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Giant Alcohol; or, Talks With the Young on the Science of Temperance by Spiers, William

Giant Alcohol; or, Talks With the Young on the Science of Temperance

by Spiers, William

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London: Robert Culley. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. N.d. [Ca. 1915] Early edition. Orig. green cloth with colour illustrations on front cover and spine, 160pp. In-text illustrations. School prize plate on front pastedown (dated 1917), edges foxed, light rubbing to cloth with light stain at foot of rear board o/w near fine. "There is a terrible enemy in this country which kills many thousands of men and women every year, besides injuring many more...ITS NAME IS ALCOHOL.
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  • Publisher Robert Culley
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  • Keywords Alcohol, Drugs, Temperance

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Art of the Tea Ceremony: A Special Exhibition

Art of the Tea Ceremony: A Special Exhibition

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Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1980. xxiv; 298 pp. 379 tea wares illustrated in b&w plates and described; 27 items are repeated in color. Text in Japanese; a Foreword and a 23-page catalogue list of 399 items in English; 20 Development Plans listed in the catalogue are not among the plates. The foreword states the exhibition was organized to view the development of Chanoyu in three phases: Karamano Taste under Kitayama to Higashiyama reigns; Wabi Taste under the grand tea masters of Juko to Rikyu; thereafter. Nicely bound in red-orange textured wrappers. The top outside corner is bumped causing light creases to the page corners; light foxing to the top edge. Clean throughout.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to.
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Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry. / by Henry W. Cave, ......

Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry. / by Henry W. Cave, ... Illustrated from Photographs by the Author

by Cave, Henry William (1854- )

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London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1900. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked period decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 476 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, 476 p. , [2] leaves of plates : ill. , 1 map ; 23 cm. Includes index. Subject: Tea trade - Sri Lanka - Description and travel.
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The Man Who Made Wine

The Man Who Made Wine

by J.M. Scott

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Fine condition in slipcase. Number 144 of 200 copies, signed by Rod Smith, who provides commentary and signed by the illustrator Deanna Glad.
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Troubador Coffee House (Advertising Poster)

Troubador Coffee House (Advertising Poster)

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No Place: No Publisher RARE advertising poster, no artist, no publisher, no date(circa 1970s), no place. Very Good, coffee(?) stains top and bottom margins, small triangular chip top edge, corner creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 30" h x 20 1/2"w.
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Cocktails Their Kicks and Side-Kicks
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Cocktails Their Kicks and Side-Kicks

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USA: Bird & Turner, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A small, slim hardback book16cm x 12cm. The book has been carefully read & is still firmly bound although there is some cracking to the front hinge. There are no torn, loose or missing pages. No inscription or ownership markings. Inside the pages are clean..
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Art of the Tea Ceremony: A Special Exhibition

Art of the Tea Ceremony: A Special Exhibition

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Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1980. xxiv; 298 pp. 379 tea wares illustrated in b&w plates and described; 27 items are repeated in color. Text in Japanese; a Foreword and a 23-page catalogue list of 399 items in English; 20 Development Plans listed in the catalogue are not among the plates. The foreword states the exhibition was organized to view the development of Chanoyu in three phases: Karamano Taste under Kitayama to Higashiyama reigns; Wabi Taste under the grand tea masters of Juko to Rikyu; thereafter. Nicely bound in red-orange textured wrappers. The top outside corner is bumped causing light creases to the page corners; light foxing to the top edge. Clean throughout.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to.
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Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry. / by Henry W. Cave, ......

Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry. / by Henry W. Cave, ... Illustrated from Photographs by the Author

by Cave, Henry William (1854- )

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London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1900. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked period decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 476 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, 476 p. , [2] leaves of plates : ill. , 1 map ; 23 cm. Includes index. Subject: Tea trade - Sri Lanka - Description and travel.
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The Man Who Made Wine

The Man Who Made Wine

by J.M. Scott

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Fine condition in slipcase. Number 144 of 200 copies, signed by Rod Smith, who provides commentary and signed by the illustrator Deanna Glad.
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Troubador Coffee House (Advertising Poster)

Troubador Coffee House (Advertising Poster)

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No Place: No Publisher RARE advertising poster, no artist, no publisher, no date(circa 1970s), no place. Very Good, coffee(?) stains top and bottom margins, small triangular chip top edge, corner creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 30" h x 20 1/2"w.
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Cocktails Their Kicks and Side-Kicks
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Cocktails Their Kicks and Side-Kicks

by Anon

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USA: Bird & Turner, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A small, slim hardback book16cm x 12cm. The book has been carefully read & is still firmly bound although there is some cracking to the front hinge. There are no torn, loose or missing pages. No inscription or ownership markings. Inside the pages are clean..
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Giant Alcohol; or, Talks With the Young on the Science of Temperance
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Giant Alcohol; or, Talks With the Young on the Science of Temperance

by Rev William Spiers

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London: Robert Culley, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Undated but circa 1907, possible first edition. 8vo, viii + pp160 with b/w illustrations throughout plus 16 pages of catalogue of prize and gift books to rear. Hardcover no dust jacket. Pictorial brown buckram binding with bevelled edges and leather inlay and gilt and black design to front board with gilt and black to spine. Binding in good condition with a little shelf wear to top and tail of spine and little rubbing to edges and tips . Inside all pages with full edge gilt in very good clean condition with a little foxing and aging to end papers. A lovely copy.
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The Book of Beer

The Book of Beer

by Campbell, Andrew

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London: Dennis Dobson, 1956. Octavo (20.3 x 13.5 cm.), 304 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. A book with two purposes: to explain the process of beer making to the interested layman, and to make the case for beer as the national beverage of Great Britain. The chapters cover the materials and art of brewing, ales of the past, beer and health, beer and special occasions, pairing beer with food, cooking with beer, customs related to beer and ale, and how to drink beer. A final section contains quotes about beer and ale through the ages. Fine in red cloth. in a very near fine dust jacket, unclipped but with a small early price sticker over the original. The jacket is decorated with a bright and colorful design by Rudland.
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BEER MAN COOKBOOK
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BEER MAN COOKBOOK

by Willmon, Trent

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Nashville, TN: Private Printing. 2007. First Edition. Spiral bound. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear, light soiling at bottom edge of pages; Signed by Trent Willmon; Color Photographs; 171 pages; Signed by Author .
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Manual of Alcoholic Fermentation And the Allied Industries
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Manual of Alcoholic Fermentation And the Allied Industries

by Charles G. Matthews

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London: Edwin Arnold, 1901. Hardcover. Good+. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and the publisher's monogram stamped in blind on the front cover. Faint lab or chemical odor. Light blemish on the spine where a shelf-label had been; boards rubbed and lightly worn at spine ends and along edges of spine. Previous owners' names on endpapers. Interior is generally clean, aside from some pencil underlining. 48 illustrations. xv, 295, plus [4] pages adversing. 18.3 x 12 cm. Text on the organic chemical processes of fermentation, with some discussion of the production of wine and beer. Contents: [I] Alcoholic Fermentation. General Considerations Leading to Special Ones. [II] Alcoholic Fermentation as a Property of Living Cells. [III] The Saccharomycetes, the Other Organisms Acting as Alcoholic Ferments. [IV] The Effect of Physical and Chemical Influences on the Yeast Organism. [V] Chemical Science. [VI] The Carbohydrates. [VII] Nitrogenous Substances and the Nutrition of Yeast.… Read More
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Starting Your Own Brewery

Starting Your Own Brewery

by Dick Cantwell

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9781938469053
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1938469054
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Brewers Publications, 2013. Near Fine. Clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Minor shelf wear to cover. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.
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Observations on a Bill to Permit the General Sale of Beer, by Retail in England, Most...
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Observations on a Bill to Permit the General Sale of Beer, by Retail in England, Most Respectfully Submitted to the Members of the House of Commons

by A Country Brewer

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London: Printed by W. Sears, 11, Budge Row, Walbrook, 1830. Booklet, sewn in wrappers. Octavo (22.5 x 14.5 cm.), 16 pages. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A response to the impending Beer Act of 1830, from a "Country Brewer". The commercial policy called the Beer Act would open brewing and cider making up to all householders who paid a modest fee, and the existing brewers, all licensed by local magistrates, were pushing back. The argument made within claims that quality will decline, adulteration will proliferate, and the economic impact will be negative. To some extent the Country Brewer must have been correct. Only two weeks after the passage of the act, Sir Sydney Smith uttered his famous line, "The Sovereign people are in a beastly state. Everybody is drunk. Those who are not singing are sprawling." Internally near fine, in contemporary, but not original, edge-worn brown wrappers with a hand-lettered label; wrappers now separated at hinge. With the ownership inscription, "H. Stokes, July 20, 1886". [OCLC… Read More
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OUR HUNDREDTH YEAR: 1842-1942; [cover title] To Commemorate Our 100th Year: The F. & M. Schaefer...
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OUR HUNDREDTH YEAR: 1842-1942; [cover title] To Commemorate Our 100th Year: The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co., America's Oldest Lager Beer

by [Beer]

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(New York: Schaefer Brewing/ William E. Rudge's Sons, 1942). First edition. Commemorative book issued on the 100th anniversary of the founding of NYC's longest operating brewery by German brothers Frederick and Maximilian Scheafer. Oblong folio glossy red paper-covered boards with 2 gold embossed medallions on front; profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs and one-color plate; unpaginated. This copy still housed in the original tan-and-black box/shipping container with printed red label featuring picture of the 2-sides of the commemorative medal (as on the book's front cover) nestled in a bed of grains as well as space for personalization and/or address. The cardboard box is fair but mostly intact, missing only half of top end and with fragile outer layers of paper showing flaking and wear. Book is near fine. Would appear to be quite rare in the original box.
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Modern Domestic Cookery, and useful Receipt Book, adapted for Families in the Middling and Gentel...
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Modern Domestic Cookery, and useful Receipt Book, adapted for Families in the Middling and Gentel Ranks of Life, with a Complete Family Physician. Instructions for Making British Wines, Brewing, Baking, &c.,&c

by Hammond, Elizabeth

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London: Dean & Munday, 1820. Duodecimo, iv, 288 pages. Illustrated frontispiece and four engraved plates. Third edition, probable second printing. The book sports two title pages, one dated 1819 and one 1820, which leads us to presume that the printer just added the 1820 title page without removing the former. A fairly popular work that Oxford indicates had at least nine editions. Includes some interesting medical remedies, including this one for headache: "This unpleasant pain may be prevented by wearing the hair short, and by washing the head daily in cold water; then rub the hair dry, and expose it to the air." Some spotting and foxing throughout. Original olive colored moire cloth with leather spine label. Some wear to front hinge. [Cagle 720, 721, & 722 note other editions; as does Oxford page 143-44; Simon BG cites the 1819 and 1828 editions].
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(Beer)( (Advertising) Sheet Music for The Goebel March and Two Step
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(Beer)( (Advertising) Sheet Music for The Goebel March and Two Step

by Zickel, Harry W

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Detroit: Compliments of Col. August Goebel /Zickel Brothers Music Publ. , 1900. Musical Score : Printed music : Marches 1 score (3 pages). RARE. Early example of sheet music used for advertising, and a great piece of beer brewing history. Red, black and white lithographic cover art with two black and white photos of The Goebel Brewing Company printed rear cover. The Company brewed in Detroit from 1873 to 1964, other than during Prohibition, and its beer was sold until 2005. Born in 1839 in Prussia, August Goebel Sr. fought at Bull Run and rose through the ranks to become Colonel by the end of the war. He died in 1905. OCLC locates only the Library of Michigan with a copy, although online search locates a copy at the Detroit Historical Society. Very Good, small edge tears, creases, prior owner name in ink at top margin front cover. . First Printing. One Sheet, Folded. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Directions for Using the Patent Saccharometer, for brewing ale and beer, at all times to the same...

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Liverpool: Printed by M. Galway & Co. 1814. First (only?) edition, 12, [1, list of instruments with prices], [1, blank]pp., recent paper wrappers. John Dicas was a scientific instrument maker, active in Liverpool, between 1774 and 1797. He was succeeded by his daughters Mary and Ann, who continued to operate the business until some time after 1837 when it was then taken over by Joseph Long. In 1780 John Dicas was awarded UK patent 1,259 for "constructing hydrometers with sliding-rules to ascertain spirit strength". (Hopp, 'Slide Rules. Their History, Models, and Makers'. 1999). A printed thirteen-line "Caution" on verso of the title-page warns against instruments on sale in London and Dublin stamped "Dicas" which are not of of her [Mary Arstall] manufacture. Not traced in Copac or OCLC.
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The Art of Brewing. Part I & Part II. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the...
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The Art of Brewing. Part I & Part II. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge

by [Booth, David]; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

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London: Baldwin and Cradock, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, Robertson and Atkinson, Glasgow, W.F. Wakeman, Dublin, and G. and C. Carvill, New York, 1829. Two volumes. Octavos (22.7 x 15.2 cm.), 32, [4] pages; 32, [2] pages. With six steel engraved illustrations of equipment in the text, and additional charts and tables. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Two additional volumes were issued in 1834 by F.J. Madon of London. A practical explanation of brewing ingredients, equipment and processes. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, was a London-based society formed in the early nineteenth century whose intention was to publish educational treatises on a wide range of topics so that individuals who could not obtain formal education could educate themselves. Previous owner's name in ink to title page. Offsetting to first and final pages of text block, otherwise internally near fine. In later, but contemporary brown paper wrappers, with hand lettered label to each. Edges of wrappers of both volumes… Read More
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