The Merry Mixer, or Cocktails and their ilk: A booklet on mixtures and mulches, fizzes and whizzes by Guyer, William - 1933

New York: P.H. Reilly, Wood-Cut and Color Printer, 25 Rose Street, 1882. Quarto (27 x 20.5 cm.), 108, [4], 166, [2] pages. Profusely illustrated. Text in two columns. Table of contents at rear. FIRST EDITION. An early - perhaps the first - history of carbonated beverages. Issued together with a trade catalogue for the soda water supply firm of John Matthews of New York, an important manufacturer of bottling equipment, soda fountains, and carbonation apparatus. The fountains get progressively larger and more elaborate, and with wonderful names: "The Citadel", "The Horicon", "The Adriatic", "The Fire-Eater", "The Nepenthe", and "The Snow Queen". There I also an outdoor soda fountain, "The Street Spa". Also included are the auxiliary equipment of the carbonated water industry, like siphon boxes for home delivery of soda water. The historical work and the trade catalogue were issued in celebration of the firm's 50th Anniversary. Some pencil scribbles to a few pages. Text block shaken; free front endpaper… Read More

Boston: B.B. Inc.; [Ben-Burk Distillers], 1934. Small folded pamphlet (11 x 6.5 cm.), 16 pages when folded. Printed in red, black and blue. FIRST EDITION. One of the very rare precursors to the famous Old Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide (1935). Following Repeal, Ben-Burk Distillers published the Guide, which was to become one of the iconic cocktail recipe books. Originally published as a promotional item for the Ben-Burk line of spirits distilled in Boston, the Guide became a staple of professional and home bars around the country. But prior to the first work titled Old Mr. Boston Guide, Ben-Burk published One Hundred Cocktails, Some Old -- Some New (1932) and One Hundred and Twenty Cocktails, Fizzes, Punches, Highballs, Toddies and Long Drinks (1934), both of which are very rare. We can add this small work - previously unrecorded - to this short list of precursors. A bit of soiling to edges, and one corner dog-eared; otherwise very good. All early printings of the Mr. Boston Guide are scarce.… Read More

The With-Drawing Room (1980, Doubleday 1st Ed. SIGNED W/DJ) THE WITH-DRAWING ROOM, A MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1980.Used. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First or early printing thus. Good Condition/ Includes good condition unclipped $8.95 dust jacket. Features young Sarah Kelling. Will ship from United States.

USA: Bird & Turner, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A small, slim hardback book16cm x 12cm. The book has been carefully read & is still firmly bound although there is some cracking to the front hinge. There are no torn, loose or missing pages. No inscription or ownership markings. Inside the pages are clean..

New York: New York University Press, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Augie Pabst Jr. to Thomas N. McGowen on the ffep. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket has a few light scuff marks and a coffee drop in the upper left corner of the front panel; in a clear archival sleeve. 451 pages. 9 x 6 inches. A sharp copy. The inscription reads ''To Tom McGowen - / former President and C.E.O. / present Chairman of the Board / part time fly fisherman / would be hunter / and very good friend / August Uilhlein Pabst / 11/10/81''. August Uihlein ''Augie'' Pabst, Jr, is the great-grandson of Pabst Brewing founder Frederick Pabst. He joined the family business in 1966, following a highly successful motor racing career, and served the company in a variety of capacities, including as vice-president, before his retirement in 1983. Thomas N. McGowen had been on Pabst's board of directors since 1973 and was chairman from 1981 to… Read More

No Place: No Publisher RARE advertising poster, no artist, no publisher, no date(circa 1970s), no place. Very Good, coffee(?) stains top and bottom margins, small triangular chip top edge, corner creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 30" h x 20 1/2"w.

The With-Drawing Room (1980, Doubleday 1st Ed. SIGNED W/DJ) THE WITH-DRAWING ROOM, A MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1980.Used. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First or early printing thus. Good Condition/ Includes good condition unclipped $8.95 dust jacket. Features young Sarah Kelling. Will ship from United States.

New York: Duffield & Co., 1930. A classic of tea literature, SCARCE in this 14th edition handsomely bound in quarter cloth over floral paper covered boards, the spine a bit darkened, light rubbing at edges. Originally published by Fox, Duffield and Co. in 1906, the Introduction by Tsuneo Matsudaira was first published in the 7th edition. . Fourteenth Edition. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

No Place: Ridgways Tea 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Ridgways Genuine Orange Pekoe Tea. No Date, circa 1920s. Very Good Plus, printed on stiff cardboard, shallow chip along bottom edge, light wear at edges. A SCARCE sign with vivid colors, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. . Poster. Very Good Plus. 11" h x 21" W.

Dayton, OH: Dayton Spice Mills No date, circa(1888) which was the year the Bryson Bonebreak Block was built in Los Angeles, and the date in ink at bottom margin below photo that someone has added. From the verso: " Handsome, Historical, Instructive. Photo-Lithographic View Cards. One card in each package of Jersey Coffee! ... Jersey Coffee is pure, clean, strong and fine flavored, and is the best package coffee on the market. Sold only in 1-lb. packages. Dayton Spice Mills Co., sole manufacturers, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A." A Good complete card, several creases and small tears at edges. SCARCE, not listed at OCLC, which does list 9 of the 100 views that were issued to advertise Jersey Coffee by The Dayton Spice Mills Co. in the late 1800s. . Cardstock. Good. 2 5/8" x 5 3/4".