![Item #3310 [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKERY] Handwritten Recipe book](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3310.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1667952213)
1970s-1980s. Hardcover. 70 pages. 23 x 18 cm. The first nineteen pages are filled with handwriting in cursive - incredibly neat, precise recipes such as tarts, oatmeal cookies, puddings, with some savory dishes sprinkled in. After the first nineteen pages, there are blank pages until a two page segment in..... More
![Item #3660 [ALCOHOL ABUSE] [GERMAN] Von dem greüwlichen Laster der Trunckenhayt...; Unique Copy...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3660.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686083953)
[Augsburg, Heinrich Streiner, 1533?]. Hardcover. 38 leaves, (6 pp. manuscript). With large and unusually detailed woodcut (10 x 12 cm.) on title-page revealing an extravagant banquet and a man vomiting, by H. Weiditz, with decorated woodcut initials. Set in schwabacher types with incidental fraktur. A treatise on the excesses of..... More
New York: NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY AND PUBLICATION HOUSE, 1872. Hardcover. 139 pages. 19 x 12 cm. A thorough study of the winemaking practices of the ancients by the author to ascertain whether the original texts of the bible permitted alcoholic beverages. Presentation copy, signed on the title page by Deacon..... More
![Item #3683 [DRUG] [LAW] Booklet on FEDERAL and STATE NARCOTIC LAWS and the NEW YORK STATE. THE...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3683.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687432558)
1947. Staplebound. 10 pages. 17 x 10 cm. A "Handy" Reference of Legal Requirements for the Physician and Pharmacist covering the New York State Narcotic Law, Federal Narcotic Law, and the New York State Barbiturate Law. Compiled and Distributed by The New York State pharmaceutical Association, 1261 Broadway, NY, NY..... More
New York: HENRY SCHUMAN, 1948. Hardcover. 203 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Filled with poetry, fiction, narratives, anecdotes and humor. Authors include: Melville, Kipling, Thackeray, Longfellow, Twain, Wilde, Doyle, Fielding, Zola, and many more. Illustrated throughout. Interior lightly toned. Boards water stained at bottom edge. Dust wrapper price clipped, rubbed..... More
![Item #3729 [TEMPERANCE] Brass Axe Pendant & Post Cards](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689623627)
1.25 inch brass axe pendant, the emblem of Carry nation's crusade to rid the country of the evils of liquor. Known as the "hatchetations" - members of Carry Nation would bust up saloons and crack open barrels to spill the brew. In the early 20th century, members could purchase these..... More
![Item #4852 [TEMPERANCE] CURRENT AND IMPORTANT EVENTS EMBRACING A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4852.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769809908)
St. Louis: James H. Chambers, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. 303 pages. 20 x 14 cm. An interesting mélange of populist contemporary thought. Jingoist temperance Introduction. Articles on the Russo-Turkish War, Temperance Movement, Opium, Pope Pius IX, Pope Leo XIII, "The Jewish Creed", etc. Wood engraving portraits of the several authors..... More
San Francisco: The McLellan Publishing Company, 1947. Staplebound. Unpaginated [17 pp.] 22 x 14 cm. "To the Rescue of those poor souls who have had one too many night before." Designed by Ray Sullivan. A full description for those needing some help after a night of transgression. Illustrated throughout. Publishers..... More
![Item #3979 [LGBTQIA+] I WAS A WHITE SLAVE IN HARLEM. Margo Howard-Howard, Abbe Michaels](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3979.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699997564)
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. 177 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Signed by co-author Abbe Michaels with Howard-Howard's ink stamp signature above it (Howard-Howard died shortly before publication). 5 photo plates. Drag queen Margo Howard-Howard, born Robert Hesse, chronicles their descent into a subculture of..... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1983. Hardcover. 151 pages. Focusing on case studies and research, McConville highlights the mental and physical consequences of drinking such as - women are more likely to develop digestive and nutritional problems, women are more prone to liver damage and other alcohol related diseases than are..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1983. Ronald Searle. First American Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22 x 17.5 cm. A comic journey through terms and phrases frequently used and infrequently understood in the world of wine tasting, interpreted and visualized by Ronald Searle as a series of silly characters. “Full-bodied with great..... More
![Item #4024 [TEMPERANCE] The Intemperate Use of ARDENT SPIRITS - TWO DISCOURSES; PREACHED TO THE...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4024.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701211747)
Newport, RI: PRINTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE NEWPORT MERCURY, 1815. Sewn binding. 23 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Caleb J. Tenney was the pastor of the First Congregational Church, Newport, from 1804 to 1815. This sermon explores the Proverbs of Solomon - Wine in a mocker, STRONG DRINK IS..... More
New York: THE GOODHUE COMPANY, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Williams book was a critical examination of alcohol prohibition, warning of unintended consequences such as the rise of illicit liquor and substitution with more harmful substances. William's nuanced approach distinguished between different types of drugs..... More