Veracruz, Mexico: c. 1965. Cards. 32.5 x 25.5 cm. A large format cocktail menu with an extensive selection of wines, whiskeys, vermouth, beer, and cocktails. Visible crease to center, otherwise clean. More

Germany: 1884 - 1898. A compelling collection - Lot includes advertising broadsides for products of spirits, liqueurs and other spirits, essential oils, essences, and non-toxic dyes. A broadside for a factory producing essential oils, essences and chemical products and two lined books of handwritten liqueur, bitter and essence recipes... More

1971. Cards. A full menu, with prices, for cocktail, wines, beverages along with snacks that were served on the Santa Fe railroad in the 1970s. Regulations covering the sale of alcoholic beverages are listed the rear of the menu. Clean, crisp copy. More

New York: W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, 2014. Hardcover. 416 cm. 26 x 21 cm. Signed on dedication page by author: "HAPPY COCKTAILS and ENJOY the Book! - D" (with illustration). Arnold provides both professionals and cocktail enthusiasts a new method of making drinks, a problem-solving approach grounded in observation and..... More

New York: CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC., 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 224 & 225 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Vol. I has two important book plates, that of Phil Townsend Hanna and Marcus Crahan. Both Hanna and Townsend were members of the Zamarano Club - both active in the same Los Angeles..... More

Baltimore: Broderick, McRae & Co., 1901. paper. 27 x 20 cm. Broderick, McRae & Co. This Baltimore merchant-bottler company was a classic business model before Prohibition - trading in both everyday and luxury spirits for private collections and connoisseurs. This letter discusses an upcoming business visit to F. W. Eaton..... More

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 336 pages. 23 x 16.5 cm. An acclaimed broadcast journalist, Burns has written a witty and comprehensive history of America's complex affair with drink. Burns relates that drinking was "the first national pastime," and shows how it shaped American politics and culture..... More

Philadelphia: DORRANCE & COMPANY, INC., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 93 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Issued as national Prohibition neared its close, this spirited collection of nonalcoholic beverages drew contemporary media notice, including a 1930 New York Times review. The book is organized by themed chapters, each introduced with lively..... More

Crosswicks, NJ: Edgar Brick & Sons, c. 1920's. Loose_leaf. 17 x 51 cm. A rare Prohibition relic, Mince Meat with "PROOF ALCOHOL BY VOLUME 14 PER CENT" stating: FEDERAL PROHIBITION PERMIT N.J. H-926. Almost as soon as prohibition came into force in 1920, people began lobbying for popular culinary items..... More

Turin, Italy: FRATELLI CORA VERMOUTH, 1876. Loose_leaf. 27 x 22 folded. Printed and handwritten letter/invoice on company letterhead from owner Giuseppe F. Cora to Lyon merchant and judge Isaac Casati (1830-1899), dated April 31, 1876, for a vermouth purchase of 411 francs (paid October 31, 1976). Includes decorative Fratelli Cora..... More

London: The Architectural Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 138 pages. 24 x 19 cm. An illustrated historical and practical study of the English public house, first issued as a special issue of The Architectural Review in October 1949. Gorham and Dunnett examine the relationship between pub architecture, social divisions, and..... More

New York: The International cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest, Inc., 1953. Hardcover. 142 pages. 15 x 11 cm. Signed by the author on the front free end paper - "Oscar Haimo". From the private notes of Oscar Haimo, Maitre de Bar - Hotel Pierre and President of the International Bar..... More

New York: THE JOHN DAY COMPANY, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 63 pages. 12.5 x 8 cm. Norman Hume Anthony, known by the pen name Judge, Jr. was a noted cartoonist and editor of Judge Magazine, later Life Magazine. In defiance of the dry laws, his first book, HERE'S HOW, was..... More