Conversation so far:
What's the deal with cocktail books?
Albert Stevens Crockett, the hotel's veteran publicist and historian, wrote his first cocktail book "Old Waldorf Bar Days.
When did he write this book?
" in 1931 during Prohibition and the construction of the current hotel on Park Avenue.
Did this book sell well?
This edition was never reprinted.

Question: What cocktails were in this book?
Self-contained rewrite: What cocktails were in Old Waldorf Bar Days?