JACQUES STRAUB (c.1870–1920) DRINKS 2nd EDITION. 1920. IN ENGLISH.

Chicago, The Hotel Monthly Press Published by Marie L. Straub. Hardback, 96 pp. of recipes, pp. index, pp. blank (memo), pp. popular handbooks, brown cloth binding, patterned endpapers 17 x 8.5 x 1 cm The book is perforated at the top left, has a split spine, foxing, soiling and stains on the final pages of the ‘Popular handbooks’ section and on the endpapers. All the text is legible. The book contains about 700 accurate directions for mixing various kinds of popular and fancy drinks served in the best hotels, clubs, buffets, bars and homes of the civilized world. The introductory chapter on wines discusses their medicinal properties, when and how to serve them, the types and styles of glasses to use, as well as other important information for lovers of wine and spirits. Wine steward of The Blackstone, Chicago Formerly of The Pendennis Club, Louisville, Kentucky, Straub became one of the most famous wine and spirits experts of his era.