There's A Crack In My Martini:. A Potpourri For Thinking Drinking de Tufts, Kingsley - 1984

Berlin, Propyläen-Verlag, n.d. (1923?). 57pp. text + 55 full-page facsimiles (several in colour) and 18 facs. of initials in the text. Sm. folio. Halfcloth (rebacked).

Munich, Germany: Bayerischer Volks-Verlag, 1926. Hardcover. Very good. 4vo (26 x 21cm). [8] 416pp. Blue cloth covers, silver gilt to upper cover and spine, spine faded, 1/8" x 1/8" hole (board visible) in 1-1/2" x 3/4" stain to upper cover. Pages browned, case binding loose.

A love story set in New York, a departure from the author's usual settings in his native Kentucky. Copies with the original dust jacket are scarce to the market.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 281, [1] pages plus advertisements, in green cloth, top edge gilt, beautiful gold medallion to the upper panel, in an illustrated dust jacket.CONDITION: Rubbing to green cloth, upper corner bumped, some fading to spine titles, a few leaves unopened, but otherwise clean, bright, and unmarked. The dust jacket has soiling, a few stains, chips, and tears, with the most prominent tears (1/4 to 1/2-inch) on both ends of the spine, not affecting any text. Very Good or Better in a Fair dust jacket.

Des Moines: Successful Farming, 1930. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 78pp. Wear to black paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Tear to bottom corner at rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this work on masters of dairying, including chapters on Stephen Moulton Babcock, Wiliam Dempster Hoard, Clarence Henry Eckles, Carl Gustaf Patrik De Laval, Elmer Verner McCollum, Louis Pasteur, Theophilus Levi Haecker, Gail Borden, William Arnon Henry, and Otto Frederick Hunziker.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. Some tanning to end papers and som foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the spine ends, some mild darkening and fade to the spine panel, a small closed tear and long crease to upper rear panel edge. (27999). Octavo, boards. "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14.

Berlin, Propyläen-Verlag, n.d. (1923?). 57pp. text + 55 full-page facsimiles (several in colour) and 18 facs. of initials in the text. Sm. folio. Halfcloth (rebacked).

Munich, Germany: Bayerischer Volks-Verlag, 1926. Hardcover. Very good. 4vo (26 x 21cm). [8] 416pp. Blue cloth covers, silver gilt to upper cover and spine, spine faded, 1/8" x 1/8" hole (board visible) in 1-1/2" x 3/4" stain to upper cover. Pages browned, case binding loose.

A love story set in New York, a departure from the author's usual settings in his native Kentucky. Copies with the original dust jacket are scarce to the market.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 281, [1] pages plus advertisements, in green cloth, top edge gilt, beautiful gold medallion to the upper panel, in an illustrated dust jacket.CONDITION: Rubbing to green cloth, upper corner bumped, some fading to spine titles, a few leaves unopened, but otherwise clean, bright, and unmarked. The dust jacket has soiling, a few stains, chips, and tears, with the most prominent tears (1/4 to 1/2-inch) on both ends of the spine, not affecting any text. Very Good or Better in a Fair dust jacket.

Des Moines: Successful Farming, 1930. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 78pp. Wear to black paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Tear to bottom corner at rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this work on masters of dairying, including chapters on Stephen Moulton Babcock, Wiliam Dempster Hoard, Clarence Henry Eckles, Carl Gustaf Patrik De Laval, Elmer Verner McCollum, Louis Pasteur, Theophilus Levi Haecker, Gail Borden, William Arnon Henry, and Otto Frederick Hunziker.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. Some tanning to end papers and som foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the spine ends, some mild darkening and fade to the spine panel, a small closed tear and long crease to upper rear panel edge. (27999). Octavo, boards. "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14.