Wines, Cocktails and Other Drinks

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards lightly soiled, front hinge just starting, ink owner stamp on front and rear endpaper. 1936 Hard Cover. vi, [2], 228 pp. 8vo. A guide to wine and cocktails, pseudonymously published by wine experts Frank Schoonmaker and Ted Marvel, known for their works 'The Complete Wine Book' and 'American Wines'. Part one focuses on wine, treating wines country by country, giving a brief historical introduction for each, a list of available wines from that country, and a discussion of those wines by region, with a chapter on storing, serving, and drinking wine. The second part includes a dictionary of alcoholic beverages and a collection of recipes for cocktails, which is divided into sections depending on the base liquor, with drinks in each section in alphabetical order. Index follows text.