[Rarebooks] fs: Early bartender's guide

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 10563 )  Thomas, Jerry (1825-1885). THE BAR-TENDER'S GUIDE, OR HOW TO 
MIX ALL KINDS OF PLAIN AND FANCY DRINKS.
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, (1887). Original cloth, Sixteenmo, 
130 pages + ads. Near fine.
      Enlarged edition of the original drink mixing guide, originally 
published in 1862. Thomas was the principal bartender at the Metropolitan 
Hotel in New York and the Planters' House in St. Louis. In addition to an 
opening section on general hints and rules for bartenders, there are "clear 
and reliable directions for mixing all the beverages used in the United 
States, together with the most popular British, French, German, Italian, 
Russian, and Spanish recipes; embracing punches, juleps, cobblers, etc., 
etc., in endless variety." Bound in original rust colored cloth over boards 
with upper board stamped in black, lower board stamped in blind. Endpapers 
browned. Minor wear to extremities....... $350.00
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