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In Praise of Ale or Songs, Ballads, Epigrams, & Anecdotes Relating to Beer, Malt, and Hops with Some Curious Particulars Concerning Ale-Wives and Brewers Drinking-Clubs and Customs
by Marchant, W. T. (Collected and Arranged by)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Redway, 1888. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dated 1888 but no edition specified. Assumed first or early edition. Brown cloth with gilt titling to spine. Dark brown endpapers. Minor soiling to cloth with rubbing to corners and spine tips; minor wear to gilt. Age-toning and minor marking to page edges. Many of the top page edges are unopened but can easily be opened with a sharp knife. First blank appears to be missing. Contents mostly clean with a few marks here and there but no bookplates, inscriptions or foxing. Sewn binding, all intact and tight. 632 pp. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005665
- Title
- In Praise of Ale or Songs, Ballads, Epigrams, & Anecdotes Relating to Beer, Malt, and Hops with Some Curious Particulars Concerning Ale-Wives and Brewers Drinking-Clubs and Customs
- Author
- Marchant, W. T. (Collected and Arranged by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Redway
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Food & Drink; Music; History; History of Beer; Brewing History; Songs about Beer; Brewing Songs
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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