Bartender's Guide

Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Books, 1948. Reprint edition. 12mo with tan cloth boards with red stamping in red and yellow pictorial jacket; viii, 437 pages: illustrations; index; 20 cm Jacket is good, with tears at folds and wear at edges and corners, now in archival mylar; a very good (-) copy with small dent to upper edge of board and a few dog ears to pages; slight cigar odor; small dampspots to edges of leaves but all pages are clean and binding tight. Now i archival mylar. Hardcover.

"Here is a complete guide for amateurs and professionals alike--over 1,500 recipes prepared by a master mixer. You'll find directions on how to make everything from Alexanders to Zombies. Writing in a style as pungent as one of his own Gin Slings, Vic also includes several chapters of advice for bartenders, covering both the joys and the perils of bartending, how to be a good host, and how to handle guests who can't handle your drinks." -- Jacket copy. With charming illlustrations to boot! San Francisco Restaurants and Bars

// Alcoholic beverages, Boissons alcoolisées, Cocktails, Cocktails (Boissons), Eaux-de-vie, Liquors