafing Dish, London: Gay and Bird, 1905, original binding--Shircliffe, Arnold. The Edgewater Beach Hotel Salad Book, Chicago, The Hotel Monthly Press, [1926], original binding, dust-jacket--Vicaire, Georges. Bibliographie Gastronomique, Holland Press, [1954], original binding--Weiss, Hans U. Gastronomia. Eine Bibliographie der deutschsprachigen Gastronomie 1485–1914, Zürich: Biblioteca Gastronomica, Buchantiquariat, 1996, number 23 of 1050 copies, original binding--Wolfe, Elsie de. Recipes for Successful Dining, William Heinemann, [1934], original binding -- together with various other cookery books and publications, including magazines, auction catalogues and pamphlets, mostly 8vo, some wear, please note that this lot is sold not subject to return.

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