Preyer's Information And Guide For The Liquor Business

New York: Edgar R Preyer, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce volume on the production, marketing and sale of whiskey. Well illustrated and highly informative on the state of the US whiskey market at the dawn of the 20th century. Includes photographs of buildings, plant, people and/or processes at The Murphy, Barber & Co Distillery, Clermont, KY; Bernheim Bros, Louisville, KY; The Rugby Distillery, Louisville, KY; Sherwood Distillery, Cockeysville, MD; Sunny Brook Distillery, Louisville, KY; Hermitage Distillery (no location given); Braddock Distillery, Cumberland, MD; RE Wathen & Co, Louisville, KT; The Old Grand Dad Distillery, Hobbs, KY; Ferdinand Wertheimer & Sons, Louisville, KY; Old Kentucky Distillery, Louisville, KY; Atherton Distillery, New Haven, KY; Willow Spring Distillery, Nelson County, KY; Possum Hollow Distillery, McKeesport, PA; Mueller, Wathen & Kobert, Lebanon, KY; Philadelphia Pure Rye Whiskey Distillery, Eddington, PA; Paris Distillery, Paris, KY; Pure Rye Distillery Co, Burkittsville, MD; and the Meadville Distillery, Crawford Co., PA. To the rear are lists of all the Kentucky distilleries by district, the Pennsylvania distilleries, and a register of standard whiskey brands. There is probably some fun to be had matching the claimed histories of some current brands, with the facts as presented here. Frontispiece photo of Preyer and an advertisement to the rear offering his services as a whiskey supplier. All in good internal order with light toning but few marks. One small closed tear to one page. Endpapers toned. Bookseller's label to rear endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titling to front, well worn and marked with particular wear to edges and foot of spine. 8vo. 144pp