Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1951
Description: Fair. No Dust Jacket. The cover has dented corners. 1 inch of the cloth on 1 hinge is starting to crack. Somewhat sun-faded spine. Personalized inscription on end paper (dated 1955. ) Initial on edge of book. Some margins have light creases. No writing in text. Aged, but functional reader copy. 84 numbered pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group
Date Published: 1951
ISBN-13:9780837134222ISBN:0837134226
Description: VERY GOOD hardcover, no dust jacket. 2 blind stampings. Bumping to one corner. Binding square and tight; pages bright and unmarked. t6. read more
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1951
Description: Illustrated by William Barss. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. Very good+ in very good price-clipped dust jacket; A literate and witty salute to that most American of cultural contributions, the cocktail hour. By the renowned Pulitzer award-winning writer: novelist, historian, social critic, conservationist, and former editor of The Saturday Review of Literature. DeVoto was a proponent of the purity of the classic martini, and abhorred the sweetness to which the American palate seemed addicted. Much ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good. Save some $$$. Perfectly Good Reading Copy. Shelfwear from storage in box with other books. Hardcover with jacket. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1951
Description: Illustrated by Barss, William. Near fine in a VG-DJ with edge wear; DeVoto attributes the hope of America to those who cherish two indigenous products: American whiskey and the Dry Martini. Great illustrations.; First (1951); Red/Grey cloth; 8vo; 84 p.; DJ. read more
Binding: Hardcover Cloth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1951
Description: Barss, William. Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard Cover Cloth is in fine condition. DJ has some normal wear and a small close tear on the bottom spine. 84 pages. Not a first edition. Copyrighted in 1948, 1949, 1951. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1951
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. ". Devoto writes of the cultural importance of hard liqour and the only hour-the cocktail hour. " First edition, hardcover, slight lean, 3 address stamps to front endpapers, light bump to bottom corner of page edges to last half of book, otherwise a VG+ copy in a price-clipped VG dustjacket which has some shallow chipping to the top of the spine with a thin half-inch chip to the top corner of the front panel, a few short closed tears, some light sunning to the ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1951
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 84 pages First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by William Barss. He writes of the cultural importance of hard liqour and the only hour-the cocktail hour. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a hint of wear to the corners. A beautiful copy! read more
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