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.]
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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.
