Author: [An Almost Miniature Book]
Title: HOME BAR HINTS [Running Title]. PIONEER CLUB. Gambling House and Cocktail Lounge. Downtown Las Vegas, Nev. [Cover title]
Description: [Las Vegas ?]: , (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1953 / 1954. Blue faux leather binding with gilt stamping, with graphic of the famous Las Vegas cowboy, Vegas Vic, to upper portion of front cover. Front fixed ep 1953 calendar; rear fixed ep a 1954 calendar. Unpaginated, though 60 pages. 28 pages of cocktail talk & recipes [45, including a final one for cough syrup!]. 16 pages for Addresses; 16 pages for Memoranda - these sections in the center of the book. Illustrated throughout with cocktail silhouettes. 3-3/16" x 2-1/8" [8.2 cm x 5.5 cm]. General extremity wear & rubs. Child's pencil scribbles to some memoranda pages. Rare mid-20th C promotional cocktail recipe book from the Pioneer Club, a Las Vegas casino that opened in 1942 in Downtown Las Vegas, at 25 East Fremont Street. It ceased operating as a casino in 1995. For many years, it was one of downtown's leading gambling establishments. This cocktail recipe book issued by the casino somewhat uncommon.. at the time of cataloguing, we see no others on the market.

Keywords: Nevada Nevada


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