[Andre L. Simon] — The U.K. B.G. Guide to Drinks

London, United Kingdom Bartender's Guild, 1955. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated guide to making drinks from the UK Bartender's Guild, signed by the artist. Second edition. Signed and inscribed by the artist with an inscription of "happy drinking", dated 1959. Illustrated throughout with photographs and sketches. A guide to the cocktail bar and the making of drinks, with information on equipment, glasses, drinking at home, the history of cocktails, and a commentary on prize winning cocktails, and much more. Includes a large collection of drink recipes from coolers and fizzes to toddies and smashes. With additional commentary on wines, port, sherry, liqueurs, minerals, cordials, syrups, and medicinal hints. Written by Andre Simon, a French-born wine merchant, gourmet, and prolific writer about wine. Produced for the United Kingdom Bartenders Guild, the oldest surviving Bartenders trade guild in the world, and a founding member of the International Bartenders Association, representing the interests of the British bar industry on the international stage. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Artist's ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: G. Elliott. Very Good .