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So Red the Nose, or, Breath in the Afternoon
de North, Sterling and Carl Kroch
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine in a very good dust jacket. Bound in plum-colored cloth over boards with title and device in silver gilt on upper board. No
- Librería
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [72 pages]. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Bound in plum-colored cloth over boards with title and device in silver gilt on upper board. No prior owner ship marks. Jacket has a small chip at top of fore edge fold, some light rubs along joint folds, and other shallow edge wear.. Illustrated by Roy C. Nelson. A collection of 30 cocktail recipes contributed by noteworthy writers of the early 20th century. The title is a spoof on Stark Young's 1934 Civil War novel, "So Red the Rose." The drinks herein are named after the contributing authors' books, such as Ernest Hemingway's cocktail, "Death in the Afternoon," Rockwell Kent's "Salamina," Harriet Monroe's "Poets and Their Art," Theodore Dreiser's "American Tragedy," etc. Each cocktail recipe is accompanied by humorous drinking notes and a caricature of the contributing writer by Roy Nelson. <br /> <br /> Scarce in this condition with original dust jacket. <br /> <br /> Ref. NOLING p. 312.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1461
- Título
- So Red the Nose, or, Breath in the Afternoon
- Autor
- North, Sterling and Carl Kroch
- Ilustrador
- Illustrated by Roy C. Nelson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover. Duodecimo. [72 pages]
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in a very good dust jacket. Bound in plum-colored cloth over boards with title and device in silver gilt on upper board. No
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1935
- Palabras clave
- cocktails, liquor, mixing guides, absinthe, whiskey, martini, drinking, alcohol
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
Sobre Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Device
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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