Thursday, July 30, 2009

Jerry Thomas BARTENDERS GUIDE 1887 (SOLD)


Jerry Thomas' Bar-Tenders Guide
Jerry Thomas
Published 1887

Scarce 1887 Original.
Containing Receipts for Mixing ALL KINDS of Punch, Egg Nog, Juleps, Smashs, Cobblers,
Cocktails, Sangarees, Mulls, Toddies, Slings, Spurs, Flips and 200 other fancy drinks.







SOLD

PS:
Do you have a 1887 or pre-1887 edition for sale?
Feel free to contact me...

ABC of MIXING COCKTAILS Harry McElhone (SOLD)


ABC of MIXING COCKTAILS
Harry McElhone (Harry's New York Bar, Paris - opposite Ciro's)
BTW: McElhone often can be found misspelled as Mc Elhone, MacElhone or Mac Elhone.

9th printing. Undated.
Published and printed in London, during the Prohibition in the US (contains a Toast to the Prohibitionist).
1920s (c 1924-1927). Latest date mentioned within the book is 1924 (Invention of Sir Charles Punch). 103 pages, incl. A-Z registry with Cocktail Recipes.







SOLD

PS:
Do you have an old edition for sale?
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Monday, July 27, 2009

BOWLEN UND PÜNSCHE c1913 (FOR SALE)

BOWLEN UND PÜNSCHE

Wohl bekomm's!

Undated. c 1905-1913, 2nd Edition
Published by J. J. Weber, Leipzig (Germany).
Rare, old German recipe book about bowls and punches.

Hardbound. 196 pages.
(Photos coming soon.)

Cuna Del Daiquiri Cocktail La Habana Cuba 1939

Cuna del Daiquiri Cocktail - La Habana Cuba

1939, El Floridita
Printed at Artes Graficas S.A. La Habana, Cuba.
Very scarce pre-Castro Cuban cocktail booklet, published 1939.
Original El Foridita publication (Logo on the front cover).







Foreword & all cocktail recipes bilingual in Spanish and English. 64 pages.

Sold.

El Arte Del Cocktelero Europeo 1921

EL ARTE DEL COCKTELERO EUROPEO
Ignacio Domenech
1921, Third Edition (Corrected and enlarged edition)
Libros de Cocina y Pasteleria, Barcelona.



128 pages.

Sold.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

The AMERICAN DRINK BOOK 1953 Signed

THE AMERICAN DRINK BOOK
S. S. Field
1953, Farrar, Strauss & Young (New York)

Signed by the Author.
First Edition from 1953.
284 pages. Full of informations about American Drinks.
Hardbound. Large sized. Condition is good-.
Some spottings, especially on the very last double page. Otherwise fine.

Sold.

LE BARMAN UNIVERSEL P. Dagouret


P. Dagouret
LE BARMAN UNIVERSEL
Early edition

Famous French Barman's Manual from Paris.
Scarce, hard to find early edition (As far as I know the first one probably was published around 1900.)



Hardbound. 190 pages.

UKBG International Guide To Drinks 1965 (SOLD)

The U.K. Bartender's Guild
UKBG INTERNATIONAL GUIDE TO DRINKS
1965 Edition

A hard to find edition of this bartender's guide from London.
Published by the U.K.B.G. Hardbound. 296 pages.
Full of guidance for bartender's, many cocktail recipes, the history of the International Bartenders' Association, and about everything a bartender must know.

Condition is very good. Clean pages with no spottings and no marks.
Many very nice advertisement pages of the 60's included.

SOLD

Petits et Grands Verres - Cocktails 1920s (SOLD)


A scarce 1920s Cocktail Book from Paris:
Petits et Grands Verres - Choix des meilleures recettes de Cocktails
Written in French by Nina Toye & A. H. Ader.

Undated. Published c1920, Paris







134 pages. Condition acceptable. Shows signs of it's age.

SOLD

RECETARIO MODERNO DEL BARMAN 1931


RECETARIO MODERNO del LICORISTA y del BARMAN
J. Roldan
Ultra scarce first edition of the Spanish Bartender's Manual for Cocktails & Drinks.
1931, Barcelona.




Hardbound WITH dustjacket, 252 pages.

Sold.

COCKTAILS MUNDIALES Chicote 1946


COCKTAILS MUNDIALES
Pedro Chicote
Ultra scarce first edition of the Spanish Bartender's Cocktail Guide,
written by Spanish Bartender legend Pedro Chicote (Founder of the Spanish Bartender's Association).
(Undated) 1946, Madrid.






Hardbound WITH dustjacket, 336 pages.

Sold.

Hegenbarth's Getränkebuch 1903

HEGENBARTH'S GETRÄNKEBUCH
Hegenbarth's Bowlen-, Punsch, und Kaffee-Haus Getränkebuch.
Rare old German book about Bowls, Punches, Cocktails & other modern drinks.
3rd edition, 1903, Hegenbarth's Verlag.
Hardbound, 84 pages.

Sold.

BACCHUS BEHAVE! Alma Whittaker 1933 (SOLD)


BACCHUS BEHAVE!
The Lost Art Of Polite Drinking
Alma Whittaker
1933, Frederick A. Stokes, New York







Hardbound, 140 pages.
SOLD

Practical Bar Management Eddie Clarke 1954

PRACTICAL BAR MANAGEMENT
A Guide to the Organization, Staffing, Management and Control
of Cocktail and other Bars
Eddie Clarke (Formerly President Of The UK Bartender's Guild & Head Barman at the Savoy).
1954, Practical Press Ltd., London
Hardbound with dustjacket, 162 pages.

Sold.

Monday, July 20, 2009

DRINKS as they Were Made Before Prohibition 1934 (SOLD)


DRINKS AS THEY WERE MADE BEFORE PROHIBITION
Ira D. Altschul (Santa Barbara, California)
1934, The Schauer Printing Studio, Inc.







Rare Cocktail Recipe Booklet
56 pages. Condition: Acceptable. Cover wear. Splitting along the spine.

SOLD

COCKTAILS MUNDIALES Chicote 1950


COCKTAILS MUNDIALES,
Pedro Chicote,
Madrid 1950. 3rd Edition: "Corrected and enlarged" edition.
Written in Spanish by legendary Spanish Bartender and Founder of The Spanish Bar Association.







Rare and hard to find Spanish Bartender's Cocktail Guide.
Condition: Good/Good-

SHAKE 'EM UP Virgina Elliott Phil Stong 1931 (SOLD)


SHAKE 'EM UP
Virginia Elliott & Phil D. Stong,
1931, Brewer & Warren Inc.







SOLD