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The Savoy Cocktail Book : being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930, with sundry notes of amusement and interest concerning them, together with subtle observations upon wines and their special occasions. Being in the particular an elucidation of the manners and customs of people of quality in a period of some equality / the cocktail recipes in this book have been compiled by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel, London ; the decorations are by Gilbert Rumbold.
LIBRA - Rare TX951 .C76 1930 Grad copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cocktails--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Cocktails.
- Liquors.
- Savoy Hotel (London, England).
- Genre:
- handbooks.
- manuals (instructional materials)
- recipes.
- illustrated books.
- Handbooks and manuals
- Illustrated works
- Recipes
- Books.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Recipes.
- Illustrated works.
- Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- New York -- New York -- 1930.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding)
- Gold blocked bindings (Binding)
- Illustrated works -- New York -- New York -- 1930.
- Physical Description:
- 287, [1] pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm
- Manufacture:
- London, England : Printed by Lowe & Brydone (Printers) Ltd.,
- Other Title:
- Cocktail book
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Richard R. Smith Inc., 1930.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Foreword
- Part I. Cocktails (Historical Note; Cocktail recipes in alphabetical order; Prepared Cocktails for Bottling; Cocktails suitable for a Prohibition Country); Sours; Toddies; Flips, Egg Noggs; Tom Collins; Slings; Shrubs; Sangarees; Highballs; Fizzes; Coolers; Rickeys; Daisies; Fixes; Juleps; Smashes; Cobblers; Frappé; Punches; Cups
- Part II. Wines (Introduction: The Lucky Hour of Great Wines, by "Colette"; The Wines of Bordeaux; Champagne; The Wines of Burgundy; Hock and Moselle; Port; Sherry), Concluding Remarks.
- Notes:
- Illustrated endpapers.
- Blank pages for notes (282-286).
- Local Notes:
- TX951.C76 1930: presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad is first American edition first printing, first issue with green, black, silver and grey art deco foil design on front cover. Title page numbered "3". Page 25 has tipped-in recipe for Bacardi Cocktail. Dedication page is signed "Harry from Rudy?".
- OCLC:
- 213794350
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