TheALMA WHITAKER BACCHUS BEHAVE: THE LOST ART OF POLITE DRINKING

A superb copy in the scarce original, Handsomely bound in woven textured salmon colored cloth stamped brightly in blue on the front boards and on the spine. A fine copy. Clean and crisp throughout; virtually unread. With 18 chapters featuring cocktails, whisky, gin, brandy, liqueurs, wines, rum, champagne, beer hints to hostesses, strange nectars, canapés and Hors-D'Oeuvres, the buffet supper, punches and cups. In. With a drawing of three elegant cocktail imbibers on the front panel. On the rear panel of the jacket: "What Celebrities Say" with quotes from Rupert Huges, Clark Gable, Marie Dressler, Tom Mix, and Cecil B. DeMille. The charming jacket has some very light chipping to the top and bottom of the spine ends and a touch of rubbing at the corners. The delicate salmon colors of the spine are lightly faded; the front panel is bright. Light soiling to the rear panel, which has a closed