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.....

First Edition. A cocktail book published during Prohibition with hors d'oeuvres and mixed drinks recipes, mostly dreadful, yet such was the state of entertaining "for the American People in the twelfth year of Volstead, 1930." The Volstead Act, the law implementing Prohibition, outlawed offering instructions on how to make alcohol.....

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.....

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.....

First Edition. A textbook on commercial beer brewing by one of the founders of one of the first beer brewing schools. Detailed chapters cover equipment, malting, hops, and various types of beers. Illustrated with engravings, drawings, and tables. A rather uncommon book. Michel was the founder of the Michel'schen Braulehranstalt. xv.....