The Complete Buffet Guide, or How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks …

by V. B Lewis

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. Illustrated. 180, 6 ads pp. 8vo. Publisher's green illustrated cloth. Covers moderately rubbed, spine and rear board faded. Noling, p. 254. Item #314522 Scarce early 20th-century drinks manual with over 500 drinks recipes and 40 pages dedicated to toasts and after-dinner speeches. OCLC finds only 5 copies — all dated 1903. Noling suggests a 1902 date, possibly in error.

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