Field, S.S.

The American Drink Book

New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 282 pages. 26 x 19 cm. An elegant, informative composition devoted to the history and practice of drinking in America. Chapters include: Taverns, Tankards and Tallow; The Best-Cellar Book on Wines; A Quicker Liquor Curriculum on Spirits and Beer; The Complete Bartender and The 100 Greatest American Drinks; Now Your Cooking with Liquor. Illustrated throughout. Interior and boards clean and crisp, dust wrapper rubbed. Rose boards, gilt illustrations. Near fine, in good dust wrapper. Item #2379

Price: $150.00