4th Jan, 2017 9:00 GMT/BST

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Lot 117
 

117

ALCOHOL AND DRINKING Sutton Sharpe & Co. (Publishers) Truths About Whisky 1879, London, 8vo....

ALCOHOL AND DRINKING
Sutton Sharpe & Co. (Publishers) Truths About Whisky
1879, London, 8vo. Second Edition: viii, pp. 103 plus pp. [10] adverts/ list of wholesalers etc. Includes four folding lithographic plates of Dublin distilleries. Original stamped green cloth displaying 1s/- price. Some minor edge ware, light marginal spotting to plates and text. A good copy of a scarce book.
[With:] Cups And Their Customs, 1869, London, John Van Voorst, 8vo. Second Edition, chromolithograph frontispiece, publisher's advert leaf to rear. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a.e.g. A good copy. [&] Hartley (Joseph) The Wine and Spirit Merchant's Companion...containing several hundred valuable receipts [recipes], 1835, London, 12mo, pp. 208 plus Index, plain green rubbed and scuffed cloth, upper cover detached, foxing throughout. Previous ownership inscription to Preface (3).

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

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