Recipe Books and Mixing Guides

As part of the cocktail culture, recipe books and drink guides play a large part . . . each one, depending on which era it was from, is an interesting view of society at its time . . .Here are also some bar related titles that I have enjoyed collecting . . .

• Various Cuban Business Cards (front, back) . . . These are some of my favorites
• Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails, Fifth Edition, London, Dean & Son, Limited,29 King Street, W.C.2. (w/10/24/28 inscription)
• The Standard Bartender's Guide by Patrick Gavin Duffy, 1951, Permabooks w/cover on it compliments of your friendly 8th Street Liquor Store, Bono-Gardner Inc.

• Bacardi: Your Guide to Wonderful Cocktails, Woodrow Press, New York 17, N.Y.
• Fleischmann's mixer's manual, Designed by Mildred Sophie Porter (Fig 2.)
• pocket guide to Great Rum Drinks, Recommended by Gourmet magazine (Fig 5.)
• How to make Punches & other Mixed Drinks with California Wines, Wine Advisory Board, 717 Market St. San Francisco 3, Calif. (Fig 4.)
• Easy Recipes for Wining and Dining, Pastene Wine & Spirits Co., Inc., Boston New York (Fig 4.)
• Old Mr Boston's Deluxe Official Bartenders Guide, 1979 (Fig 5.)
• Gourmet Cooking with Old Crow, 1970, Old Crow Distillery (Fig 1.)
• The Calvert Party Encyclopedia,Your Complete Guide to Entertaining:
  242 Drink Recipes. 42 Party Menus. 36 Unusual Party Ideas. Party Planning Hints, 1964 (Fig 1.)
• Wine & Cooking , Dell Purse Books, 1964 (Fig 4.)
• Professional Mixing Guide, The Angostura Corp., 1961 (Fig 2.)
• The Wonderful World of Waring, Whirl and Serve,Waring Durabuilt Instructions, March 1, 1958 (Fig 5.)
• Professional Mixing Guide, The Angostura Corp., 1950 (Fig 2)

• Happy Hour Mixology, Includes a new guide for Happy Hour astrology talk, 1973, Southern Comfort Corporation(Fig 3)
• Happy Hour Mixology, plus a primer of happy Hour astrology talk, 1974, Southern Comfort Corporation (Fig 3.)

• Esquire's Handbook For Hosts, 1949,Grossett & Dunlap, New York 10, N.Y.
• The Official Mixer's Manual, Patrick Gavin Duffy, 1940, Halcyon House
• Ten Nights in a Bar Room, and what I saw there, T. S. Arthur, the New York Book Company, 1912
• McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, Joseph Mitchell, 1944, Blue Ribbon Books, Garden City, New York