Vintage Cocktail Recipe Ephemera Bundle — Esquire Cheers! Supplement + Kahlúa, Galliano, Wine & Cordial Booklets (1966–1981) — Editors of Esquire and assorted makers | Retro bar paper lot, Cocktail & Wine Ephemera

This is a bundle of seven vintage cocktail and wine booklets, led by Esquire's 1981 Cheers! A Gentleman's Guide to the Lore, Art, and Science of Pleasurable Drinking holiday supplement, with recipe pieces from Kahlúa, Galliano, Mohawk, and Regnier.

The listing grades the lot Good, with age spotting, edge wear, rubbing, light creasing, and corner wear on the covers, a stamp on the back of the wine booklet, and wear along the edges and spine of Mixology.

You get Cheers! with its Lore of Liquor, Art of Choosing, and Science of Mixing chapters, Mixology with its zodiac drink pages, Cordial Accents with Regnier, a bottle hanger with pink recipe panels, The Many Faces of Kahlúa with drinks and main dish recipes, An Introduction to Wine: Magic in Your Glass from 1966 with a note from Vincent Price, Good Times Begin with Mohawk Cordials with fruit flavored brandy recipes, and Welcome to Galliano's World of New Tastes, printed in Italy. Loose liquor advertising inserts shown in the photos come with it, per the listing.

Details

  • Item: Bundle of 7 cocktail and wine booklets and pamphlets
  • Title: Esquire Cheers! supplement, Mixology, Cordial Accents with Regnier, The Many Faces of Kahlúa, An Introduction to Wine: Magic in Your Glass, Good Times Begin with Mohawk Cordials, and Welcome to Galliano's World of New Tastes
  • Author: The Editors of Esquire, and assorted makers
  • Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
  • Publisher: Esquire, Regnier, Kahlúa, Mohawk, Galliano, and the Wine Advisory Board, per the listing
  • Publication Year: 1966 to 1981. Cheers! is 1981 and the wine booklet is 1966. Other dates: Not confirmed from photos
  • Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
  • Format and Binding: Stapled pamphlets, a bottle hanger, and a magazine supplement
  • Dust Jacket: None, paper pieces
  • Pages: Kahlúa 17 and wine booklet 23, per the listing. Others: Not confirmed from photos
  • Genre: Cocktail and wine recipe booklets, bar ephemera
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: None shown
  • Dimensions: Largest piece about 11 x 8 inches, smallest about 5 x 3 inches, per the listing

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

  • Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
  • The covers stay colorful.
  • The recipes and drink photos read clearly.
  • All seven pieces are sold together, as shown.

Issues / Wear

  • Age spotting on the covers, most noticeable on the Esquire supplement, Cordial Accents, and Galliano pieces.
  • Edge wear, rubbing, light creasing, and corner wear.
  • A stamp on the back of the wine booklet.
  • Wear along the edges and spine of Mixology.

Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual item you will be receiving.

This bundle brings you seven vintage drink booklets, from Esquire's Cheers! to Kahlúa and Galliano recipes, and it suits a bar cart shelf or a box of retro paper. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

  • Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
  • Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
  • Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
  • Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

Every item is honestly described and carefully packed. These are vintage pieces, so light age-related wear comes with them. I show and describe what I see so you know what to expect.

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