The Gun Club Drink Book: Being a more or less discursive account of alcoholic beverages, their formulae and uses.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. 2nd Printing. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #18649
An exquisite copy of this influential mid-century cocktail guide, in original publisher illustrated dust jacket.
"Browne was a pillar of Princeton’s elite. He served four terms as Princeton’s mayor and one as a congressman for New Jersey, and he helped to found the Princeton Inn, now Forbes College. He also helped to found the Nassau Gun Club, a club for the gentleman’s sport of clay pigeon shooting. The members dined in the Nassau Club, sometimes eating food prepared by professional chefs and sometimes using the kitchen to scratch up their own grub" - Princeton
Orange cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Whimsical illustrations by Leonard Holton. 190pp. A hint of edge wear to binding, Near Fine as a whole. Dust jacket with mild rubbing, light soiling and edge wear, including some light foxing to rear-panel fore edge. Price clipped. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.
A lovely copy.
Price: $275.00