COOLING CUPS AND DAINTY DRINKS. A Collection of Recipes for "Cups" and other Compounded Drinks, and of General Information on Beverages of All Kinds. by TERRINGTON, William.: - 1869

London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1869.. FIRST EDITION 1869, 8vo, some decorative head- and tailpieces, pages: xv, 1-223, plus last page on weights and measures, followed by 16 pages of publisher's catalogue, bound in the original publisher's pictorial green cloth, gilt decoration to spine and upper cover, original brown endpapers. Gilt on spine faded and dull, corners and head and tail of spine bumped, slight rubbing to binding, endpapers faded at edges, otherwise contents clean, binding tight. A very good copy of the first edition. "Wine is discussed in the first half of this book which provides...recipes for the making of beverages of all kinds and combinations". chapters on, wines, liqueurs and syrups, bitter drinks, ale and beer, cider and mead, punch, wine cups. Gabler, Wine into Words, page 274, G38730. Chapters on French wines and other European wines, briefly touching on those of Australia, America and the Cape, cocktails, strong alcohols, beers, aerated waters, tea and coffee. Bitting, Gastronomic Bibliography, page 458. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.