"The Long and Short of It"
$450
1934
[20] pp.
6.75" x 5"
The American Distilling Company
w/ drawings by Russell Patterson
Stapled booklet. Printed in black and red throughout. First and only edition. A scarce promotional cocktail recipe book, from the American Distilling Company, makers of Old Colony Gin, Meadwood Bourbon and 3 Monks Rye. The majority of recipes are individually illustrated with stylish Art Deco ink drawings by Russell Patterson. May of the recipes are familiar, but there is also the Stone Fence and the Long Whistle. Very light soiling to wrappers, otherwise very good, in handsomely illustrated wrappers with a small pink cord for hanging. Scarce.