The Savoy Cocktail Book

New York: Richard R. Smith Inc., 1930. First Edition. Very good- in 1/4 black cloth and paper and gold foil covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the edges of the boards and the paper covering are worn down all around with the tips of the boards rubbed and bumped. The gilt title on the spine is partial worn away and the cloth at the heel of the spine is rubbed and worn. but readable. The end pages are printed, the hinges are solid as are the joints. Without a dust jacket. The first free end page is signed by a prior owner and follows with a warning to anyone borrowing the book to be sure to return it.. 287 pages of text and illustrated throughout with color images by Gilbert Rumbold. The sub-title reads: "Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Sling, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps Cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930, with sundry notes of amusement and interest concerning them, together with subtle Observations upon Wines and their special occasions. Being in the particular an elucidation of the Manners and Customs of people of quality in a period of some equality." "The Cocktail Recipes in this Book have been compiled by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel, London." A very clean and handsome copy. The preliminaries are not paginated and the Bacardi addendum is not tipped-in at page 25.