Cocktail and Wine Digest by Haimo, Oscar - 1945: Encyclopedia & Guide For Home & Bar (From Private Notes)

New York: Oscar Haimo. VG+/NONE. 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed and signed on title page. ; 12 mo; 142 p.; Signed by Author .

International Cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket. Reading copy only. Heavily soiled. Dampstained. Adhesion. Title page lacking. Front hinge broken. Spine cracked. Loose page. (wine, alcohol, liquor)

New York: Oscar Haimo. VG+/NONE. 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed and signed on verso to front cover. ; 12 mo; 142 p.; Signed by Author .

New York: International Cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest, Inc., 1945. Wraps. Near fine. Small soft cover in pictorial red wraps with silver title and illustration to front, spine and back. 144 pages with photographs and other illustrations. An extensive list of cocktail recipes along with advice for the professional barman on related topics including glassware, measures, bar implements, mixers, courtesy and cleanliness etc. from the author, who was the founder and President of the International Bar Manager's Association.Near fine with a tight binding.

New York, 1946. Wraps. Orange wraps, silver gilt. Good. 142 pages. 15 x 11 cm. From the private notes of Oscar Haimo, Maitre de Bar - Hotel Pierre and President of the International Bar Manager's Association, this book speaks to the obligation of the professional barman to serve the public by always serving the best and most consistent cocktails. A-Z encyclopedia plus whole chapter on How, When, and What Wine to serve. Illustrations by the author with photo illustrations throughout as well. A must for any cocktail enthusiast. Interior crisp and clean, wraps faded but clean.

New York: International Cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest,, 1950. Paperback . Very Good. Twelvemo. 144pp. Original red cover with silver printing. Covers slightly marked and faded, light damp stain to first few pages and slight rust to staples, otherwise very good. 1950 reprint.

The Cocktail, Wine, Beer and Spirit Digest, Inc., 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine. Early printing of this notable work is a near fine, tight and clean hardcover (no dust jacket if issued) in maroon cloth with silver print to cover and spine that shows just the mildest bit of trace wear, else tight and clean.128 pages illustrated. Still an attractive copy of this attractive little guide to cocktails and more from Oscar Haimo of the Hotel Pierre.

NY: International Cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest. Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Rust cloth titled in silver gilt. 1945 edition; early printing. Inscribed to ffep by Haimo. Covers dampstained, front hinge starting. Small dampstain to top edge of prelims, few spots to ffep, trace occasional spotting to text. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 128 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: International Cocktail Wine & Spirits Digest, 1953. Second-hand softcover. Haimo, Oscar. Cocktail & Wine Digest: encyclopedia & guide for home & bar. International Cocktail Wine & Spirits Digest: New York 1953. 8vo (160x120mm) red & silver stiff stapled wrappers 142,[2]pp. Near Fine/- HAIMO, Oscar (1904-1982) Cocktail and Wine Digest: encyclopedia & guide for home & bar (from Private Notes) New York: The Cocktail, Wine, Beer and Spirit Digest, 1953. Printed by the Allied Printing Trades Council, New York. Octavo (160x120mm) full publishers burgundy cloth, silver lettered and decorated, 125,[3]pp. Blue sepia ink illustrations by the Author; blue sepia photographs of the Hotel Pierre, the author with Edward G Robinson and bar and glassware. Oscar Haimo was the celebrity 'Maitre de Bar' (bartender) (and bartender to celebrities) at the Hotel Pierre, New York from the 1940s onwards.  Originally trained by Frank Meier at the Paris Ritz, Haimo worked out the Royalty Bar and the Casino in… Read More

United States of America: International Cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest, Inc, 1948. As 'Maitre de Bar' at New York's Hotel Pierre in the 1940s, Oscar Haimo poured drinks for the best known celebrities of his time. Oscar Haimo self-published his 'Cocktail and Wine Digest'- in the drinks trade, it was known as the 'barman's bible'. Haimo wrote from his private notes and included his own poems & drawings, and interesting blue-tinted photographic plates of people and places in NYC. About himself, Haimo said "the greatest thing in this mixologist's life is the 'cocktail par excellence'"-- perhaps referring to his prize-winning 'MacArthur' cocktail (lime juice, Triple Sec, Rum & Jamaican Rum, a dash of egg white, shaken well). Gossip-columnist Walter Winchell described this drink "as zingy as its name". Haimo indexed his cocktails A-Z. His categories include Fizzes/ Flips/ Punches/ Rickeys/ Shrubs/ Slings/ Smashes/ Sours/ Swizzles/ Toddies.  "Cocktails and Wine Digest' is an engaging and handsome… Read More