Elf publishing co (9 résultats)

Soft Cover. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author Signed.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Book.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Blue binding with white lettering on front cover. Approximately 40 pages. B/W illustrations every other page. Photos of book on request.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Edgewear to top and bottom of spine. Hamm, Bob (illustrateur). Book.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Signed by Ken Meaux with inscription. Written by Earl Comeaux; cartoons by Ken Meaux. In French and English. Spot on back cover, price sticker on front cover. No text markings noted. Signed by Illustrator.

New Revised and Enlarged Edition. Original illustrated cloth. 8 by 5 1/2 inches, 53 pages. Title continues: Including a Chapter of Celebrities,Their Favorite Drinks. From the preface: "Today, that Art of creating exquisite drinks to match exquisite moods is gasping on its death-bed, and the dull ogre, Puritanism, supplanting the Skeleton, sits gloating by the bed-side, waiting eagerly to hear the last death-rattle. If this volume succeeds in preserving, even a little while longer, that ancient and much beloved Art, the writer will be happy." Contents include Morning Cocktails, Known as "Pickups" or "Bracers", Before and After Dinner Drinks, Midnight and Before-Bed Drinks, "Tapering Off" Cocktails, Ladies Cocktails and Other Delicacies, Temperance Drinks, Rare and Fancy Drinks, Fancy Wine Drinks, Punches and Party Drinks, etc. Cocktails include Minute Man Highball, North and South Cocktail, Jamaica Glow, Metropole Cocktail, Forty Second Country Club, Florida Special, etc. A Good copy, covers rather soiled, page 1 through 8 have a centimeter sized chip at page fore-edge (not affecting text), page 10 with internal tear at mid-page.…

New Revised and Enlarged Edition. Original illustrated cloth and illustrated dustjacket, 7 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches, 49 pages. Title continues: Including a Chapter of Celebrities,Their Favorite Drinks. From the preface: "Today, that Art of creating exquisite drinks to match exquisite moods is gasping on its death-bed, and the dull ogre, Puritanism, supplanting the Skeleton, sits gloating by the bed-side, waiting eagerly to hear the last death-rattle. If this volume succeeds in preserving, even a little while longer, that ancient and much beloved Art, the writer will be happy." Contents include Morning Cocktails, Known as "Pickups" or "Bracers", Before and After Dinner Drinks, Midnight and Before-Bed Drinks, "Tapering Off" Cocktails, Ladies Cocktails and Other Delicacies, Temperance Drinks, Rare and Fancy Drinks, Fancy Wine Drinks, Punches and Party Drinks, etc. Cocktails include Minute Man Highball, North and South Cocktail, Jamaica Glow, Metropole Cocktail, Forty Second Country Club, Florida Special, etc. Extremely scarce in thin-paper fragile dustjacket. A Very Good copy, smell indicates previous ownership by a smoker (this will fade over time), in Good dustjacket, perhaps a square inch of loss at top front panel, small stain at upper rear panel.…

New Revised and Enlarged Edition. Original illustrated cloth and illustrated dustjacket, 7 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches, 49 pages. Title continues: Including a Chapter of Celebrities,Their Favorite Drinks. From the preface: "Today, that Art of creating exquisite drinks to match exquisite moods is gasping on its death-bed, and the dull ogre, Puritanism, supplanting the Skeleton, sits gloating by the bed-side, waiting eagerly to hear the last death-rattle. If this volume succeeds in preserving, even a little while longer, that ancient and much beloved Art, the writer will be happy." Contents include Morning Cocktails, Known as "Pickups" or "Bracers", Before and After Dinner Drinks, Midnight and Before-Bed Drinks, "Tapering Off" Cocktails, Ladies Cocktails and Other Delicacies, Temperance Drinks, Rare and Fancy Drinks, Fancy Wine Drinks, Punches and Party Drinks, etc. Cocktails include Minute Man Highball, North and South Cocktail, Jamaica Glow, Metropole Cocktail, Forty Second Country Club, Florida Special, etc. Extremely scarce in thin-paper fragile dustjacket. A Good firmly bound and textually clean copy, cloth at cover edges have eroded for reasons unknown, spine end cloth nicked, in Very Good dustjacket, chips at spine ends and at edges of front panel.…