(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Cocktails) Bergeron, Victor. Trader Vic's Book of Food & Drink. *SIGNED*

Intro. by Lucius Beebe. Illus. incl. watercolors by Guy Huze. Jacket. First Edition. Garden City: Doubleday, 1946. 

Warmly inscribed & signed by Trader Vic (Victor Bergeron) on the front free endpaper: "To Dr. & Mrs. Cooksey, with my sincerest alohas in appreciation of many kindnesses to me". Trader Vic was a leader in the early tiki drink movement, which became popular when soldiers came home from the South Pacific after WWII. Cocktails herein, many of which are rum based, are given inspired names like Devil's Leap, La Florida daiquiri, shingle stain, rum julep, haote pikia, etc.

Long closed tear to front jacket panel, sunning to jacket spine, minor chipping to jacket spine ends, else very good and bright.

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