"The Gun Club Drink Book" 1939 Browne, Charles (Signed)

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BROWNE, Charles (SIGNED) on half-title page

[190] pp.

Charles Scribner's Sons

1939

8 1/8" x 5 3/4"

Illustrated by Leonard … Read more BROWNE, Charles (SIGNED) on half-title page

[190] pp.

Charles Scribner's Sons

1939

8 1/8" x 5 3/4"

Illustrated by Leonard Holton

"A more or less discursive account of alcoholic beverages, their formulae and uses, together with some observations on the mixing of drinks." Capturing the culture and attitudes of a certain class and time, it's something of a didactic recipe book on the making of alcoholic beverages and the various sorts of alcoholic drinks most frequently enjoyed at parties and festive occasions.

Wonderful B&W illustrations throughout text, plus frontispiece. Includes a chapter on the history of drinking, wine, wine in cooking, cocktails, punches and other mixed drinks and more. An appendix featuring the St Regis Hotel Wine List, as well as a reference for primary wine and liquor glass shapes.

Leonard T. Holton (1906-1973) was a New York illustrator and cartoonist.

Charles Brown is also known for penning The Gun Club Cook Book, or a Culinary Code for Appreciative Epicures. See less