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  "What would dinner be without a cocktail?": First edition of Frank Meier's The Artistry of Mixing Drinks; inscribed by Judy Garland, Bob Considine, Irving Berlin and several others to George Rose of the Ritz Bar, Paris

  MEIER, Frank. [Judy Garland; Bob Considine; Irving Berlin].

  The Artistry of Mixing Drinks.

  Paris: Fryam Press, 1936.

  First edition of Meier's classic work on the art of mixing cocktails. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Judy Garland, "To George - Sincerely Judy Garland"; on the verso of the front free endpaper by Irving Berlin, "To Mr. George Rose, Who should remember that the morning after the night before is sometimes very sour.  Berlin"; and on the half-title page by Bob Considine, "For George good guy! Bob Considine." The recipient, George Rose was a regular patron of the Ritz Bar which gained a reputation over the years for its glamorous cocktail parties and the unique bartending skills of Frank Meier, a head barman from 1921 until his death in 1947. One of his best-known cocktails was the potent "Rainbow", consisting of anisette, mint, yellow chartreuse, cherry brandy, kümmel, green chartreuse and cognac.  Designed in the Victorian style with red-velvet armchairs and bar furnishings, a marble fireplace and historic portraits, The Ritz Bar may have been the world's first hotel bar and was frequented by celebrities and writers including Judy Garland and Ernest Hemingway. In very good condition.

  Price: $6,000.00     Item Number: 133015

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