Recent Acquisitions - women, cocktails, & ephemera

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The Young Lady's Companion in Cookery, and Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, Etc.
London: Printed fro A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch in Paternoster Row, J. Hazard against Stationers Hall, W. Bickerton and C. Corbett, without Templebar, and R. Willock, in Cornbill, 1734. Hardcover... (#2626)
Price: $3,500.00

Observations on the Diseases, Defects, and Injuries in all kinds of Fruit and Forest Trees;.
Forsyth, William (Gardener to His Majesty, At Kensington).
London: Printed For The Author; and Sold by G. Nicol, Booksellers To His Majesty, Pall-Mall, 1791. First Edition. Sewn binding. [4] 71 [3] pages. 23 x 14.5 William Forsyth's first... (#2618)
Price: $575.00

[PHOTOGRAPHY] [BOWLING] Black and white photo of a Woman's Bowling Team.
c. 1910. 24.5 x 20 cm. Owner's inscription on verso: Property of Mr. N. L. Greenwald, 214 Columbia Bldg., Cleveland Ohio. Stamped: International Film Service, Inc., 226-238 William St., N.Y.... (#2641)
Price: $225.00

[WOMEN] [KU KLUX KLAN] Collection of Material Associated with New Membership to the Women's Ku.
Women of The Ku Klux Klan.
16 pieces of ephemera, unused, related to the Women's Ku Klux Klan from 1927 - Little Rock, Arkansas & St. Louis Missouri. 1. Oath of Allegiance - 34 x 23... (#2643)
Price: $725.00

[PROGRAM] [MATERNITY HOSPITAL] Santa Claus Ball - Kit-Cat Restaurant; Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital National Mother-Saving.
London: 1929. Staplebound. Unpaginated [20 pp.] 29 x 22.5 cm. December 18th 1929. A gala held at the fashionable Kit-Cat Club in the Haymarket, which to many, still personifies the... (#2645)
Price: $250.00

[WWI] [AGRICULTURAL] [POSTERS] Nine WWI War Effort Posters.
Washington DC: UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION & U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1. FARM HELP - DO YOU NEED HELP NOW? How many extra hands at harvest? Notify your local committee... (#2646)
Price: $1,250.00

Fong Fong Bakery - Ice Cream parlor PASTRY BOX; 824 Grant Avenue - 1107 Stockton.
19 x 19 x 9 cm. Original pastry box from the legendary San Francisco Chinatown establishment. Opened in 1935, this bakery/ice cream parlor featured bakery items, French pastries, and a.... (#2647)
Price: $225.00

[COCKTAILS] The Bar-Tender's Guide; or How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks.
Thomas, Jerry.
New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Company Successor to Dick & Fitzgerald, 1887. Paperback. 130 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. Thomas, considered the "the father of American mixology," originally wrote this seminal... (#2649)
Price: $2,000.00

[COCKTAILS] The Cocktail Book; A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen.
Knowles, Frederic Lawrence.
London: John Macqueen, 1902. First English Edition. Hardcover. 60 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. A scarce look into the unique world of cocktails in the early 1900's. This book was... (#2651)
Price: $900.00

Bacchus Behave!; The Lost Art of Polite Drinking.
Whitaker, Alma.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 140 pages. 23 x 16 cm. A rare cocktail book chock full of advice on how to jump back on... (#2652)
Price: $675.00

Wehman Bros. Bartenders' Guide - How To Mix Drinks; Two books in one, & Wehman.
Wehman Brothers.
New York: Wehman Brothers, Park Row, 1912. Wraps. Wehman Brothers Bartenders Guide - 91 pages. Wehman Brothers New Book of Toasts - 82 pages. Spine with small stain in middle... (#2654)
Price: $350.00