Victor Hugo Himmelreich American Drinks 1921

Victor Hugo Himmelreich – American Drinks Prague, 1921. 18 × 14 cm. Publisher’s brown textured boards with gilt title panel; 70 pp. + extensive advertising section. Illustrated with diagrams of cocktail glasses and photographic plates of Prague American bars. Text in Czech. Early Czechoslovak cocktail manual documenting the introduction of “American” mixed drinks to Central Europe. Includes recipes (e.g., Manhattan), mixing techniques, and period terminology. The substantial advertising section features numerous contemporary businesses, including references to at least seven American-style bars operating in Prague—an evocative snapshot of interwar bar culture. Binding starting at inner hinge, with splitting visible and text block loosening; contents complete and clean. An attractive and uncommon early European cocktail guide. Inv. i1