"The Colony: Portrait Of A Restaurant- And Its Famous Recipes" 1945 BRODY, Iles Ambrose Heath Corners rubbed

Corners rubbed

Circa 1950s

Frame Sz: 30 1/4"H x 14 1/2"W

this classic circa 1930s golf course (hand-painted) board game based on the actual course in Winchendon

Cover by Benito

"The Colony: Portrait Of A Restaurant- And Its Famous Recipes" 1945 BRODY, Iles Ambrose Heath Corners rubbedBRODY, Iles [296] pp. Greenberg: Publisher 1945 This is copy number 365 of a special De Luxe edition limited to 750 copies 9 1 2" x 6 1 2" There are many amusing bits of social history in the first section of this book about one of New Yorks most missed restaurants. In one such passage, the Colonys Socialist tendencies are exposedwaiters took diners bills to proprietor Gene Cavallero who would increase or decrease the total based upon his estimation