1949 Bottoms Up: Guide to Pleasant Drinking

"1949 Bottoms Up: Guide to Pleasant Drinking" is a slim hardcover vintage cocktail book published by Leonard Wolf, New York, featuring around 46 pages of classic drink recipes and bartending tips. It offers an extensive collection of cocktail recipes, including popular and regional favorites like the Daiquiri, Manhattan, Old Fashioned, Sazerac, and many others. The book is organized with sections covering cocktails, collins, coolers, punches, sours, daisies, eggnogs, and more, representing a rich snapshot of mid-century American mixology.

Key aspects include:

A compact but comprehensive guide with over 40 pages of recipes and drink categories.

Illustrations and clear recipe instructions reflecting 1940s cocktail culture.

Practical content suitable for home bartenders and professionals, with recipes drawn from well-known hotel bars and classic cocktail traditions.

A stylish tan hardcover edition, now considered a rare collectible for vintage cocktail enthusiasts.

This edition retains charm both as a practical recipe book and as a collectible artifact of postwar American drinking culture