THE OFFICIAL MIXER'S MANUAL
New York: RAY LONG & RICHARD R. SMITH, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 299 pages. 22 x15 cm. Patrick Gavin Duffy, an Irish Bartender who worked in New York before Prohibition, drew on more than forty years of experience behind the bar to create his influential cocktail manual in the years following repeal. He began his career at the Ashland House, just a block from Madison Square, where he mixed drinks for notable figures such as Oscar Wilde, J.P. Morgan, and Maurice Barrymore. His Official Mixer's Manual became one of the most significant works in reviving and redefining the American art of bartending after Prohibition. Two-ring binder with pages punched with two holes - title page, frontispiece photo of Duffy, and punched protective strips at front and back. Interior lightly toned. Professionally and tastefully rebacked with original title and spine. Ephemera laid in: Wine list from the Oceanic Steamship Co., Postcard - Johnnies Nite Club, Savannah, 4 handwritten cocktail recipes written on slips from Adams Grill - Denver Colorado, and a black and white photo of three barmen behind the bar c. 1940s. Maroon cloth covered boards, two-ring binder. Very good. Item #4653
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