JACOB A. GROHUSKO (1876-1943) JACK’S MANUAL 1910 EDITION. IN ENGLISH.

A handbook on the storage, production, care, and handling of wines, spirits, and other beverages. A practical guide for home use, clubs, or hotels. Recipes for sophisticated cocktails and tips on when and how to serve them. New York, J.A. Grohusko, 1910. Press of Mc Clunn & Co., 10-12 Broadway, New York Hardcover, [4, index] 87 [21, ads] pp., owner’s bookplate, portrait photograph of the author on p. 4, pictorial adverts, original green cloth binding with stylized title stamped in gold. 19 x 12.7 x 1 cm Good condition. Some scuffing on the cover; water stains on the top inner margins of the pages, without affecting the text. No dust jacket. Jack Grohusko, born in England a Russian Jewish family, arrived in the United States at a very young age. He lived in Hoboken, New Jersey, and worked in several New York City bars before enjoying a decade of success at Baracca’s, a popular Italian restaurant in downtown New York City, where he developed a reputation as a mixologist. There he published the first edition of his Jack’s Manual. The book notably features the Brooklyn Cocktail, likely his creation. Grohusko then opened his own bar in 1910 and revised his manual several times throughout his career.