{"product_id":"louis-mixed-drinks-hints-care-serving-of-wines-cocktails-new-york-1906","title":"Louis Mixed Drinks; Hints Care \u0026 Serving of Wines : Cocktails : New York 1906","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis' Mixed Drinks; With Hints for the Care \u0026amp; Serving of Wines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Louis Muckensturm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH. M. Caldwell, Boston \u0026amp; New York, 1906. First Edition. Tall 8vo, original red decorative cloth, lettered in black to front board, design in black and gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author. pp 113. [i].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Alsace, Loius Muckensturm [1877-1918] emigrated to the US as a young man, and by 1897 was working at the Hotel Marliave in Boston. This book published under a Boston imprint, includes on p.45 the first recipe for a dry Martini to appear in any American recipe book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very good copy. The cloth binding is very good with light rubbing. Front pastdown and endpaper are a  little brown with age. Small ownership stamp and label remnant to front free endpaper. Pages very clean throughout. Overall a avery good copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(GC3)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56992575684985,"sku":null,"price":445.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/3496\/4020\/files\/louis.jpg?v=1775651656","url":"https:\/\/thegentlymadbookshop.co.uk\/products\/louis-mixed-drinks-hints-care-serving-of-wines-cocktails-new-york-1906","provider":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}