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1948 Bartender's Guide by Trader Vic (rare green hardcover)

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A rare vintage Trader Vic Bartender's Guide (1948, second printing), hard cover with its original dust cover/jacket in a hunter green hardcover. We've been selling vintage cocktail books for ages and have not run across the green hardcover until now (the common hardcovers colors include yellow for the 47 printing and a salmon orange and beige for the 48 printing). Truly a magnificent vintage mixology book filled with more than 1,500 cocktail recipes, illustrations, and how to choose the perfect glass for your handcrafted beverage. Truly a magical antique mixology guide.

Condition: Good vintage condition with mild signs of age. The pages are clean and crisp. The exterior hardcover is in good shape overall. 
1) The dust cover shows age and yellowing and wear along the edges
2) There's yellowing in the inside covers and pages (purely how paper ages over the course of decades)
3) The pages are in good condition and crisp
4) The hardcover is in very good condition
5) The binding is very secure/tight. When you open the cover you can see where the book's binding is but it's very secure/tight

Overall, this vintage mixology guide is in good vintage condition but does show mild signs of age/wear. 

Garden City Books, Garden City, New York USA, 1948

Book measures 7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/4 inches

**On our vintage books storage and shipping please note: We take the care of our antique mixology books very seriously and pack them with great care to ensure safe delivery. Please note: we're not making a penny on shipping. This book is solid and will weigh 1 1/2 pounds once packaged.

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