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Paperback edition of the super-cool ’50s entertaining guide
Eclectic, funny and kitsch advice for every wannabe sophisticated man-about-town, the Esquire Handbook for Hosts, first published in 1955, deserves to be a modern humour classic. This edition with 40 of the original illustrations contains witty and informative sections on:
· all sorts of classic James Bond type cocktails
· recipes and hangover cures
· manners for the modern man – notes on etiquette
· how to carve
· how to remove a drunk from the house
· the art of conversation, small talk and debate
· rules for card and party games, including poker, three-handed bridge and gin rummy
· chatting up the opposite sex
...and much, much more.
A design/humour classic – the book is designed ’50s style with muted colour tints dropped in.
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Synopsis:
Eclectic, funny and kitsch advice for every "wannabe" sophisticated man-about-town, the "Esquire Handbook for Hosts", first published in 1955, deserves to be a modern humour classic. This edition with 40 of the original illustrations contains witty and informative sections on: * all sorts of classic "James Bond" type cocktails * recipes and hangover cures * manners for the modern man - notes on etiquette * how to carve * how to remove a drunk from the house * the art of conversation, small talk and debate * rules for card and party games, including poker, three-handed bridge and gin rummy
From the Back Cover:
WHAT EVERY DEBONAIR MAN NEEDS TO KNOW
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Continental cocktails, highballs and punches
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Tipples for teetotallers and hangover cures.
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Recipes for the repertoire of every good host.
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Etiquette guide – the correct code of conduct
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How to handle a drunk in the house
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Small talk to charm the opposite sex
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Managing a skilful debate
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Poker, gin rummy and three-handed bridge
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherThorsons
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0007106890
- ISBN 13 9780007106899
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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