The Standard Cocktail Guide, A Manual of Mixed Drinks Written for the American Host. [Cocktails, Mixology]
New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1944. Fourth Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Rose colored cloth with black spine titles. Book has been used but not abused. Text clean with handwritten recipe for mulled wine on front free endpaper. 4.25 by 6.5 inches, 128 pages with an index. A classic cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service. Includes text on hosting, the use of rum; Hors d’oeuvres …. and a wise and witty discussion of the philosophy of drinking, of the arts of sociability and conviviality, and a discussion of the trends, fancies and quirks of the standard liquors.
A Good Hardcover / No Jacket. Item #16534
Price: $75.00
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