"CHAMPAGNE IN THE MORNING IS A VARIOUSLY ADVANTAGEOUS DRINK": PRESENTATION COPY OF LUCIUS BEEBE'S STORK CLUB BAR BOOK, SPECIALLY BOUND IN MOROCCO-GILT

BEEBE, Lucius. The Stork Club Bar Book. New York: Rinehart, 1946. Slim octavo, original gilt-stamped pictorial red morocco. $2000.

First edition, presentation copy, of one of the best-known historic cocktail books, specially bound in full morocco-gilt with the owner's name gilt-stamped on the front board.

Bon vivant Beebe was once dubbed "the orchidaceous oracle of café society." His cocktail primer remains a comprehensive and witty classic, proposing appropriate drinks for morning, noon, and night, including cocktails favored by actresses Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Billie Burke, Rosalind Russell, and Ann Sheridan. Includes an index of ingredients. This special presentation issue was bound in full morocco gilt; the trade issue was bound in cloth with a dust jacket.

Interior fine, minimal wear to presentation binding. A near-fine copy.