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Pall Mall Ltd, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Carter, Frederick. The boards are a touch warped, and are shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, with some light tearing and fraying along the top and bottom edges of the spine. Despite this, the boards are strong and square, with gold gilt on the front and spine. Internally, the end pages are slightly tanned, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are crisp, clean and complete. The binding is secure. A rare book in good condition! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The First Edition. 'Coronation Edition' on the jacket. Mild cover wear else a clean and attractive example in a Very Good jacket with some longish tears to the front panel, 1/2" missing from the spine panel and a small chip from the rear panel. Overall the jacket is attractive in mylar and quite scarce! The 'Holy Grail' of 'Mixology' Books! Rare!

The First UK printing published by Publications from Pall Mall Ltd., London in 1937. The book was issued by the publishers as 'The Coronation Edition'. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some pushing with very slight splitting to the extreme spine tips. The original blue publisher's boards remain very clean with just some tiny rubs to the lower corners. The gilt titling and decorations remain bright. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light toning and spotting to the text-block and prelims. Mild offsetting to the blank end-papers with light spotting to the prelims with one small mark to the fore edge of the title and frontis pages. This edition was issued with two different wrappers. This is the more scarcer of the two and is a stiff glassine pictorial wrapper. The WRAPPER is in Very Good condition with edge-wear and loss to the spine ends and rear upper edges due to its fragility (see images). Some closed tears and nicks in places. Priced at '7/6 net' to the lower front flap. The wrapper artwork was by Alex Jardine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. It is thought that less than fifty copies were issued with this pictorial designed wrapper. Most were issued with the other more plain design. Recipes from the members of the 'British Bartenders Guild', the book is illustrated by Frederick Carter and decorated by 'The Chevron Studio'. William J. Tarling was both President of the British Bartenders Guild and also chief bartender at 'The American Bar' at the Café Royal. The book contains original recipes and twists on a number of classic cocktails and includes one of the earliest references to the Margarita, that appeared under the name Picador. An increasingly elusive title. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

First Edition, "Coronation Edition". Octavo, original blue cloth and illustrated (7/6 priced) dustjacket, illustrated by Frederick Carter and decorated by The Chevron Studio. Believed to be published in an edition of only 25 copies, this present volume retains the original publisher's dustjacket. Tarling's cocktail guide provides recipes developed and used by members of the Bartender's Guild and contains some of the earliest known recipes for a range of cocktails. A predecessor of the famous Margarita called a Picador using concentrations of Partida tequila, freshly squeezed lime juice and Cointreau triple sec. Very Good but for cloth at front and rear covers rather discolored, presumably from exposure to moisture, in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, some mild hints of staining at spine, top spine end chipped a centimeter deep.