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The Bon Vivant's Companion ... Or ... How to Mix Drinks
by Thomas, Jerry; Asbury, Herbert (editor)
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. [i-xiv] xv-li [lii-liv] 169 pp [1]. Yellow paper-covered boards backed in red cloth with gold titling to spine. Lacking dust jacket. Boards soiled, corners bumped. Spine slightly cocked, cloth and gilt faded with chipping to spine ends. Text block top stained in faded red, small soil mark to fore edge. Endpapers have some soiling and offsetting, with markings from two previous owners to ffep- one in black ink dated 1929, the other below in pencil. Rest of text is clean. Binding remains tight and sturdy. Prohibition era reprint featuring classic cocktail recipes from "Professor" Jerry Thomas, formerly principal bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and at the Planters' House, St. Louis. Including several non-alcoholic "Temperance Drinks." Illustrated throughout. Edited, with an introduction by Herbert Asbury.
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- Bookseller
- small volume
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 424
- Title
- The Bon Vivant's Companion ... Or ... How to Mix Drinks
- Author
- Thomas, Jerry; Asbury, Herbert (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- alcohol, drinks, cocktails, recipes, prohibition, temperance, abstinence
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About the Seller
small volume
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Providence, Rhode Island
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Small Volume is based out of Providence, RI. We buy + sell old, rare, odd, unusual, and otherwise collectible books + ephemera.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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