- The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen

London, John Macqueen, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first UK edition of this classic cocktail recipe book by Frederic Lawrence Knowles. The first UK edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, blind-stamped to the front board.This charming volume provides recipes for many classic cocktails as well as guidance on the technique and skills of mixology. Cocktails include a Manhattan, martini, whisky sour, old fashioned and absinthe frappe. Although published anonymously, this work is credited by many to American poet Frederic Lawrence Knowles. With a contemporary ink inscription of a Manhattan recipe made by the previous owner to the rear free endpaper. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A couple small marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. With scattered spotting throughout, heavily concentrated to the endpapers and pastedowns. Ownership bookplate tipped in to the front free endpaper. Contemporary ink inscription of a Manhattan cocktail to the rear free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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