The Ideal Bartender
by Tom Bullock
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Three Oaks, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Buxton & Skinner; St. Louis, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 53 pgs. High-point publication in the literature of cocktailiana. Bound in original red publisher's cloth with single blind ruled border. Gilt title/author stamp and decorative emblem to front. Spine ends are gently rubbed. Previous owner names penciled onto front flyleaf. Includes tipped in portrait of Bullock. Interior pages are clean throughout. Binding is secure. Forward by G.H. Walker, the father/grandfather to two American Presidents. Ideal Bartender evidences the African-American contribution to cocktail culture, as well as being a unique documentation of craft cocktails on the eve of the roaring 20's. To date, a finer copy of this highly scarce publication does not exist.
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- Bookseller
- BooksElleven (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SF-BULLOCK
- Title
- The Ideal Bartender
- Author
- Tom Bullock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Buxton & Skinner; St. Louis
- Date Published
- 1917
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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BooksElleven
Biblio member since 2021
Three Oaks, Michigan
About BooksElleven
Generalist bookseller with interest in vintage non-fiction, economics and photobooks.
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- Tipped In
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- G
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