4 by 5-1/2 inches. Twenty pages, printed offset in letterpress covers. Open edition. Each recipe (for the cuba libre, daiquiri, mojito, Mary Pickford, etc.) is presented in English and Spanish. While not attributed to Cuadernos Papiro, these books were offered for sale at their stall at the Havana Book Fair in 2014.....
Price: $50
First Edition. 80 pages. 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 was the law implementing Prohibition). The Volstead Act prohibited offering.....
Price: $300
Broadside. 8-1/2 by 11-3/4 inches A warning about the evils of alcohol written from the perspective of a satirical saloon owner who "manufacture[s] drunkards" while enriching himself on money that would otherwise be spent on bread and family. "At two hours' notice I am able to put husbands in a condition.....
Price: $85
First Edition. An important work helping to establish the science of brewing, particularly through the use of the thermometer. Combrune was a professional brewer and a proponent of consistency in production. The vignette on the title page depicts an eagle carrying a thermometer over a barley field. "I know very well.....
Price: $1,250
