Chmelík, Alois.

[AMERICAN COCKTAILS IN INTERWAR PRAGUE] Barman: 278 receptů a návrhů k přípravě cocktailů, bowlí, punchů, grogů, gobblerů, limonád atd [Bartender: 278 recipes and suggestions for preparing cocktails, bowls, punches, grogs, gobblers, lemonades, etc].

[Prague]: self-published, 1933. Octavo (20.5 × 14.8 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 54, [2] pp. Light wear to cover; some rubbing to spine; trace of label to rear wrapper; internally very good. Item #55269

A mixology “cookbook” with 278 recipes for making cocktails, bowls, punches, grogs, gobblers, lemonades, self-published by one of the first Czech “American style” mixologists, Alois Chmelík. The front wrapper features a photo of Chmelík himself, photographed behind the bar of “American Bar Juliš”, one of the two American-style bars set up by the “barmeister” Victor Hugo Himmelreich in Prague. Himmelreich was also the co-founder of the International Union of Bartenders in the Czechoslovak Republic in 1921, and, like Chmelík, a creator of original American-style cocktail recipes, part of a larger trend for American-style bars in interwar Central Europe (See: Mozr, T. “The exotic phenomenon of the American Bar in interwar Berlin and Prague”, in AUC Geographica, pp. 92–104). The introductory text by Chmelík explains: “American drinks are not just random mixtures of various liquors or wines, to which we sometimes add a little lemon or orange juice, sometimes some syrup or Angostura bitters […] on the contrary, their composition is often scientifically calculated to appeal to a certain organ or sense.” A single photo-illustration showing a variety of glasses and mixing tools accompanies the text. Advertising of cafes, bars, wines, whiskey, soda water etc. to last page and rear wrapper.

As of July 2025, KVK, OCLC only show the copy at the Czech National Library.

Price: €400.00

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