(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Alcohol) John Girtin Forbes. The Mourning After

Designed & illus. by Ray Sullivan. Pictorial wrappers, slipcase. First Edition. San Francisco: McLellan Publishing, [1948].

A humorous yet practical book of hangover cures, with advice such as eating bitter almonds and drinking cabbage juice as a preventative to intoxication, Vitamin B or amphetamine tablets (!) to detoxify, and plenty of home remedies like Fernet bitters and yogurts, with historical context for each cure. Also included are hair-of-the-dog cocktail recipes like gin and tonic or Picon punch. A charming and not-judgmental book for the cocktail lover. A purported no. 15,330 of one million copies printed.

Mild rubbing to extremities, else very good.