Egbert G Hooper (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th edn, Sheppard & St John, London, 1891. 8vo, 6p ads, xviii, 366p, index, 8p ads. Includes 110p Addendum. Tables and diagrams. Inscr. Hinges strengthened, sllght wear else VG in original cloth gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1891 4th edition clothbound hardback in very good condition with some very minor scattered foxing and very slight scuffing on spine and corners. 366pp including index and Addendum, with illustrations and tables, plus prefaces to 1st and 4th editions, examination papers for 1988, '89, '90 and '91, and 12pp of period adverts. Inscribed with owner's name.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. black cloth, gilt title to spine, blind stamped to boards. x, 251, vi, ads. Some staining to cloth, cockling to spine, bumping to corners and spine ends, some light rubbing. Hinges cracked. Pencil ownership inscription to ffep. Light foxing to interior. "This work is intended to answer a threefold purpose--1st, to furnish a text book to the Technical Brewing Examination of the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education 2ndly, to afford all those--Revenue Officers and others--whose business brings them in contact with the Brewing trade a guide to its technicalities and some instruction on the chemical principles upon which its manufacturing operations depend; and 3rdly, to offer to Brewers, and especially those who have not had the advantage of a scientific training, a Manual containing an account of the discoveries of science which bear upon their profession, and a description of methods to be followed in the analytical examination of Beer, Brewing-materials, and Water." (from the preface).…