The Gun Club Drink Book

by Charles Browne

illustrated by Leonard Holton

First Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939.

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Bright orange covers are illustrated with a black title block on front and spine.
• Binding is secure.
• Spine is sunned with some fading.
• Ends of spine are gently bumped,
• Covers exhibit minimal edgewear.
• Binding has very slight forward slant at tail.
• Free of writing and intentional marks.
• Interior is gently age toned.
• Text block edges are a little dusty.
• Fore edge of text block shows tidy perforations.
• CR20170111

190 pages. 5.75 X 8.25 inches.

From the book: "a more or less discursive account of alcoholic beverages, their formulae and uses, together with some observations on the mixing of drinks." Capturing the culture and attitudes of a certain class and time, it's something of a didactic recipe book on the making of alcoholic beverages and the various sorts of alcoholic drinks most frequently enjoyed at parties and festive occasions.

Wonderful B&W illustrations throughout text, plus frontispiece. Includes a chapter on the history of drinking, wine, wine in cooking, cocktails, punches and other mixed drinks and more. An appendix featuring the St Regis Hotel Wine List, as well as a reference for primary wine and liquor glass shapes.

Leonard T. Holton (1906-1973) was a New York illustrator and cartoonist.

Charles Brown is also know for penning The Gun Club Cook Book, or a Culinary Code for Appreciative Epicures.

EDITION POINTS: First Edition, with an A under the colophon copyright statement.

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