![BEER] [BREWING] Proceedings of The Company of Amateur Brewers; Dulce est desipere in loco](/pictures/thumb/793.jpg?v=1562167833)
Brattleboro: Company of Amateur Brewers, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 14 cm. 159 pages. "Privately printed in 1932 for the Members of The Society." A captivating look into beer making in the last years of Prohibition. This association was made up of men in the Brattleboro, Vermont area, including..... More
Instituto do Vinho do Porto, 1950. Mirao, Joaquim. Wraps. 17 pages, 15 color plates with tissue-guards. 33 x 23 cm. "Port Wine, a masterpiece designed by nature and fashioned by man, born on the Douro, down along the river..." The Douro River, located in Northeast Portugal, is surrounded by mountains..... More
![HUMOR] Higher Mathematics; Compliments OSGOOD'S Windsor, VT](/images/noimage.png)
Windsor, VT. Cards. 15 x 8 cm. "I HAD TWELVE BOTTLES OF WHISKY..." Progressive intoxication is the premise responsible for the compositional technique of the following classic account. Some say it dates back to the 1940's in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - others claim the scalpel-tongued satirist/bad boy of radio, Henry..... More
![MENU] [COCKTAILS] Burlington](/pictures/thumb/1894.jpg?v=1558046776)
c. 1935. Cards. 16 x 11 cm. Elegant Art Deco style bar menu. Cocktails priced at 35 cents, cigarettes 15 cents. Most likely dating after 1933 - menu states - "The sale and service of alcoholic drinks is limited to those localities in which it is lawfully permitted". Rear fold..... More
San Juan: Ronrico Corporation, 1946. Staplebound. 44 pages. 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Illustrated throughout. More
Tokyo: Tuttle, 2018. Ueda, Idzuhiko. Hardcover. 144 pages. 7.5 x 10 inches. For the first time in English, this book presents over a hundred independently scored reviews from a leading Japanese whisky expert, Yuji Kawasaki, to shed new light on Japan's most famous single malts as well as its grain..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 62 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Remarkable period graphics. Clean, crisp copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hotline, Leonard. First Edition. Hardcover. [vii-xvii] 291 [8] pages. 21 x 15 cm. Owner's signature on front free end paper: "Lucy G. Allen, New York, Jan. 26, 1933." Born out of Dinners given after an outing of Skeet shooting (clay pigeons), The Gun Club..... More
Paris: Deterville/Libraire de la Faculte de Medecine et des Hospices, 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. 581/206 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Two titles bound together, text in French. Five fold-out plates (1 in first volume, 4 in second - second lacking one). The Art of Making Wine & The Art of..... More
New York: Richard R. Smith Inc., 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. 287 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A bright first American Edition highlighted by the iconic art deco era artwork by Gilbert Rumbold. Prohibition-dodging Americans flocked to London's classic Savoy bar for the perfect deliverance from the dry land. American..... More
Chicago: John F. Driscoll, 1933. First Edition. Staplebound. 63 pages. 15 x 10.5 cm. "How to prepare and mix all popular American Alcoholic Drinks commonly served according to the Accurate and Standard Methods used by Skilled and Experienced Bartenders throughout the U.S.A. previous to the enactment of the Prohibition Law."..... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1981. Hardcover. 142 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Fisher, an all time favorite food writer, enchants the reader with her foray into her collection of "odd and old receipts to cure the ills of people and animals." Dust wrapper price clipped but clean, interior crisp..... More
Baltimore: BACCHUS PRESS LTD., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 403 pages. 26 x 19 cm. Superbly organized, with over 3,200 entries, biographical sketches of prominent wine writers, and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years. Clean, crisp copy. More
New York: Avery, 2014. Paperback. 253 pages. 21 x 14 cm. In this lively and authoritative guide, Greene uses bright visuals, smart graphics, and a down-to-earth approach that both entertains and teaches readers to become their own whiskey experts. Including recipes for the delicious cocktails by some of today's most..... More
Sydney: McGraw Hill, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 143 pages. 21 x 29 cm. Profusely illustrated wine book covering the past and (1979) present of Australia's Hunter Valley Wine country including vineyards, wineries, and the people involved in this lush part of the world. Signed by both authors as well as..... More
New York: Pynson Printers, 1924. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 38 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Copy 429 of 1524. A fine 18th-century style reproduction. The "Squire" published twelve recipes for toddies in 1784. Years later, his descendant, Noble Foster Hoggson, found a cache of his letters and documents in the attic..... More
Berlin: Francken & Lang, 1927. Cards. 28.5 x 18 cm. Color lithograph mini-poster, most likely taken from Die Deutsche Werbe-Graphik, by Dr. Walter F. Schubert. The title, Kein Tisch Ohne Munchener Lowenbrau translates: No Table Without Munich Lowenbrau. Bright and clean. More
New York: The Vendome Press, 1979. Hardcover. 155 pages. 22 x 16 cm. A sunny spot (in terms of the cocktail culture) during the dark ages of the 1970's. McNulty, a writer and world traveler, brings light to the subject of cocktails by writing in an almost memoir style about..... More
Cleveland: American Greetings Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 16 x 16 cm. From the team (Brant Parker & Johnny Hart) that gave us "The Wizard of Id" cartoon, a lighthearted cocktail book incorporating cartoons, color photos, and recipes of our favorite bar drinks. Black and white 'Wizard of Id' illustrated end..... More
Baltimore: Bacchus, nd (1992). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 407 pages. An attractively bound facsimile edition, printed on acid-free paper, of the 1833 first edition. One of 500 copies. Includes a detailed table table classing wines from France, Spain, Hungary, Germany, Sicily, Naples and South Africa with descriptions of their properties. [GABLER..... More
Baltimore: Bacchus Press, nd (1992). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. xv, 540, (24 index) pages. Octavo. One of 500 copies. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1864 second edition (expanded and considerably revised from the 1863 first edition), printed on acid-free paper and retaining the folding plates that appeared in..... More
Florence: Il Bisonte - Edizioni d'arte, 1974. Cardboard covers. 103 pages. 25 x 31. Copy 69 of 100. Volume VI. Published in the summer of 1974 by the Consorzio del Vino Classico, two thousand copies, 1500 in Italian and 500 in English, numbered 1/1-100 to xx/100-100. Roman numerals correspond to..... More
Baltimore: Bacchus Press, nd (1992). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 211 pages. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1880 first edition printed on acid-free paper. One of 500 copies. Vizetelly was Wine Juror for Great Britain at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 and in 1877 he visited Portugal, Madeira and..... More
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981. Hardcover. 157 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. Comprehensive history of the corkscrew, the development of design, and its mechanical principles. Copiously illustrated throughout. Pristine condition. More