Boston: William E. Smythe Co., 1888. First edition. xxiii, 583 pp., frontispiece and 56 full-page portrait plates, 4 color plates, 4 diagrams, 1 folding map (9 x 21 inches); octavo, green cloth with cover title and decoration in gilt and maroon. Explores the negative effects of alcohol on the individual..... More
New York: George H. Doran, (1914). Early reprint. Hardcover. 68 pp., small octavo, brown cloth and decorative boards, A humorously-written, but serious account of the process of achieving 3 and a half years of sobriety. Samuel G. Blythe (1868-1947) was an American journalist and writer. More
Boston: Ben Burk, Inc, (1941). First edition, fifth printing. Original burgundy leather-textured cloth with title and decoration in gilt, pictorial paper inset on from cover, octavo, 160 pp., plus a16-page catalogue of Old Mr. Boston products and a 16-page "Home Bar Guide" - both unpaginated sections printed in 4 colors..... More
NY: Hacker Art Books, 1970. Reprint of 1917 edition. Original beige cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), 154 pp. Very good; a clean, unworn copy. No d/j. A fascinating history of drinking in America, including customs, laws, liquor traffic, and temperance societies. More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, (1862 copyright, but later printing). First edition, later printing. 244, [8] advert. pp., engraved illustrations in the text; octavo, original green cloth with spine title and ornaments stamped in gilt, blind-stamped ornaments to covers, yellow endpapers. (pages 1-87 contain the Jerry Thomas drinks manual; the..... More