Bacchus Behave! The Lost Art of Polite Drinking
by WHITAKER, Alma (1880-1956)
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1933. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Fine. First Printing of this scarce cocktail manual, with chapters describing manners and behavior around drinking, as well as chapter descriptions of cocktails, whisky, gin, brandy, Champagne, beer, etc. 8vo (206 x 136mm): [8],140pp. Publisher's art-deco style salmon-pink and glossy blue pictorial boards, fore-edge rough-cut, top edge stained pink, matching pink end papers. Laid in is a charming bookmark ("Nice girls don't swear") cut in the silhouette of a primly dressed debutante. Virtually pristine example (apparently unread), tightly bound, clean and bright throughout, with no visible flaws. Gabler G41270. Whitaker was the Liz Smith of her day (though she may have demurred), a Los Angeles Times gossip columnist with entrée into Holywood society. This witty guide (Whitaker scorns the home bar,"one of the most deplorable customs that won favor during the Prohibition") was was written to reintroduce post-Prohibition Americans to the "lost art of polite drinking" and send them down the "path of righteous alcoholic etiquette." Sounds awfully stuffy, but it sparkles with fascinating facts and even rewards with pearls of wisdom. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB2033
- Title
- Bacchus Behave! The Lost Art of Polite Drinking
- Author
- WHITAKER, Alma (1880-1956)
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS;
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