Ted Saucier's Bottoms Up [With Illustrations by Twelve of America's Most Distinguished Artists]

Received an original hard copy as a gift from my Dad some 45 years ago. I did not want to give up my original. So - for a gift, for my son-in-law, I bought a paperback copy - and - it's good. He can now mix drinks that were popular in the 40s-50s. But, the only reason I gave 4 of 5 and not 5 of 5 is that the artistic plates within the book aren't in color, as they are in the originals. But for the drinks, and their history - this is it!

This book is like a time machine you can drink. Highly recommend.

Item as described.

Printing seems to be scanned from original book as the last few letters on the ends of some lines are missing. I expected better than that

Love the book would definitely recommend

I had and early 1950's edition of this book checked out from my university library for over a year. It's a great book. The cocktail recipes are interesting. Some have a bit of backstory. Many are interesting just from the standpoint of knowing what was around back in the 40's and 50's vs. what was invented since then. A great part of what makes this book interesting are the many pinup illustrations (risque, but charming by today's standard). Unfortunately, many of these were in color in the original text, but this version reproduces them in black and white. Not a deal breaker, as the original copies now fetch over $50 (and were fetching in the $200 range before this edition came out--many still are).All and all, I would recommend this book as a fine addition to a cocktail library, but with that faint pang of disappointment.Cheers.PS Try the Last Word cocktail.

Eine große Enttäuschung. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine billige Reproduktion in Schwarz-weiß. Die Zeichnungen sind aufgrund des miserablen Drucks teilweise gar nicht zu erkennen. Im Original was das ein typographisch wunderschönes Buch in Fadenheftung mit farbigen Illustrationen. Für so eine billig gemachte Kopie fast 20€ zu verlangen grenzt schon an Frechheit.

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