Esquire Handbook for Hosts: The original â 50s guide for the sophisticated man

Howarth, Peter

ISBN 10: 0722539029 / ISBN 13: 9780722539026

Published by Thorsons, 1999

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Seller Inventory # wbs3349397766

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Esquire Handbook for Hosts: The original â 50s guide for the sophisticated man
• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722539029
• ISBN 13: 9780722539026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 230 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Original ’50s guide for the debonair 007 in every man!

Eclectic, funny and kitsch advice for every wannabe sophisticated man-about-town, the Esquire Handbook for Hosts, first published in 1949, 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 etiquett
• 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 uses the ’50s style with muted colour tints dropped in.

About the Author

Introduction will be by present editor of Esquire, Peter Howarth, who will be available for interview.