by Harry Johnson (Author), Jared McDaniel Brown (Preface by), Anistatia Renard Miller (Preface by)

The first book to comprehensively document the proper steps to opening, stocking, and operating a bar, Harry Johnson's Bartenders' Manual is a mandatory volume for those in the bartending profession. Originally published in 1882, Johnson revised and expanded the book another two times as his own knowledge of the business increased. Contains the first published Martini recipe and the ancestor of the Dry Martini, the Marguerite.