Harry Craddock

The Savoy Cocktail Book Harry Craddock

VALUE EDITION. 2021 Reprint of 1930 Edition. Fully illustrated. We reprint in black and white illustrationS the original 1930 edition which was printed in color. This edition is our VALUE EDITION. Also available from Martino Fine Books is the entire edition printed in full color in both hardcover [ISBN 9781614278375] and paperback [978-1614274308]. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Harry Craddock was a United States citizen who left during Prohibition and joined the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1920. Craddock was one of the most famous cocktail barmen of the 1920s and 1930s. Craddock's "The Savoy Cocktail Book" was published in 1930, and is still in print today. Craddock invented a number of classic cocktails, including the famous Corpse Reviver #2 and possibly including the White Lady, and popularised the Dry Martini. Lavishly illustrated with all illustrations reproduced in color.