Gastronomy 2021 Catalogue

33 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s G a s t r o n o m y 2 0 2 1 West India Swizzle, Brooklyn Kümmel, Rhine Wine Cobbler, Boston Cooler 36. KNOWLES, Frederic Lawrence. The Cocktail Book. ASideboardManual for Gentlemen. London, 1902. Slim octavo, original blind- and gilt-stamped red cloth. $1200. Click for more info Scarce first British edition of this early 20th-century cocktail book. “Published during the cocktail’s heyday in Great Britain, this small volume— The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard for Gentlemen —demonstrates what every good private valet to any of London’s Bright Young People needed to know how to mix, shake, or stir between the two Great Wars. Cocktails, smashes, cobblers, punches, cups, and the entire mixed drink repertoire including wine selection for dinner are to be found in this priceless volume” (EUVS Library). The first edition was published in Boston in 1901. A few pages roughly opened, minor toning to spine, gilt bright. A handsome, near-fine copy. Absinthe Through Zazarac 37. LUPOIU, Jean. Cocktails. Compiegne, 1948. 12mo, original half red cloth, pictorial boards. $475. Click for more info Early edition of Lupoïu’s cocktail recipe book, copy number 44 of an unspecified limitation, in original pictorial boards. In addition to detailing hundreds of cocktails, from Absinthe through Zazarac, Lupoïu’s book includes chapters on sandwiches, French viniculture, champagne, cognac, port, sherry, whisky, and gin. First published in Paris, 1938. Text in French. Interior clean, mild soiling to boards. An extremely good copy.