Thomas Jerry Professor (14 results)

hardcover no dustjacket. Condition: acceptable. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 172 pages; acceptable hardcover no dustjacket; foxing stains; tips bumpoed with slight fraying; deckled; tanned pages; previous owner name in ink front free end page; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original cloth with decorated cover. Decorated brick design on spine clear and clean. The condition is overall very good with no markings or bookplate. The only flaw is that the front flyleaf has been clipped at the top corner. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. 170 page hardcover bartending history and guide, with illustrations taken from various issues, from 1860 to 1880, from such newpapers as Leslie's Weekly, Stetson's Dime Illustrated, The Sporting Times and Theatrical News, The Illustrated News, Under the Gaslight and Illustrated American Life. The bartenders' portraits are from Under the Gaslight, which in 1878 and 1879 published a series of sketches and pictures called "Our Bartenders." Limited/signed (by the editor Herbert Asbury) edition - this being #94 of 160 printed on Navarre Rag Paper. Salmon colored cloth spine and green paper covered board exterior with title (faint) on spine in gold, and drink graphic on front in gold. The edges are lightly rubbed and the spine cloth is lightly soiled. Interior has prior owner name in pencil on inside front cover, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean. Interior is in very good condition. The author was Principal Bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and at the Planters' House, St. Louis. …

7th Printing. 169p, cloth, no DW, signs of being well used, covers discolored, solid binding, Good.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Tan cloth, lettered and illus. in black. li,170 pp., illus. Mild shelf wear, both covers moderately soiled. Slightly frayed at head of spine, slight exposure to bottom rear corner. Firm binding. Endpapers and text block edges toned by age. Area of discoloration/soiling along lower fore-edge beginning at p. 94, extending through remainder of volume, mostly confined to minor (1/4" or less) bleeding onto lower margins of interior, several pages showing bleeding almost to right margin of text, most prominent on pp. 94-100 (including one plate) and then reduced to a minor cosmetic issue. 6th ptg.: Jan. 1930. A decent enough copy of a scarce vintage reprint of this 19th-century classic, with a substantial intro. by Asbury. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd. Light general wear with faint rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Yellow boards. A handsome clean copy with a bright interior as well as a tightly sewn text block.

Hardcover. First Edition, Sixth Printing. 5.75 x 8.75in. li. 169pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the boards somewhat handled, corners rubbed, spine lightly tanned, endpapers toned, former owner name neatly on the endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.…

Cloth-backed Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Custom Clear Mylar; Slipcase. First Thus (Limited, Signed). (Li), 169 (1) pages. The limited version: #47 of this edtion limited to 160 copies (150 for sale), printed on Navarre Rag Paper and SIGNED in ink by Herbert Asbury on the limitation page. Bookplate of Hollywood gadfly Jimmy Starr copied from Rudolph Valentino's gladiator bookplate, affixed to front pastedown. Mylar jacket; Slipcase with paper spine label. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4". Red cloth-backed green boards with gilt front cover vignette and gilt spine titling. Illustrated primarily from woodcuts from vintage newspapers, such as Leslie's Weekly, The Sporting Times and Under The Gaslight. Lengthly historical Introduction and other notes by Editor Herbert Asbury, author of "The Barbary Coast". Printed and bound by The Plimpton Press of Norwood, Mass. Index. A lenghty descriptive collection of cocktail and related recipes by Professor Jerry Thomas, "Formerly Principal Bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and at the Planter's House, St. Louis." The Professor also bartended with distinction in Gold Rush-era San Francisco, where he introduced "The Blue Blazer", and in New Orleans. Some trivial edgwear but a Near Fine copy, in a clear mylar jacket, in a well-worn Good only original slipcase, heavily taped and with splits, and a chipped spine label (Still, it did its job to keep the book well-protected; it could be easily restored).…

HARD BACK YELLOW. Condition: Good. SECOND ED. tan decorated cloth binding, lightly rubbed cover and spine edges. Popular cocktail book despite its publication during prohibition. . The author was Principal Bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and at the Planters' House, St. Louis. DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: SECOND ED 169.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. THOMAS, Professor Jerry [169] pp. Grosset & Dunlap Seventh Printing January, 1934 8 1/2" x 6" Professor Jerry Thomas formerly Principal Bartender at The Metropolitan Hotel, New York, & at The Planters' House, St. Louis. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THOMAS, Professor Jerry [169] pp. Alfred A. Knopf 1928 First Edition 8 3/4" x 6" Image on frontispiece of Professor Thomas preparing a Blue Blazer Professor Jerry Thomas formerly Principal Bartender at The Metropolitan Hotel, New York, & at The Planters' House, St. Louis.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. THOMAS, Professor Jerry [169] pp. Alfred A. Knopf 1928 Third Printing 8 3/4" x 6 1/8" Image on frontispiece of Professor Thomas preparing a Blue Blazer Professor Jerry Thomas formerly Principal Bartender at The Metropolitan Hotel, New York, & at The Planters' House, St. Louis. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. THOMAS, Professor Jerry [169] pp. Alfred A. Knopf 1928 Fourth Printing 8 3/4" x 6" Image on frontispiece of Professor Thomas preparing a Blue Blazer Professor Jerry Thomas formerly Principal Bartender at The Metropolitan Hotel, New York, & at The Planters' House, St. Louis. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. THOMAS, Professor Jerry [169] pp. Alfred A. Knopf 1928 Third Printing 8 3/4" x 6" Image on frontispiece of Professor Thomas preparing a Blue Blazer Professor Jerry Thomas formerly Principal Bartender at The Metropolitan Hotel, New York, & at The Planters' House, St. Louis.…