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Cafe Royal Cocktail Book (Coronation Edition 1937)
by Tarling, W. J
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Very Good
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Pall Mall Ltd. 1937. 8vo. First Edition, very scarce in its original dust jacket. [xviii., 192] pp. 'Coronation Edition 1937'. Blue hardcover boards with gilt decoration to front and gilt text to spine. Boards clean and bright, with very minor wear to the corners and spine ends. In its original illustrated and glittery parchment paper dust jacket, which is torn at the edges, sunned to spine, and has a small mark to the head of the back panel. Binding firm and internally very clean, without ownership inscriptions. Illustrated throughout by Frederick Carter. Collection of cocktail recipes complied by W. J. Tarling and published to raise money for the Bartenders' Guild Sickness Benefit Fund and The Cafe Royal Sports Club Fund, during the period Tarling was head bartender of the Cafe Royal. Contains a number of pioneering cocktail recipes including the 20th Century and the Picador, which later became the Margarita. Reputed to be printed in very small numbers and notoriously difficult to find, especially its jacket - even more so with the varient glittery jacket with dancing girls. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1937.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68843
- Title
- Cafe Royal Cocktail Book (Coronation Edition 1937)
- Author
- Tarling, W. J
- Illustrator
- Carter, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pall Mall Ltd. 1937
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Cocktails ,Dinner party ,30s ,thirties ,Margarita ,20th century ,, Coronation 1937,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Food and Drink; Etiquette, Manners, and Instruction;
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Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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London, Greater London
About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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