1949 "Bottoms Up...Guide To Pleasant Drinking" by Leonard Wolf & Associates. This rare and magical vintage mixology book features a tan hardcover with the words "Bottoms Up..." in large red and blue graphics and contains recipes that all use the products for sale at Town and Country Liquors, Inc., with the company's full contact information conveniently printed at the bottom of most pages. Jauntily illustrated throughout with little vignettes in early mid-century modern style. Based on the address of the company, Town & Country Liquors was located just a couple miles from the Long Island setting of THE GREAT GATSBY (a fictionalized version of King's Point). A clever bit of advertising, using the exuberance typically seen in cocktail books to push sales more directly, conceived and executed by a New York City advertising firm about a decade before the Mad Men era. These books were often stamped with a specific liquor company's location: this book is stamped "Broadway Liquor Corp, 2780 Broadway 107th St, New York"
Publisher: LEONARD WOLF & ASSOC INC, NY, NY
Publication Date: 1949
Condition: Excellent vintage condition. The binding is tight. The interior pages are crisp. The hardcover is in great shape. Truly a magical mixology guide.
Book measures 7 1/4"x 5" x approx 1/4" in thickness (please note, this is a very slender/thin book).
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