The Old-Time Saloon. Not Wet – Not Dry – Just History

New York: Ray Long and Richard Smith Inc, 1931. Octavo (19 x 13 cm.), 174, [1] pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION, trade issue. With illustrations by Gluyas Williams, John Held Jr., Rube Goldberg and others. "Here's a book for those too young ever to have seen the old-time saloon... He tells of the ornate and opulent places, like the Knickerbocker and the Waldorf. He also tells of the dives on the corner and the old fashioned road houses" (jacket copy). Internally clean and sound, in publisher's tan and pink, marble-patterned cloth. Jacket a bit dusty, with one small chip to top of back panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (Inventory #: 9926)