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Tokyo : Kenkyusha, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very good copy in the original title-printed, stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. A rare copy. ; 117 pages; Description: v, 117p ; 19cm. Subjects: Japanese tea ceremony. Japan - Social life and customs.
[Cuba] [Hemingway Hangout] Floridita Cocktails by Vert, Constante Ribalaigua - 1939
by Vert, Constante Ribalaigua
[Cuba] [Hemingway Hangout] Floridita Cocktails
by Vert, Constante Ribalaigua
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S. l. (Havana): s. n.: Bar El Floridita, nee Bar La Florida, 1939. First Edition, Thus. Very Good Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine, No Dust Jacket As Issued.
First edition thus; 6 x 4 1/2; pp. 1-72, [8]; glossy, pictorial wraps; illustrated with numerous advertisements; minor nicks to tips of spine; a few small spots to bottom edge and several light smudges to pages; in very good condition.. One of Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Hangouts
"I drink to make other people more interesting."Ernest Hemingway
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Bar La Florida would gain worldwide recognition in the 1920s, after the so called "Cocktail King of Cuba" - Constante Ribalaigua Vert - had inherited it in 1918 from its original owner Don Narcisco Sala Parera. Starting in 1934, Vert published and gave away as souvenirs recipe booklets of his La Florida cocktails, history, and anecdotes.
By 1939, the bar would be renamed El Floridita and although the booklet for that year had already been printed, Vert also decided to publish the current edition, which for the first time included not only the content mentioned above, but also nine new drinks - Mauro Special, Ing Armando J Valdes Special, Carmen Morell Special, Pepe Blanco Special, Josefina Prieto Special, Natividad, Ginebra Compuesta, Mr Solar Special, and Jai-Alai.
First edition thus; 6 x 4 1/2; pp. 1-72, [8]; glossy, pictorial wraps; illustrated with numerous advertisements; minor nicks to tips of spine; a few small spots to bottom edge and several light smudges to pages; in very good condition.. One of Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Hangouts
"I drink to make other people more interesting."Ernest Hemingway
Background Information:
Bar La Florida would gain worldwide recognition in the 1920s, after the so called "Cocktail King of Cuba" - Constante Ribalaigua Vert - had inherited it in 1918 from its original owner Don Narcisco Sala Parera. Starting in 1934, Vert published and gave away as souvenirs recipe booklets of his La Florida cocktails, history, and anecdotes.
By 1939, the bar would be renamed El Floridita and although the booklet for that year had already been printed, Vert also decided to publish the current edition, which for the first time included not only the content mentioned above, but also nine new drinks - Mauro Special, Ing Armando J Valdes Special, Carmen Morell Special, Pepe Blanco Special, Josefina Prieto Special, Natividad, Ginebra Compuesta, Mr Solar Special, and Jai-Alai.
- Bookseller Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
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- Publisher Bar El Floridita, nee Bar La Florida
- Place of Publication S. l. (Havana): s. n.
- Date Published 1939
- Keywords Cocktails; Mixed Drinks; Cookery; Gastronomy; Food & Wine; Recipes
The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura, with Introduction and Notes by Hiroshi Muraoka
by Okakura, Kakuzo
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Galway, Ireland
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Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry
by Cave, Henry W.
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Alfred, Maine, United States
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London: Samson Low, Marston & Company, 1900. Octavo (22.8 x 15 cm.), 474, [2] pages. Illustrated with photographs by the author. All edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. A handsome and profusely illustrated survey of Ceylon and its tea industry, by a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and author of several other titles on the South Asian island nation, now identified as Sri Lanka. In very attractive gilt-stamped, white buckram.
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Old Mr. Boston Says "Here's How" with 24 Famous Recipes. [Old Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide]
by [Old Mr. Boston; Ben-Burk Distillers (Boston, Ma.)]
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Boston: B.B. Inc.; [Ben-Burk Distillers], 1934. Small folded pamphlet (11 x 6.5 cm.), 16 pages when folded. Printed in red, black and blue. FIRST EDITION. One of the very rare precursors to the famous Old Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide (1935). Following Repeal, Ben-Burk Distillers published the Guide, which was to become one of the iconic cocktail recipe books. Originally published as a promotional item for the Ben-Burk line of spirits distilled in Boston, the Guide became a staple of professional and home bars around the country. But prior to the first work titled Old Mr. Boston Guide, Ben-Burk published One Hundred Cocktails, Some Old -- Some New (1932) and One Hundred and Twenty Cocktails, Fizzes, Punches, Highballs, Toddies and Long Drinks (1934), both of which are very rare. We can add this small work - previously unrecorded - to this short list of precursors. A bit of soiling to edges, and one corner dog-eared; otherwise very good. All early printings of the Mr. Boston Guide are scarce.…
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The Standard Cocktail Guide, A Manual of Mixed Drinks Written for the American Host
by Gaige, Crosby (1882-1949)
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New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1944. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with minor soiling. 6.25 inches tall; 128 pages with an index. Included are several newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and a typed sheet of recipes for drinks. Third Printing. A cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service 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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Clysmic King of Table Waters [Cocktail Recipes]
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Waukesha, WI: Clysmic Spring Co., 1910. String-bound illustrated wrappers. A good collectible copy.. String-bound illustrated wrappers 32 pages 6.25 by 4.75 inches (16.5 by 12 cm), Wraps embossed and have a multicolor border design of grapes, cocktail glasses and faces; calligraphic first page; includes a lovely gilt-adorned print of Uncle Sam drinking Clysmic soda water. First Edition. Wraps are larger than the text block; wraps have age-toning, a few top edge chips and a minor scuff on the rear. The text block is tight and square. Text clean with two tiny ink marks on page 2, light even toning. Faint damp-stain on foredge of the first four pages. Uncommon with only two copies held in Institutions. [Yale and Univ of Minn]. This promotional bar manual comprises of cocktail recipes made with Clysmic water. The majority of the formulas are accompanied by period toasts. At the bottom of each page is a slogan advertising Clysmic brand table water. Background Information: The Clysmic Springs…
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The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura, with Introduction and Notes by Hiroshi Muraoka
by Okakura, Kakuzo
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Tokyo : Kenkyusha, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very good copy in the original title-printed, stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. A rare copy. ; 117 pages; Description: v, 117p ; 19cm. Subjects: Japanese tea ceremony. Japan - Social life and customs.
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Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry
by Cave, Henry W.
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London: Samson Low, Marston & Company, 1900. Octavo (22.8 x 15 cm.), 474, [2] pages. Illustrated with photographs by the author. All edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. A handsome and profusely illustrated survey of Ceylon and its tea industry, by a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and author of several other titles on the South Asian island nation, now identified as Sri Lanka. In very attractive gilt-stamped, white buckram.
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Old Mr. Boston Says "Here's How" with 24 Famous Recipes. [Old Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide]
by [Old Mr. Boston; Ben-Burk Distillers (Boston, Ma.)]
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Alfred, Maine, United States
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Boston: B.B. Inc.; [Ben-Burk Distillers], 1934. Small folded pamphlet (11 x 6.5 cm.), 16 pages when folded. Printed in red, black and blue. FIRST EDITION. One of the very rare precursors to the famous Old Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide (1935). Following Repeal, Ben-Burk Distillers published the Guide, which was to become one of the iconic cocktail recipe books. Originally published as a promotional item for the Ben-Burk line of spirits distilled in Boston, the Guide became a staple of professional and home bars around the country. But prior to the first work titled Old Mr. Boston Guide, Ben-Burk published One Hundred Cocktails, Some Old -- Some New (1932) and One Hundred and Twenty Cocktails, Fizzes, Punches, Highballs, Toddies and Long Drinks (1934), both of which are very rare. We can add this small work - previously unrecorded - to this short list of precursors. A bit of soiling to edges, and one corner dog-eared; otherwise very good. All early printings of the Mr. Boston Guide are scarce.…
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The Standard Cocktail Guide, A Manual of Mixed Drinks Written for the American Host
by Gaige, Crosby (1882-1949)
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New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1944. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with minor soiling. 6.25 inches tall; 128 pages with an index. Included are several newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and a typed sheet of recipes for drinks. Third Printing. A cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service 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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Clysmic King of Table Waters [Cocktail Recipes]
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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Waukesha, WI: Clysmic Spring Co., 1910. String-bound illustrated wrappers. A good collectible copy.. String-bound illustrated wrappers 32 pages 6.25 by 4.75 inches (16.5 by 12 cm), Wraps embossed and have a multicolor border design of grapes, cocktail glasses and faces; calligraphic first page; includes a lovely gilt-adorned print of Uncle Sam drinking Clysmic soda water. First Edition. Wraps are larger than the text block; wraps have age-toning, a few top edge chips and a minor scuff on the rear. The text block is tight and square. Text clean with two tiny ink marks on page 2, light even toning. Faint damp-stain on foredge of the first four pages. Uncommon with only two copies held in Institutions. [Yale and Univ of Minn]. This promotional bar manual comprises of cocktail recipes made with Clysmic water. The majority of the formulas are accompanied by period toasts. At the bottom of each page is a slogan advertising Clysmic brand table water. Background Information: The Clysmic Springs…
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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The Withdrawing Room
by Macleod, Charlotte
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- 9780385171816 / 0385171811
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The With-Drawing Room (1980, Doubleday 1st Ed. SIGNED W/DJ) THE WITH-DRAWING ROOM, A MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1980.Used. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First or early printing thus. Good Condition/ Includes good condition unclipped $8.95 dust jacket. Features young Sarah Kelling. Will ship from United States.
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TENDER IS THE NIGHT.
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night. Charles Scribner's Sons Revised Edition. Copyright page states 1933, 1934 L-2.67 [Col]. UNDATED, Circa 1958. With $4.50 Unclipped original white black and gold Charles Scribner's unclipped dust jacket. ALSO page count is just 315 pages, shorter than the First Edition. Used. Very Good Condition/ Very Good- Black boards with gilt titling on spine. EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS DUST JACKET. Unable to find any other copies on the net whatsoever. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼.
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The Standard Cocktail Guide, A Manual of Mixed Drinks Written for the American Host
by Gaige, Crosby (1882-1949)
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1944. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with minor soiling. 6.25 inches tall; 128 pages with an index. Included are several newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and a typed sheet of recipes for drinks. Third Printing. A cocktail mixing guide with illustrations of The Waldorf Astoria's famous glass service 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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(Advertising Card) Second Street and Hill, Looking from the Top of Bryson and Bonebrake Block, Los Angeles, CAL.
by Jersey Coffee series of Photo-Lithographic View Cards
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Dayton, OH: Dayton Spice Mills No date, circa(1888) which was the year the Bryson Bonebreak Block was built in Los Angeles, and the date in ink at bottom margin below photo that someone has added. From the verso: " Handsome, Historical, Instructive. Photo-Lithographic View Cards. One card in each package of Jersey Coffee! ... Jersey Coffee is pure, clean, strong and fine flavored, and is the best package coffee on the market. Sold only in 1-lb. packages. Dayton Spice Mills Co., sole manufacturers, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A." A Good complete card, several creases and small tears at edges. SCARCE, not listed at OCLC, which does list 9 of the 100 views that were issued to advertise Jersey Coffee by The Dayton Spice Mills Co. in the late 1800s. . Cardstock. Good. 2 5/8" x 5 3/4".
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Wines, Cocktails and other Drinks.
by Frank A. Thomas
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Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. Hardcover, tan cloth boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Classic Depression-era (post-Prohibition) guide to wines and mixed drinks. Covers wines from America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc. Dictionary of alcoholic beverages from Absinthe to Whisky. Pseudonymously published by wine experts Frank Schoonmaker & Ted Marvel. Part of The Household Shelf series, first printing. Light wear to spine ends, some darkened areas of endpapers.
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Complete Mixing Guide, Revised from 1912 & 1936, Small Pamphlet Like that you Flip Open to Read, Containing a full List of Formulas for making all Standard Mixed Drinks, Carefully Compiled & Alphabetically Arranged,
by Edited by James E. Hickey, by Appointment
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Angostura-Wuppermann, NY, 1939. SOFTCOVER, UNDATED BUT EARLY, 1939 ? , VG/VG-, AS-IS, Softcvr Wraps, SMALL Grey with Booze Bottle on Front CVR , Some margin stains & tiny dog ears interior pgs, 43/4 X 2 1/2 in. 64 PGS, PRACTICAL HINTS FOR BARMAN, Beer Chart, To the man behind the Bar, Recipes for Mixing Fancy Drinks INCLUDES Absinthe Frappe, Cocktail & Drip, Affinity Cocktail, Baltimore Egg Nog, Blood & Sand Cocktail, BRANDY FIZZ, Claret Punch, Gin Daisy,Greta Garbo, Millionaire & Mary Pickford Cocktail, Lemonade, Mint Julep, Rob Roy Cocktail, Singapore Sling, Sherry Flip ETC. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Art of the Tea Ceremony: A Special Exhibition
by Anonymous
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Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1980. xxiv; 298 pp. 379 tea wares illustrated in b&w plates and described; 27 items are repeated in color. Text in Japanese; a Foreword and a 23-page catalogue list of 399 items in English; 20 Development Plans listed in the catalogue are not among the plates. The foreword states the exhibition was organized to view the development of Chanoyu in three phases: Karamano Taste under Kitayama to Higashiyama reigns; Wabi Taste under the grand tea masters of Juko to Rikyu; thereafter. Nicely bound in red-orange textured wrappers. The top outside corner is bumped causing light creases to the page corners; light foxing to the top edge. Clean throughout.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to.
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Remarks on the Art of Making Wine, with Suggestions fo the Application of its Principles to the Improvement of Domestic Wines.
by MacCulloch, John
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xii, 263pp. Brown morocco, double gilt border, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Light wear to corners and spine edges, original spine lettering still on spine, free endpapers darkened, text is mildly age-toned, and there is a faint 1/2 inch stain slightly visible on some page margins, text is otherwise clean and binding is tight. This book was evidently rebound using the morocco binding of the previously bound book, which still has its original title on it. The text block and marbled endpapers have been expertly re-attached to the original binding. The edges of the original marbled endpapers have been left are still visible along edges, and the foredges of the boards extend 1/2/ inch beyond the text block foredges,l and the spine lettering Both the binding and the interior of this early printing has been well-preserved.
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The Drama of Drunkenness; or, Sixteen Scenes In the Drunkard's Theatre (1858)(1st edition)
by American Sunday-School Union
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1858 first (and only) edition. Hardcover in original brown and gilt blindstamped boards. Overall condition is Good. Boards show moderate general wear, binding is sound. Interior has partially removed Sabbath School bookplate and old seller's pencil note. Missing one front blank. All else complete. Paginates: blank, 67, 2 blanks, with 16 plates included in pagination. The plates are on stiff white paper. Most pages show modest to moderate foxing. 6x4 inches. An uncommon item. None for sale, one found at auction (this copy). WorldCat locates 4 physical copies. See OCLC: 15031839. Please see images of the book you will receive. Feel free to inquire. Notes: Interest here is in the detailed vignettes which show Mom on fire, Junior getting his foot amputated, murder, shipwrecks and more. Then there are the elaborate borders which include snakes, skulls, skeletons and burning cups of fire. Introduction says this is intended for children. Definitely not at bedtime. [Alcoholism, Sociology]
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