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Publisher: Review Press Ltd., 1951.
Hard Cover, 120 pages, 7.00 x 8.75.
Item #1428

Stanley Strong, managing director of the Crown Cork Company and head of the Allied Brewery Traders' Association (London), wrote this nostalgic and entertaining history of brewing in England in 1951. He covers all of the most colorful aspects of English beermaking -- See the Table of Contents below/ Among the highlights is a nice assortment of illustrative plates (about 25 of them), most in full-color. Cover is leather-bound with gilt-stamped title.

Table of Contents:

1. The Dark Ages and the Dawn
     The Northmen
     Valhalla
     Eve of battle and victory feasts
     St. Columban and St. Bridget
     Monastic Brewing
     Ale-wives
     Regulations
     Fines
     Names of early brewers
     The King's ale-buyers
2. Custom and Law in the Middle Ages
     Emblems of trade
     Ale conners
     The Oath
     Retail trade
     Transport
     Brewers as pubic servants
     Ale for the poor
     Brewery utensils
     Export of beer
     Water supplies
3. The Guild
     Early records
     Wages control
     Officers elected
     Revision of ordinances
     Coopers
     1482 regulations
     Apprentices
     Inspection of malt, beer
4. Prices, Measures and Penalties
     Assize of bread and ale
     Rise and fall of price
     Effects of the Black Death
     Master and servant
     Enhancement
     Measure
     Size of measures
     Wages and service
5. The Days of the Tudors
     The coming of beer
     Control and competition
     Retailers' troubles
     The Beer-brewers' Guild
6. The Inn and Innkeeper
     Early inns and taverns
     Sign of the Bush
     Atmosphere
     Town hostels
     Monastic hospitality
     Increasing amenities
     Taxation
     The Innholders' Company
7. Names and Signs
     Heraldic arms and bdages
     Association with families
     Strange conceits, corruptions
8. Stuart and Georgian Times
     The ordinary
     High prices
     The killjoy arrives
     The beer duty
     Founding of the great breweries
     Famous October ales
     Women and strong beers
9. Drinking Vessels
     Bottles, tankards, black-jacks
     Yard o' beer glasses
     Engraved beer decanters and glasses
10. Recent Times
     Development of village tavern
     Beer and social life of community
     Survivals of ancient brews
     Progress in brewing, bottling
11. The Stopper
     Early types
     The cork
     The development and growing popularity of bottled beers
     The Crown Cork
12. Conclusion
     Brewers' part in tavern development
     Beer valuable factor in modern social life