First edition of the first ever guide to mixed drinks, the cocktail, “the first legitimate American culinary art … the first uniquely American cultural product to catch the world’s imagination” (Wondrich, Imbibe! … a Salute in Stories and Drinks to ‘Professor’ Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar, p. 11), this copy in the earliest possible state, titled, on the title page, as The Bar-Tenders’ Guide … and priced at $1.50 on the upper board. OCLC records just nine copies under this original title, that which most closely matches that originally registered, no copy in Library of Congress.
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