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New York: Privately Printed, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. William E. Belanske. Folio. [xx] 377pp with 7 color plates being reproductions of watercolors by William E. Belanske, staff artist at the American Museum of Natural History . One of 800 copies on Archer paper, bound in buckram. A further 200 numbered copies bound in half levant, of which fifty were for sale.An account of adventure in navigation, diversions, picturesque scenes, the everyday life of remote places, and the taking of specimens for the Vanderbilt Marine Museum by William K. Vanderbilt. Slight fading to spine else fine in original slip case.

London: United Kingdom Bartender's Guild, 1955. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Revised, 5000 copies. Small 8vo. 296pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. Silver on black cloth boards. Silver on green dust jacket shows light tanning to back with chipping and one closed tear to edges. Small loss at top and bottom of spine. Small stain at gutter pp. 114-134, text unaffected. An extensive collection of cocktail recipes and lore containing a list of prize winning cocktail recipes from 1934 to 1954 and interspersed throughout with full page b/w period advertisements.