Thursday, August 27, 2009

CAFE ROYAL COCKTAIL BOOK Tarling 1937 (to swap/exchange)


CAFE ROYAL COCKTAIL BOOK
W.J. Tarling
Very scarce Original Coronation Edition 1937
Illustrated by Frederick Carter.

Published by Pall Mall Ltd. London.
Printed by The Sidney Press Ltd. London and Bedford.
Very very scarce!








'Dr. Cocktail' Ted Haigh wrote in his 1998 (!) blog post "Doc’s Top Ten Bar Books of the 20th Century": "I apologize, but you will never find this book. If you do, grab it -- cost be damned. It was published by the U.K.B.G. (The United Kingdom Bartenders’ Guild) which achieved its fame during American Prohibition. These Brits created some of the most WONDERFUL cocktails to grace the human palate in those years (...) .... superbly!"

SOLD


PS. I have another copy listed in my "swap/exchange" list (not a reprint.)

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THE BARTENDER'S FRIEND P. Guinee 1933

THE BARTENDER'S FRIEND
Written by "a Mixer" and Patrick W. Guinee.
A scarce, very old American Drinks & Cocktail Bartender's Book.
1933, First Edition, JARMOR PUBLISHING CO. New York.







Hardbound Cover, 192 pages.
Very good condition for it's age. No spottings, no markings, very clean interior.

Sold.

BARKEEPER'S GOLDEN BOOK O. Blunier 1935

THE BARKEEPER'S GOLDEN BOOK
The Exquisite Book of American Drinks.
Written by Barkeeper O. Blunier, in 3 languages (English, Francais, Deutsch)
Published 1935 by Morgarten Verlag Zurich. 276 pages.

A scarce, very hard to find bartender's manual.
Contains short history of Barkeeper's, Illustrates the Speakeasy during Prohibition, plus 100s of Recipes for Drinks and Cocktails.




Green covers. Gilt letter, a little dull. Silk bookmarker.
Illustrated throughout with bar utensils and items of bartending.

Sold.

DRINKS OF THE WORLD 1892 James Mew John Ashton


117 years old! This ULTRA-RARE, very old book, entitled, DRINKS OF THE WORLD by JAMES MEWand JOHN ASHTON was printed back in 1892, and published by Scribner & Welford (New York) & The Leadenhall Press (London).







A rare, extremely hard to find, very old book about drinks from all around the world, including recipes, how to make them, cocktail recipes, and so much more.
Check out and make a search on nytimes.com for "Drink Of The Worlds", and you will find the old NEW YORK TIMES article from 1892.

The overall condition of this very old book is good+ (very good for it's age!). All pages are clean and tight. No spottings at all. Pages a bit yellowed from age. See photos for details!

Hardbound. Leather cover. 362 pages.

Sold

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DRINKS Jacques Straub - 1920


DRINKS by Jacques Straub is a very very scarce, hard to find pocket-sized cocktail book, with copyright 1914.







This edition is the edition which was published by Jacques Straub's widow after the author's dead. It has a foreword included written by Oscar of the Waldorf. Internet sources indicates that this edition was published in 1920.

The condition is very good. Leather bound hardcover.

Sold.

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1800 AND ALL THAT R. de Fleury 1937


1800 And All That! was published in 1937 in London.








Mr. R. de Fleury already published a previous cocktail book in 1934, entitled "1700 Cocktails for the man behind the bar" in which he tried to compile all recipes existing up to that date. That book sold well. So he decided to publish this new book "1800 and All That". It contains 2,094 recipes of cocktails and drinks. This edition is the First Edition (actually there was only one).
It was published and printed by The St. Catherine Press in London, and printed by W.H. Smith & Son Ltd. / The Arden Press. Quote of the Author's Note from within the book: "Wherever possible I have given the name of the inventor of the drinks, and with the ancient ones, the dates of the invention."

A scarce, hard to find old cocktail book. 338 pages.
with dustjacket. The overall condition of this cocktail book is very good. The pages are clean and tight. Title is printed in golden letters on the spine. Leather bound hardcover. The dustjacket is a bit damaged.

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L'ART DU SHAKER Dominique Migliorero 1925 (SOLD)

L'Art Du Shaker is a very scarce, old french cocktail book by Dominique Migliorero, head bartender of the New-York Bar and the Bristol Bar. Back in the 20s both bars were located in Nice (Cote d'Azur, France).

There is no copyright date, and no publishing date printed within the book, but it is signed by the author in 1925. So it has to be published 1925 or before.
It was printed by "Imp. Gastaud" in Nice, France.
It features about 300 cocktail recipes, and additionally includes some nice advertising pages from all the major brands at this time.

Leather bound hardcover. 90 pages.
Cover boards worn. Some spottings. Condition good-.
SOLD

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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

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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