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Toasts: A Bibliography

"An Adept," Everybody's Toast Book.  Philadelphia and Baltimore: Fisher & Bro. n.d. [ca. 1900]

Alderson, William A. Here's To You.  New York: Dodge Publishing Co., 1903.

Allen, Edward Frank. Modern Humor for Effective Speaking.  New York: Dover Publishing, 1945.

Allen, Steve. Curses or How Never to be Foiled Again.  Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher. 1973.

Anderson, Stewart. Sparks of Laughter.  Newark, N.J.: Steward Anderson, 1922.

Anderson, Will.  The Beer Book.  Princeton, N.J.: Pyne Press, 1973.

Antrim, Minna Thomas.  A Book of Toasts.  Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co., 1902.

Aye, John.  The Humor of Drinking.  London: Universal Publishing Co., 1934.

Benham, Sir Gurney. Benham's Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936.

Bennett, James O'Donnell.  When Good Fellows Get Together.  Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1908.

Berman, Frederick.  The Complete Toastmaster. London: Brandford Press, 1953.

Birmingham, Frederick.  Falstaff's Complete Beer Book.  New York:  Award Books, 1970.

Blake, Rodney.  After-Dinner Verses: A Collection of Impulsive and Impromptu Verses Containing Repartee in Verse, Poems on Panes, Rhyming Wills, Old Tavern Signs, Envelope Poetry, Etc..  New York: A.L. Burt Co., n.d. [ca. 1930, prohibition era.]

The Book of Good Fellowship, (no author, publisher, or date)

Botkin, B. A. Treasury of American Anecdotes.  New York: Random House, 1957.  [Still in print.]

Braude, Jacob.  Braude's Handbook of Stories for Toastmasters and Speakers.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1957.

Braude, Jacob.  Complete Speaker's and Toastmaster's Library, 8 Volumes.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1957.

Bredenbek, Magnus.  What Shall We Drink.  New York: Carlyle House, 1934.

Brooks, Fred Emerson. Buttered Toasts.  Chicago: Forbes and Co., 1911.  [1913 printing]

__________________.  Cream Toasts.  Chicago: Forbes and Co. 1915.  [1st edition.]

__________________.  Patriotic Toasts. Chicago: Forbes and Co. 1917.

Brown, John Hull. Early American Beverages.  Rutland, Vt.: Charles E Tuttle Co., 1966.

Burns, Robert The Merry Muses of Caledonia. [New York?, n.p. nd. (ca. 1927), privately printing and limited to 500 copies in USA.]

Burns, Robert & edited by G. Legman.  The Merry Muses of Caledonia.   New Hyde Park:. University Books, 1965.  [Only the public domain material is published in the above link.]

Burton, Alexander. After Dinner Speeches.  1921.

Butler, Anthony.  The Book of Blarney.  New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1969.

Cahill, F. J. A Bunch of Yarns.  New York: The Outing Publishing Co. 1906.

Campbell, Andrew.  The Book of Beer.  London: Dennis Dobson, 1956.

Case, Carleton B.  The Big Toast Book.  Chicago: Shrewsbury Publishing, 1927.

Charles (formerly of Delmonico's). Cheerio!  New York: The Elf, 1930.

Chase, Edithe Lea, and Capt. W.E.P. French. Waes Hael: A Collection of Toasts Crisp and Well Buttered.  New York: Grafton Press, Limited Edition of 510 copies, 1903.

Clode, Edward J. 2088 Jokes, Toasts and Anecdotes.  New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1921, 1922, 1923.   [undated reprint edition, it reprints entire Kearney's Toasts.]

Clotho.  Prosit: A Book of Toasts.  San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co., 1908.

Cobb, Irvin S. Irvin S. Cobb's Own Recipe Book.  Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Distilleries, 1934.

Conelly, Bertha, and Helen Ramsey.  Modern Toasts for All Occasions.  Minneapolis, Minn.:  Northwestern Press, n.d.

Copeland, Lewis and Faye. 10,000 Jokes, Toasts and Stories.  Garden City, N.Y.: Halcyon House, 1940.  [undated, reprint edition]

Copeland, Lewis. Popular Quotations for All Uses.  Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Co., 1933.

Crowley, Charles E.  The Perfect Bartending Host at Home.  New York: Huma Publishing Co. 1933.

Davis, Bert. Crisp Toasts.  New York: H.M. Caldwell Co., 1907.

Davis, Harry Cassell. Commencement Parts.  New York: Noble and Noble,, 1929.

Dickson, Paul. The Complete Book of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, Curses and Graces.  New York: Delacorte Press, 1981.  [1st edition, 1st printing]

___________., Illus. by Rollin McGrail.  Toasts: Over 1,500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1991. [7th printing]

Dodge, W.W.  The Fraternal and Modern Banquet Orator.  Burlington, Iowa: W.W. Dodge, 1903.

Donahue, Harold.  The Toastmaster's Manual.  Indianapolis: Maxwell Drake, 1945.

Douglas, Ronal Macdonald.  The Scots Book.  London: Alexander MacLehouse & Co., 1935.  [reprinted variously, still in print?]

Dwiggens, Clare Victor. Toast Book.  Philadelphia: John C Winston Co., 1905.

Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Ed. 1911.  "Orangemen."    "Healths."

Edgerton, A. C.  A Speech for Every Occasion. New York: Noble and Noble, 1949.

Edmund, Peggy, and H. W. Williams. Toaster's Handbook. New York: H. W. Wilson & Co., 1914. [2nd edition, revised.]

Einhorn, Benjamin. Jewish Curses for All Occasions. New York: Ace, 1970

Eleven Cellars Wines.  A Book of Wine and Toasts.  Delano, Calif.: Eleven Cellars Wines, n.d.

Emerson, Edward R. Beverages, Past and Present, Vol. II. New York: G.P. Putnam's sons, 1908.

Epsy, Willard R. The Life and Works of Mr. Anonymous. New York: Hawthorne Books, 1977.

Erdoes, Richard. Saloons of the Old West.  New York: Knopf, 1979.

Fenno, R. F. Toasts and Maxims. New York: Fenno, 1908.

Fleming, Atherton. Gourmet's Book of Food and Drink. London: Bodley Head, 1933.

Fougner, G. Selmer. Along the Wine Trail.  New York: The New York Sun Publishing Co., 1935.

Fowler, Nathaniel. Witty Stories for All Occasions. New York: Sully and Co., 1915.

French, Richard Valpy. The History of Toasting or Drinking of Healths in England. London: National Temperance Publication Depot, n.d.

__________________. Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884.

Friedman, Edward L. Toastmaster's Treasury. New York: Harper and Row, 1960.

Friedman, Gil. A Dictionary of Love.  Arcata, Calif.: Yara Press, 1990.

Fuller, Edmund. Thesaurus of Epigrams. New York: Crown Publishers, 1943.

Fulmer, Dave.  A Gentleman's Guide to Toasting, Oxmoor House for Jack Daniels Distillery, Lynchburg, Tenn.: 1990.  [Stated First Edition]

Garrison, Robert L. Here's to You! 354 Toasts, You Can Use Today for Parties, Holidays, and Public Affairs.  New York: Crown, 1980. [Second printing]

Gayre, G.R., Wassail! In Mazers of Mead.  London: Phillimore & Co., 1964.

Glover, Ellye Howell. Dame Curtsey's Book of Novel Entertainments for Every Day in the Year. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927.

Goodfellow, Adam, and William Payne.  A Book of Old Songs, Healths, Toasts, Sentiments and Wise Saysings Pertaining to the Bond of Good Fellowship.  New York: New Amsterdam Books Co., 1901.

Gray, Arthur. Toasts and Tributes. New York: Rhode & Haskins, 1904.

Hackwood, Frederick W.  Inns, Ales, and Drinking Customs of Old England.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1909.

"Hall, J. Mortimer, Ph.D."   Anecdota Americana.  Humphrey Adams, n.d. [1927].   8vo. Limited edition.  Printed on quality laid paper with watermark.  Each is numbered.   If you don't have *quality* paper, and numbered in ink, then you have a pirated copy.   This book was issued without copyright notification and is public domain.  

"Hall, J. Mortimer, Ph.D."   Anecdota Americana : An Anthology of Tales in the Vernacular Edited without Expurgation, Second Series.  Humphrey Adams, 1934.  8vo.  First Edition.  Good hardcover.  Black cloth, a piece chipped from the crown of the spine.  222 pages of the raunchiest & bawdiest humor I have seen in print.  Was issued on chain laid watermarked "Warren's Old Style" paper.  If you don't have such paper you have a pirated or later issue of this classic.  This book was issued in the USA without copyright notification and is public domain.

Harrison, John. After-Dinner Stories.  Philadelphia:  The Penn Publishing Co., 1910.

Hart, Harold H., Editor, Drawings by Lindi., The Complete Immortalia, New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1971.  [1st printing]

Hartman, J.F. Spice and Parody.  New York:  The Outing Publishing Co., 1906

Harvey, James Clarence.  Over the Nuts and Wine.  Boston: H. M. Cladwell, 1906.

Harwell, Richard Barksdale.  The Mint Julep.  Savannah: The Beehive Press, 1975.

Haverson, James P.  Sour Sonnets of A Sorehead.   Boston: H. M. Caldwell, 1908.

Heath, Ambrose.  Good Drinks. London: Faber and Faber, 1939.

Henry, Lewis C. Toasts for All Occasions. Garden City, N.Y.: Halcyon House, 1949.  [Stated First Edition]

Hereford, Oliver, and John Cecil Clay.  Happy Days.  New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917.

Hewitt, W. C.  The Best After-Dinner Stories and How to Tell Them. Chicago: Charles T Powner Co., 1946.

Hughes, T. The Toast Master's Guide. London: Hughes, 1806.

Huston, Marvyn J. Toasts to the Bride and How to Propose Them.  Rutland, Vt.: Charles Tuttle, 1968.

Immortalia. [n.a. (T. H. Smith?), n.p., n.d. (1927)].  4to.  This book was issued as "a limited edition of 1000 to subscribers only". There are many pirated reprintings of this book.  

Iverson, William.  O the Times! O the Manners!  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1965.

Janos and Goldsmith, Murray with cover & artwork by Peter Whelan Tipsi's Bad Guide. Bodero Edition.  Montreal, Quebec: Nicholas D. Demetelin, Publisher, 1970.

Jeffery, Barbara.  Wedding Speeches and Toasts. Slough, Berks, England: W. Foulsam & Co., 1965.

Jerkins, Dudley. Toasts and After-Dinner Speeches: How to Respond to Toasts or to Make Other Public Addresses, and Always to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1933.

Jr., Judge.  Here's How! New York: 1927.

Jr., Judge.  Here's How!  New and Revised Edition  New York: The John Day Company.  Nov. 1927.  [undated, reprint? edition, inscribed "xmas 1928" on ffep.  This book is especially funny.  The title of the book is a toast...it is also a description of what the book is...a book of toasts and a "here's how" to make drinks from the bootlegger's hooch. See Henry, pg. 45. ]

Kaser, Arthur Leroy.  Good Toasts and Funny Stories.  Chicago: T. S. Denison & Co., Chicago, 1923.

_______________. Toasts and Stories for Every Occasion. Dayton, Ohio: Paine Publishing Co., 1934.

Kearney, Paul W. Toasts and Anecdotes.  New York: Edward J. Clode, 1923.  8vo.  Dated only by copyright.  It is reprinted entire as part of Clode's 2088 Jokes, Toasts and Anecdotes.  Must check to see if it's copyright has expired.

Kelly, Joan Larson.  Irish Wit and Wisdom.  White Plains, N.Y.: Peter Pauper Press, 1976.

Koken, John M. Here's to It!  New York: A. S. Barnes, 1960.  8vo.  This is one of the better toasts book which preserves variants of semi-bawdy toasts.

[Legman, G., Ed.] The Limerick: 1700 Examples, with Notes, Variants and Index.  Paris: Les Hautes Etudes. 1953.  There are various reprints & pirated copies available from many different publishers.     

____________. The New Limerick: 2750 Unpublished Examples American and British New York: Bell Publishing Company,  1977  [1980 printing]

Lewis, E. C.  Toasts for All Occasions. Vols. I & II.  Boston: Mutual Book Co., 1903.   [32 pages each.]

_________.  Everybody Up -- A Book of Toasts.  Boston: Mutual Book Co., 1909.   

Loots, Barbara Kunz.  The Little Book of Toasts.  Kansas City: Hallmark, 1975.

Lowe, Paul E. The 20th Century Book of Toasts.  Philadelphia:  David McKay, 1910.   8vo.  I have an undated on title page hardback.  There is present the copyright notice of 1910.

Lupton, Martha.  The Treasury of Modern Humor.  Indianapolis:  Maxwell Droke, 1938.

McClure, John. 1918  The Stag's Hornbook.

McClure, John, and William Rose Benet.  The Stag's Hornbook.  New York: Knopf, 1945.

McCord, David.1945.  What Cheer.  New York: Coward-McCann,

McIvor, Ivor Ben.  Scottish Toasts.  New York: H. M. Caldwell, 1908.

McLean, James Monroe.  The Book of Wine.  Philadelphia:  Dorrance and Co., 1908.

Madison, Janet.  Toasts you Ought to Know.  Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1908.

Marchant, W. T.  In Praise of Ale: Songs, Ballads, Epigaws and Anecdotes Relating to Beer, Malt and Hops.  London: George Redway, 1888.

Meiers, Mildred, and Jack Knapp.  Thesaurus of Humor.  New York: Crown, 1940.

Monson-Fitzjohn, G. J. Drinking Vessels of Bygone Days.  London: Herbert Jenkins, 1927.

Morewood, Samuel.  Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors. Dublin: 1838.

Morrison, Lillian.  Yours Till Niagara Falls.  New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1950.

______________. Toaster's Handbook.  New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1916.

______________. More Toasts.  New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1922.

Muller, Helen M. Still More Toasts. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1932. [2nd printing.  This doesn't have any toasts.  Instead it is filled with anecdotes, sayings, jokes and humorous stories.]

Murphy, J.F. Five Hundred Popular and Up-To-Date Toasts.  Boston: J. F. Murphy, n.d.

Nesbit, Wilbur.  The Loving Cup: Original Toasts by Original Folks.  Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1909.  [stated seventh edition,  print date not noted.]

"Noolas, Rab". Merry-Go-Down : A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards Through The Ages.  London: Mandrake Press.  Limited to 600 copies. ca. 1929.  [Not Dated.  Book was reprinted (pirated?) in non-limited editions]. 

Old English Drinking Songs.  Cincinnati: Byway Press, Limited to 350 copies, 1903.

Ott, Irv. Popular Toasts. Baltimore: Phoenix Publishing Co., 1904.

Owen, Peter.  A History of Gin.  London: 1976.

Pasta, Elmer.  Complete Book of Roasts, Boasts and Toasts.  West Nyack, New York: Parker Publishing Company, Inc. 1982.  [publish date unknown, probable book club edition.]

Pearl, The.  [London: 1879- 1882]  The magazine published in serial form several of the most erotic books in the Victorian era.  It also had interspersed in the various issues limericks and a few toasts.  See bawdy toasts subsection. 

Phelps, Idelle. Drawings by Helen Alden Knipe.  Your Health!  Philadelphia and London: George W. Jacobs, 1906.  [first edition?, published Oct. 1906.  Paul Dickson credits this book as the reason he started collecting toasts and if one sees the book one knows why.  It is a lovely book decorated inside & out with illustrations by Knipe that are integrated with the toasts -- One toast & one illustration to each page.]

Pittinger, William.  Toasts and Forms of Public Address.  Philadelphia:  The Penn Publishing Co., 1895.   [1907 printing]

Price, E. Cox.  Bons Mots for Menus.  London: Practical Press, 1935.

Prochnow, Herbert V.  The Public Speaker's Treasure Chest.  New York:  Harper and Bros., 1942. 

________________.  Toastmaster's Handbook.  New York: Prentice-Hall, 1949.  [second printing, June 1949]

Proskauer, Julien J.  What'll You Have?  New York: A. L. Burt, 1933.

Prynne, William.  Healthes: Sicknesse.  London: 1628.

Pudney, John.   The Harp Book of Toasts.  London:  Harp Lager,  1963.

Ramsay, William.  A Book of Toasts.  New York: Dodge publishing Co., 1906.

Reynolds, Cuyler. The Banquet Book.  New York: G. P. Putnam, 1902.

Rice, Wallace and Frances.  Toasts and Tipple: A Book of Conviviality.  New York: M.A. Donohue and Co., 1914.

Roach, J. The Royal Toast Master.  London: Roach, 1791.

Rodgers, H. A. Toasts and Cocktails.  St. Louis: Shallcross Printing and Stationary Co., 1908.

Rosten, Leo. The Giant Book of Laughter. New York: Bonanza, 1989.

Rowe, Col. William H., Jr.  Campaign Verse and Toast.  Albany: J. B. Lyon and Co. 1908.

Russell, Ralph.  Mix and Be Merry.  Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, 1974.

Sargent, John William, and Nella Fontaine Binckley.  Toasts for the Times in Pictures and Rhymes.  Chicago: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1906.

Schmidt, William.  The Flowing Bowl. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892.

"Shane Na Gael," Irish Toasts. New York: H. M. Caldwell, 1908.

Shay, Frank.  Drawn From the Wood. New York: Gold Label Books, 1929.  Need to verify that copyright has expired.

Simon, Andre L. Bottlescrew Days: Wine Drinking in England During the Eighteenth Century.  London: Duckworth, 1926.  Need to verify that copyright has expired.

Simon, Andrew Louis.  Drink.  New York: Horizon Press, 1953.

Social and Convivial Toast-Master, The.  London: C. Daly, 19 Red Lion Square, 1841.   This book is in raw OCRed text format.  I may have time to clean it up in the future.

Stafford, William Young.  Toasts and Speeches.  Chicago: Frederick J. Drake and Co., 1902.

Speeches and Toasts: How to Make and Propose Them. London: Ward, Lock & Co, n.d.  [after May 1910 because it mentions that Union of South Africa is newest Dominion of the British Empire,  before 1936 when King George V died.]

Stemp, Leslie F. Speeches and Toasts: How to Make and Propose Them (revised edition).  London: Ward, Lock & Co, n.d. 

Sullivan, James. Smart Toasts for the Smart Set.  New York: M. J. Ivers, 1903.

Sutherland, Natalie M. Toasts, Jokes and Limericks.  Reader Mail, 1937.

Swan, Harry Percival.  Flashes of Wit and Wisdom.  Belfast: The Quota Press, 1952.

Thiselton, William Matthew.  National Anecdotes: Interspersed with Historical Facts; English Proverbial Sayings and Maxims with Collection of Toasts and Sentiments,  London: Cradock and Joy, 1812.  [Editor states that the Toasts part of the book was originally issued as a small tract and was out of print in 1812.]

Toasts.  St. Louis, Mo.: The William J. Lemp Brewing Co., 1897.

Toasts.  St. Louis, Mo.: The William J. Lemp Brewing Co., 1901.

Toasts and After-Dinner Stories. New York: Barse and Hopkins, n.d.

Viets, Elaine. "Here's Mud in Your Eye." St. Louis, Post-Dispatch, December 26, 1976.

Waters, Margaret.  Toasts.  New York: Barse and Hopkins, 1909.

Watson, Rowlan.  Merry Gentlemen. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1951.

[West, William] Tavern Anecdotes and Reminiscences of the Origin of Signs, Clubs, Coffee-Houses, Streets, City Companies, Wards,   London:  William Cole, 1825.      [Describes many of the London taverns and the source of their names as well as clubs like the Free and Easy Club, the Hum-Drum Club, the Terrible Club, the Lookers-on Club, the Little Club and numerous others. The author also looks into the origin of London street and ward names. The final chapter examines some of the curious imprints used by printers. The author, William West, was a bookseller (LONDON)]

Williams, Victor W.  "Hello Bill" Toasts.  San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray Co., 1903.

Wood, Katharine B.  Quotations for Occasions.  New York:  The Century Co., 1896.

Woolard, Sam F. Good Fellowship. Wichita, Kans.:  Goldsmith Woolard Publishing Co., 1904.

Wright, Richardson.  The Bed-Book of Eating and Drinking.  Philadelphia: J.B Lippincott, 1943.

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