Creator
Aldine Association
Title
American Booksellers Association Banquet
Coverage
New York City
Date
May 16, 1906
Description
The sixth annual banquet of the American Booksellers Association was held at the Aldine Association. The assemblage was described as “a notable gathering of those who toil in the making, producing, and vending of books.” The menu and program are bound into a novelty book entitled Toasts, compiled by William M. Rhoads, and illustrated by Clare Victor Dwiggins. The die-cut book, which featured soft leather covers in shape of beer stein, was published by the Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia (1904/1905). The dinner featured Cape Cod oysters, cream of lettuce soup, planked shad, and roast capon.