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Lot 114

Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$300 - 500
Price Realized
$1,778
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Lot Description

[Food & Drink] Group of 12 Titles on Mixology

1. Terrington, William
Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks…
London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, (ca. 1885). Reprint, first published in 1869. 12mo. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt slightly cocked; all edges trimmed; dark brown endpapers. 

2. Smith, F. Berkeley
How Paris Amuses Itself
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1903. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in black, white, red, and gilt; all edges trimmed; publisher's printed ad for another title by Smith laid-in; 

A fine copy. 

3. ‘Robert’
Cocktails How to Mix Them
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, no date (ca. 1922). Seventh printing. 16mo. Publisher's orange cloth, stamped in black; all edges trimmed. 

4. Toye, Nina, and A.H. Adair
Petits & grands verres choix des meilleurs Cocktails
Paris: Sans Pareil, (1927). First edition. 12mo. Illustrated by J(ean).E(milie).Laboureur. Printed stiff wrappers, all edges untrimmed, publisher's original glassine. 

5. Craddock, Harry
The Savoy Cocktail Book…
London: Constable & Company, Ltd. 1930. First edition. 12mo. Quarter black cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards printed in green, black and gold; all edges trimmed; illustrated endpapers.

6. Boothby, W(illia)m.T.
“Cocktail Bill” Boothby's World Drinks and How to Prepare Them
(San Francisco: Boothby's World Drinks Co., 1930). First edition thus ("Completely Revised and Greatly Enlarged") 12mo. Publisher's stiff yellow printed wrappers; all edges trimmed; 

7. Mason, Dexter
The Art of Drinking…
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1930). First edition. 12mo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; illustrated dust-jacket. 

8. Boulestin, X.M.
What Shall We Have to Drink? 
London: William Heinemann Ltd, (1933). First edition. 12mo. Publisher's maroon cloth, stamped gilt; all edges trimmed; illustrated dust-jacket. 

9. Craddock, Harry
The Savoy Cocktail Book…
London: Constable & Company, Ltd/New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. (1933). Reprint of the New and Enlarged edition. 8vo. Quarter black cloth over yellow paper-covered boards; all edges trimmed; 

10. Taylor, Allan
What Everybody Wants to Know About Wine
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition. 12mo. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in red; top edge stained red, all edges trimmed; decorated endpapers; original dust-jacket.

11. Terrington, William
Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks…
London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, no date. Reprint, first published in 1869. 12mo. Pictorial paper-covered boards, all edges trimmed; 

Lot also includes a 1930s Wines & Spirits Special List, published by Hedges & Butler Ltd, London, with original order forms laid-in. 

Condition varies. Lot sold with all faults. 

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