Tea & Coffee A Modern View Of Three Hundred Years Of Tradition
by Bramah, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Tall octavo, brown cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Endpapers illustrated with line drawings of collectible teapots. 168pp. including index and bibliography. A complete story of the rise of tea and coffee drinking in England with particular reference to China tea an East African coffee plantations. Includes a history of the coffee society, drinking and serving in England from the first coffee house to the modern coffee "bar" and the history of tea in England from Queen Anne to the present. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume (a faint line of toning from foldover on endpapers) else fine, in a crisp, tight, clean, dust jacket, with a couple of very minor spots of rubbing near spine ends. Very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. A great copy of this uncommon title..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09030
- Title
- Tea & Coffee A Modern View Of Three Hundred Years Of Tradition
- Author
- Bramah, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BRAHAM, COFFEE, TEA, IMPORT, BLENDING, PRODUCTION, BREWING, MERCHANDISE, TRADITION, UTENSILS, POT, TASTING, SOCIAL, RITUAL, VENDING, CHINA, AFRICA, BEVERAGE, LONDON, ENGLAND, ENGLISH, COFFEE HOUSE, BAR, HISTORY,
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- Food;
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Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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