102 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps “Strong Wine Was Made In The Fair Province Of Champagne Long Before The Days Of The Sagacious Dom Perignon” 157VIZETELLY, Henry. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines. London, 1879. Small octavo, original full burgundy cloth. $1500 First edition, with over one hundred wood-engraved illustrations, both full-page and in-text, in original gilt-decorated cloth. Vizetelly was an English journalist whose knowledge of wine, developed while stationed in Paris, was extensive enough to earn him the role of wine juror at the Vienna and Paris wine exhibitions in 1873 and 1878. Contents clean; one leaf with lower corner torn away, not touching text. Corners and spine slightly rubbed, spine gently toned. A handsome copy. Vizetelly’s Facts About Sherry, Inscribed By The Author 158VIZETELLY, Henry. Facts About Sherry. London, 1876. Slim octavo, original blue cloth. $3800 First edition, presentation copy, of this complete 19th-century guide to sherry, inscribed: “Blanchard Jerrold Esq. with the Author’s cordial regards.” The recipient of this copy, Journalist and playwright William Blanchard Jerrold, was best known to literary London as part of a group of bons vivants “that met to dine ‘three or four nights a week at certain favourite restaurants… He also acquired a reputation as a gourmet and under the pen-name Fin-Bec published several books on gastronomy” (DNB). Interior generally fine, light wear and soiling to cloth, mild toning to spine, gilt quite bright. A near-fine copy, scarce inscribed and with such an interesting association. 156CRADDOCK, Harry. The Savoy Cocktail Book. New York, 1930. Octavo, original half black cloth, Art Deco pictorial boards. $1500 First American edition of this quintessential book of cocktail recipes, with lively and colorful Art Deco illustrations by Gilbert Rumbold and bold Art Deco binding. In 1926, Harry Craddock fled prohibition in the United States to become Head Barman at the London Savoy. He was the inventor of the White Lady, the Thistle and the Corpse Reviver No. 2, and helped popularize the dry martini. Without Bacardi Cocktails addendum slip at page 25. Preceded in the same year by a signed limited edition and a London edition. Slight internal toning; moderate rubbing to boards. A very good copy.
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