GREG BOEHM was galled when prices of out-of-print cocktail books skyrocketed along with the popularity of cocktails, a familiar gripe of any drink enthusiast who has been ensnared by the anachronistic charm of old bar books.
“Online auction sites have gone insane, to the point where it wasn’t really fun anymore,” he said. “I’ve watched prices for old cocktail books double in the last year. I’ve seen books that are not good, are not in good condition, aren’t first editions and aren’t hard to find sell for four or five hundred dollars. I found it upsetting.”
But rather than cry into his Corpse Reviver over the scarcity of these classics, Mr. Boehm decided to do something about it. He is producing facsimiles of the books himself...(story continued)
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