Cafe Royal Cocktail Book by Tarling, W. J - 1937

Pall Mall Ltd, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Carter, Frederick. The boards are a touch warped, and are shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, with some light tearing and fraying along the top and bottom edges of the spine. Despite this, the boards are strong and square, with gold gilt on the front and spine. Internally, the end pages are slightly tanned, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are crisp, clean and complete. The binding is secure. A rare book in good condition! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Pall Mall Ltd. 1937. 8vo. First Edition. [xviii., 192] pp. 'Coronation Edition 1937'. Blue hardcover boards with gilt decoration to front and gilt text to spine. Boards clean and bright, with slight wear to the corners and spine ends. Without dustjacket. Binding firm but lacking ffep. Internally clean aside from a small mark to inner edge of title page and an inscription to reverse of title page, dated 2011. Illustrated throughout by Frederick Carter. Collection of cocktail recipes complied by W. J. Tarling and published to raise money for the Bartenders' Guild Sickness Benefit Fund and The Cafe Royal Sports Club Fund, during the period Tarling was head bartender of the Cafe Royal. Contains a number of pioneering cocktail recipes including the 20th Century and the Picador, which later became the Margarita. Reputed to be printed in very small numbers and notoriously difficult to find. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1937.

London: Pall Mall Ltd. 1937. 8vo. First Edition, very scarce in its original dust jacket. [xviii., 192] pp. 'Coronation Edition 1937'. Blue hardcover boards with gilt decoration to front and gilt text to spine. Boards clean and bright, with very minor wear to the corners and spine ends. In its original illustrated and glittery parchment paper dust jacket, which is torn at the edges, sunned to spine, and has a small mark to the head of the back panel. Binding firm and internally very clean, without ownership inscriptions. Illustrated throughout by Frederick Carter. Collection of cocktail recipes complied by W. J. Tarling and published to raise money for the Bartenders' Guild Sickness Benefit Fund and The Cafe Royal Sports Club Fund, during the period Tarling was head bartender of the Cafe Royal. Contains a number of pioneering cocktail recipes including the 20th Century and the Picador, which later became the Margarita. Reputed to be printed in very small numbers and notoriously difficult… Read More

The First UK printing published by Publications from Pall Mall Ltd., London in 1937. The book was issued by the publishers as 'The Coronation Edition'. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some pushing with very slight splitting to the extreme spine tips. The original blue publisher's boards remain very clean with just some tiny rubs to the lower corners. The gilt titling and decorations remain bright. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light toning and spotting to the text-block and prelims. Mild offsetting to the blank end-papers with light spotting to the prelims with one small mark to the fore edge of the title and frontis pages. This edition was issued with two different wrappers. This is the more scarcer of the two and is a stiff glassine pictorial wrapper. The WRAPPER is in Very Good condition with edge-wear and loss to the spine ends and rear upper edges due to its fragility (see images). Some closed tears and nicks in places. Priced at '7/6 net' to the lower front flap. The… Read More