The Savoy Cocktail Book. by CRADDOCK, Harry

London, Constable & Company, 1930. . First edition, later impression (lacking the pagination on the title page), 8vo, 288 pp., illustrated throughout in colour by Gilbert Rumbold, only the odd, random spot, publisher's cloth gilt, art deco foil design to upper board, lower board gilt. Some typical light spotting throughout, joints tender, rear joint starting, edges rubbed. Good.
An art deco classic, here in very good condition with stunning illustrations. Scores of cocktails recipes from the 'Cupid' to the 'Trilby', with occasional anecdotes and further recipes chapters for Sours and Toddies; Flips; Egg Noggs, Tom Collins; Slings; Shrubs, etc', Punches; Wine; Champagne; Port.

Craddock, inventor of the White Lady, was head bartender at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London. Born in Stroud in 1875, he honed his skills at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York before being forced to return to England in 1920 when Prohibition was introduced in the United States. His return however coincided with the beginning of the Jazz Age, fuelled by American cocktails, and since first publication Craddock's book has never been out of print.

This copy with the presentation stamp of Booth's Distilleries to the front free endpaper.