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THE SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK. NEW YORK. 1930. RICHARD R. SMITH. FIRST EDITION. NOT A REPRINT OR FACSIMILE. PRINTED BY LOWE AND BRYDONE (PRINTERS) LTD. LONDON, N. W. I. BEING IN THE MAIN A COMPLETE COMPENDIUM OF THE COCKTAILS, RICKEYS, DAISIES, SLINGS, SHRUBS, SMASHES, FIZZES, JULEPS, COBBLERS, FIXES, AND OTHER DRINKS, KNOWN AND VASTLY APPRECIATED IN THIS YEAR OF GRACE 1930, WITH SUNDRY NOTES OF AMUSEMENT AND INTEREST CONCERNING THEM, TOGETHER WITH SUBTLE OBSERVATIONS UPON WINES AND THEIR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. BEING IN THE PARTICULAR AN ELUCIDATION OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF PEOPLE OF QUALITY IN A PERIOD OF SOME EQUALITY. THE COCKTAIL RECIPES IN THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN COMPILED BY HENRY CRADDOCK OF THE SAVOY HOTEL LONDON. METALLIC COVERED BOARDS WITH BLACK SPINE WITH GILT LETTERING. (BRIGHT AND LEGIBLE) THE COVER OF THIS ART DECO COCKTAIL BOOK IS IN BLACK, GREEN AND METALLIC GOLD. THE GOLD BACK COVER IS SOMEWHAT OXIDIZED. THE TOP EDGE IS GREEN. COLORFUL ENDPAPERS IN ORANGE, TAN AND TEAL. BEAUTIFULLY DECO ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR THROUGHOUT. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4" 287 PP. VERY MINIMAL EDGEWEAR WITH CORNERS BUMPED. A FEW CRACKED HINGES , HOWEVER, BINDING ABSOLUTELY SOLID. INSIDE OF BOOK IS LIKE NEW WITH NO MARKS. THERE IS VERY SLIGHT AGE TONING. THERE IS NO OFFSET. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. THE WONDERFUL ART WORK IS BY GILBERT RUMBOLD. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF A LOVELY BOOK !! "IF ALL BE TRUE THAT I DO THINK, THERE ARE FIVE REASONS WHY MEN DRINK, GOOD WINE, A FRIEND, OR BEING DRY, OR LEST WE SHOULD BE BY-AND-BY, OR ANY OTHER REASON WHY," HENRY ALDRICH (1647-1710)
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