{"product_id":"op-bottoms-up-first-printing","title":"OP: Bottoms Up (first printing)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreystone Press, New York, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great favorite among collectors,\u003cem\u003e Bottoms Up\u003c\/em\u003e is an engaging and very useful guide to making every sort of mixed drink using recipes gathered from bartenders and aficionados around the world. Assembled by Ted Saucier, the expansive publicist for the Waldorf Astoria, the volume is a treasure house of drinks, some of them still well-known today, others preserved here.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCocktails—more than 400 of them—lead the way with an abundance of Collinses, coolers, fizzes, frappes, and flips, juleps, punches, slings, smashes, and sours contributed by the likes of the Ritz Bar in Paris, Joe’s Bar in Havana, and the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, many honoring ‘40s and ‘50s celebrities.  You might be tempted by the Cholly Knickerbocker, the Barbados Rum Swizzle, Malice in Follywood (from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper), the Pump Room Bath Cure, No. 1, and other treats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with its encyclopedic coverage, \u003cem\u003eBottoms Up\u003c\/em\u003e is avidly collected for its design and layout—risqué second color illustrations on every page, not to mention the neat dozen glossy inserts of full color pinups, both topless and totally nude, each by a different artist.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur copy is a \u003cstrong\u003efirst printing\u003c\/strong\u003e, soundly bound in printed cloth that is itself also on the racy side. Lacking the original glassine protective cover with title and illustrations. Lightly soiled but Very Good, overall. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KNOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41832108425349,"sku":"Ted Saucier","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/saucier_bottomsup.jpg?v=1787757678","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/op-bottoms-up-first-printing","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}