Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

No place, no date (ca. 1925). First edition. Oblong 8vo. (ii), 2-17, (2) pp. With eight color pictorial hand-blocked cloth napkins, each mounted on rectos with facing letterpress text. Publisher's quarter black paper over gold jacquard-printed boards, decorated in black and in red, scattered wear and rubbing to boards and extremities; all edges trimmed; small, partially worn label on front paste-down ("France"), possibly denoting (or obscuring) country of origin; sheets toned with scattered soiling and wear along edges; light offsetting from napkins onto facing text.

An amusing and rare Prohibition-era cocktail recipe book. Dedicated to "serious drinkers everywhere", this book provides recipes for eight American cocktails (each listing "non-alcoholic" spirits, of course) with a short history of their origin, including the Manhattan, Blue Blazer, Deadwood Dick, Rip Van Winkle Sleeper, Belmont Park, Alabama, Barbary Coast, and the New Orleans Drip, each with a vibrant and richly colored napkin illustrating the drink.

This copy appears to be in a variant binding with a black paper spine over gold jacquard-printed boards. Furthermore, some of the napkins are printed in variant colors, as compared to other copies.