Venison from Forest to Table 1943 + Fine Cocktails Made Easy + Southern Comfort 32 Drinks Lot
$29.99
Venison from Forest to Table is the 1943 Michigan State College Extension Bulletin 253 by Paul M. Barrett, sold here as a three booklet recipe lot with Fine Cocktails Made Easy and the 1960 Southern Comfort booklet How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks, plus the mailing envelope shown.
The booklets remain usable and colorful, with visible age and handling that includes a slight cover tear and distributor stamp on the venison booklet, minor cover wear, bent pages on the Southern Comfort booklet, and age wear to the envelope.
This group brings together Michigan deer hunting and venison cooking information with two illustrated midcentury cocktail guides filled with recipes, mixing instructions, and period advertising art.
Details
- Item: Three vintage recipe booklets with mailing envelope
- Title: Venison from Forest to Table; Fine Cocktails Made Easy; How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks
- Author: Paul M. Barrett for Venison from Forest to Table. Not confirmed from photos for the cocktail booklets.
- Illustrator: Not confirmed
- Publisher: Michigan State College Extension Division with the Michigan Department of Conservation for Venison from Forest to Table; Not confirmed from photos for Fine Cocktails Made Easy; Southern Comfort Corporation for How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks
- Publication Year: 1943 for Venison from Forest to Table; 1960 for How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks; Not confirmed from photos for Fine Cocktails Made Easy
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed
- Format and Binding: Three illustrated stapled softcover recipe booklets with mailing envelope
- Dust Jacket: None
- Pages: Venison from Forest to Table, 15 pages; Fine Cocktails Made Easy, 20 pages; How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks, no page numbers
- Genre: Wild game cooking, cocktail recipes, hunting, and beverage advertising
- Language: English
- ISBN: None
- Dimensions: Venison from Forest to Table, 9 x 6 inches; Fine Cocktails Made Easy, 7 x 4 3/4 inches; How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks, 8 x 4 3/4 inches
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: All three booklets remain usable and readable, with clear signs of age and handling named below.
- Venison from Forest to Table has bright illustrated pages with clearly legible cooking instructions and recipes, including venison pot roast, stew with dumplings, meat loaf, Swiss steak, and mincemeat.
- Fine Cocktails Made Easy retains colorful geometric artwork and illustrated drink recipes, including hot rum punch, gin punch, egg nog, whiskey punch, hot buttered rum, and milk punch.
- How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks retains its blue illustrated cover and colorful Southern Comfort drink artwork inside.
- The mailing envelope shown with the group remains included.
Issues / Wear
- Venison from Forest to Table has a slight cover tear with edge and corner wear.
- The back of the venison booklet has a previous distributor stamp for the Conservation District in Hillman, Michigan.
- How to Make 32 After-Sports Drinks has minor cover wear and bent pages.
- Fine Cocktails Made Easy shows light cover and edge wear visible in the photos.
- The mailing envelope has age toning, creasing, and handling wear.
This lot includes the 1943 Michigan State College Extension Bulletin 253 by Paul M. Barrett alongside two midcentury cocktail booklets, and it suits a reader who collects Michigan outdoor history or vintage drink guides. 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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