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EVERY MAN HIS OWN BREWER, OR, A COMPENDIUM OF THE ENGLISH BREWERY.
by CHILD (Samuel). By a Gentleman, lately retired from the brewing business.:
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, printed for the author: and sold by J. Almon; and Mess. Robinson and Roberts, 1768.. TITLE CONTINUED: Containing the best instructions for the choice of hops, malt, and water ... the most approved methods of brewing ... and of manufacturing pure malt wines ... together with a variety of maxims and observations .. FIRST EDITION 1768. 12mo, approximately 170 x 95 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, pages: [4], vi, ix-256, [4], half-title present, the jump in pagination the same in all copies, bound in full contemporary sheep, gilt lettered label and gilt rules to spine, gilt rules to edges of covers. Binding rubbed and worn, hinges cracked but still holding on the cords, slight chipping to head and tail of spine, small repair to foot of spine, corners worn with some board showing, staining to edges of pastedowns and small name crossed out in ink, pale age-browning to endpapers, a good copy. See: William Cagle, A Matter of Taste, A Bibliographical Catalogue of International Books on Food and Drink, page 422, No. 600, stating A6 and BII are cancels; Virginia Maclean, A Short-title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books published in the English Tonque 1701-1800, page 26. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47883
- Title
- EVERY MAN HIS OWN BREWER, OR, A COMPENDIUM OF THE ENGLISH BREWERY.
- Author
- CHILD (Samuel). By a Gentleman, lately retired from the brewing business.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London, printed for the author: and sold by J. Almon; and Mess. Robinson and Roberts, 1768.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- brewing hops malt wines breweries ale beer
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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