The Standard Cocktail Guide, A Manual of Mixed Drinks Written for the American Host. [Cocktails, Mixology]
by Gaige, Crosby (1882-1949)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- A Good Hardcover/No Jacket
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1944. Fourth Printing. Cloth Hardcover. A Good Hardcover/No Jacket. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16534
- Title
- The Standard Cocktail Guide, A Manual of Mixed Drinks Written for the American Host. [Cocktails, Mixology]
- Author
- Gaige, Crosby (1882-1949)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A Good Hardcover
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- M. Barrows & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Mixed Drinks; Mixology
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