Eddie Clark — King Cocktail: Shake Again with Eddie

London, Eddie Clarke "Eddie's Club, 1954. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this recipe book of cocktails from London bartender Eddie Clark. First edition. Very scare work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of classic cocktail recipes from London's King of Cocktails during the 1950s, with sections on glassware, suitable canapes, ladies only drinks, cups and punches, and Eddie specials. This work explores the tried and tested, as well as some new and exciting, cocktail recipes from long mixed drinks, fancy liqueurs, and wines, to short drinks and even non-alcoholic cocktails. Written by Eddie Clark, or Clarke, an English bartender and author who worked in London and is best known for his work in mixology as Harry Craddock's Successor at the Savoy's American Bar. Beginning his career working at sea, he was a ship's bartender by age 18 and collected exotic recipes from across the world with painstaking attention to detail. Dated from the British Library. In the original paper binding. Externally, sound with bumping and the odd small crease to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and rear panel with the laminate peeling in places. Front hinge tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate tipped in to the title page. Good . Ill.: None. Good .