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The Savoy Cocktail Book
Harry Craddock
London: Constable & Company, 1930.First edition, second issue (with the Booth’s adverts), of the classic cocktail book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daises, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other Drinks, known and vastly appreciated in this year of grace 1930, with sundry notes of amusement and interest concerning them, together with subtle Observations upon Wines and their special occasions. Being in the particular an elucidation of the Manners and Customs of people of quality in a period of some equality. Illustrated by Gilbert Rumbold.
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An Essay on Hasheesh
Victor Robinson
New York: Dingwall-Rock, 1930.“A minor classic, combining experimental reports with sophisticated wit: totally unlike every other book on the subject.” (Phantastica 244). Victor Robinson (1886-1947) was a Ukranian-American physician and medical historian. Stated Second Edition though technically the third after first appearing privately in 1912 and then in a trade edition in 1925.
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Opium: Journal d’une Desintoxication
Jean Cocteau
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1930.An unnumbered copy of the first edition on paper.
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The Australian Native Bear Book: Photographic Studies by Cazneaux
[Harold] Cazneaux
Sydney: Art in Australia, 1930.Photos of Koalas and with two woodcuts by Margaret Preston. MUIR 1348.
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Installation Masonic Temple, Neil Street, Toowoomba, Thursday. 23rd, Oct, 1930
Darling Downs Royal Arch Chapter, No. 194
Toowoomba: McD, & R., 1930.Rare Queensland Freemasonry ephemera.
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Le Roman Belge Contemporain
Benjamin Mather Woodbridge
Bruxelles: La Renaissance du Livre, 1930.Writing on the Belgian novels of Charles De Goster, Camille Lemonnier, George Eekhoud, Eugen Demolder, and George Virres. Preface by Maurice Wilmotte. This copy inscribed by Woodbridge to A. Poli.