Whitfield W C Shell Tad Illustrator (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 132 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. Shell, Tad (illustrator).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Bound by two slabs of wood, connected with metal hinges and leather ties. A collection of cocktail recipes with some amusing asides about the various recipes. Would be fine, but former owner has taped their own recipe onto the half title page, dispite there being a place in the back provided for such additions, sigh. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition First Printing. Mid-20th-century mixology guide to all the popular cocktails of the era, illustrated throughout with the pen-and-ink line drawings of Tad Shell. 76 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1941, small quarto (6" x 9.5") has sturdy wooden boards decorated with a painted image of 3 mix masters to front, held together with 2 gold-colored metal clasps & a rawhide tie through drilled holes. Condition is Near Fine: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages off-white & unmarked, though tanned; pages 58-59 show offsetting from newspaper clipping laid in. Front tissue guard intact. Dye from wood has bled onto endpapers. with tanning., corners crisp. The DJ is , with rubbing to extremities, chips, unclosed tears; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Shell, Tad (illustrator).…