Sale 687: Art & Illustration - Fine Books (#687) 11/07/2019 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 353 of 426:
Drinking like the puritans at Merrymount  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$132
Estimate:
$10 - $100

Title:
A Book of Beverages, Being Recipes Secured from Those Housewives Most Notable for Their Skill in the Preparation of Choice and Delectable Beverages for Winter Nights and Summer Noons

Author:
Bigelow, Timothy, editor

Place:
Worcester, MA

Publisher:
Privately Printed

Date:
1904

Description:

vi, [2], 38 pp. (12mo) 18.6x11 cm (7¼x4¼"), cloth-backed paper-covered boards with title label on cover. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press for Timothy Bigelow and The Daughters of the American Revolution. 

Includes recipes for punch, shrubs, cider drinks, and  "invalid drinks".


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Condition:
Some darkening and rubbing to spine and edges, light rubbing to boards; light ripple to leaves at head, mild toning; very good or better.

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Item number:
293596a
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