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Publisher: Bracken Books, London, 1985.
Hard Cover, 392 pages, 6.00 x 8.75.
Item #1487
Reprint edition of a 1909 book. Extensively illustrated. Very comprehensive with numerous articles arranged in 34 large chapters. Genesis of ales & inns; mediaeval brewing; influence of the church; mediaeval inns; vintners & taverns; brewers & breweries; universality of ale; ancient restrictions on brewing & selling ale; early licensing & legislative repression; restrictive punishments in olden times; ardent spirits & advent of excise; gin fever; lingering effects of gin policy; drinking customs; drunkenness the national vice; some mysteries of drinking cult; old tavern life; old-time popularity of inns; in praise of inns; inns as public institutions, serving many purposes; some historic inns; other notable inns; inns of fiction; innkeepers & innkeeping; inkeepers tokens; pub signs; signboards & their painters; sign rhymes; compounded beverages, warm drinks; drinking songs; drinking vessels; advent of the coffee-house; suburban tea gardens; smoking.
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