First Edition. A very nicely inscribed first edition of this goofy book about beer by the author of Another Roadside Attractions and other novels. The first chapter was written for the Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper (now an online only publication) while Robbins was the writer in residence at the paper.....
Price: $200
Later printing. Fifty-eight cocktails and ninety-two recipes for hors d'oeuvres, named and identified by number. The cocktails are mostly based on European spirits—gin, cognac, whisky—but in unusual combinations. The champagne cocktail (no. 101) combines champagne, 8 drops of nocino (licor de nueces verdes), Cointreau, lemon peel, a pinch of nutmeg.....
Price: $100
First Edition. The first separate edition, in French translation by Michel Peter, of Tolstoy's polemical inquiry into why people use alcohol and drugs. The essay begins: "What is this demand for stupefying things—vodka, wine, beer, hashish, opium, tobacco, and others less universally used; ether, morphine, mukhumor? Why did it begin.....
Price: $750
First Edition. This agricultural and industrial report covers many topics, including silk, paper, wax, ceramics, cacao, and other crops and natural resources. It also includes a relatively early mention of mezcal (mescal), which is described as an important product in many parts, especially in Jalisco and the Tequila region. José.....
Price: $350
The second ediiton of this reprint of Cobbett's 1820s book on home economy with Chesterton's introduction. With a plate from the original redesigned by Eric Gill. xi, 220 pages. A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the edges of the.....
Price: $85
First Edition. A reference book from one of the leading beer researchers and educators in the first half of the twentieth century. This volume covers barley, malt, malting, malting adjuncts, hops, and technical materials. 623 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good or better copy in thin leatherette boards.....
Price: $200
First Edition. One of the more curious Prohibition-era cocktail books, eight recipes illustrated with attractive color-printed cocktail napkins mounted on the facing page. The cocktails are the Manhattan, Blue Blazer, Deadwood Duck, Rip Van Winkle Sleeper, Belmont Park, Alabama, Barbary Coast, and the New Orleans Drip. The recipes all call.....
Price: $3,750
First Edition. A scarce instruction manual for a saccharometer, a scientific instrument used to measure the sugar content of a liquid, typically used in brewing. In addition to the instructions, this pamphlet includes two tables for calibrating the device at various temperatures and for interpreting the results. In the early 19th.....
Price: $400
