Cups Customs, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight and square, bright covers and spine. Foxing of endpapers else interior is clean and unmarked.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 176 pages illustrations 22 cm. Notes; "References and notes": pages 165-176. Subjects; Mead. Mead History. Drinking customs Great Britain. Drinking of alcoholic beverages Great Britain. Mether Alcoholic Beverages Vessels History Social Honey Consumption Use Wines. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Age toning to pages, 176pp. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 176 pages illustrations 22 cm. Notes; "References and notes": pages 165-176. Subjects; Mead. Mead History. Drinking customs Great Britain. Drinking of alcoholic beverages Great Britain. Mether Alcoholic Beverages Vessels History Social Honey Consumption Use Wines. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. First edition. Phillimore & Co., 1948; "First published." stated, no additional printings indicated; 176pp., photo frontis as well as 12 b&w illustrations in text. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very small dent (almost not worth mentioning) near top of spine; very minor wear to edges of blue cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; illustration and text very good throughout; very mild foxing to edges of page block. Light wear, mild toning to clipped dust jacket; small cluster of brown damp-spots on rear panel; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. A very presentable copy of this classic study of ancient liquors and drinking vessels. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hard Cover. First Edition. (London: John Van Voorst 1863). First Edition. Publisher's very dark-blue boards lettered in faded gold to the front board and spine. 52 pages. Some surface loss to the corners, a contemporary gift inscription from March 1863 to the front free end-paper overall VG indeed with faded covers. One of the earliest books about cocktails. Quite scarce in first edition. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hard Cover. First Edition. (London: John Van Voorst 1863. First Edition. Publisher's very dark-blue boards lettered in faded gold to the front board and spine. 52 pages. The spine has been professionally and sympathetically reinforced by a skilled bookbinder. Overall a VG copy with a neat name and address to the front free end-paper. A neat, archival repair to the top-edge of the front free end-paper otherwise VG indeed with some foxing to the verso of both the front and rear free end-papers. One of the earliest books about cocktails. Quite scarce in first edition. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 52pp. Handcolored frontispiece; terminal vignette. Black glazed paper boards with gilt decoration. Bookplate of T. Herbert Prater, corners and edges rubbed, a few small losses at the spine, gilt on boards largely rubbed away, still an about very good copy of a fragile construction. Early cocktail book, described as "A collection of recipes for the brewing of compound drinks. ." Ex-James Gabler. *Gabler* 36290.