Local by Whitbread: First Edition (4 results)
Published by Whitbread & Co. , London 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Highly uncommon in the dw. ; 50 pages; Description: 50 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subject: Bars (Drinking establishments) -- England. Notes:…With 7 plates in color and 26 in black and white. Number 2 in the Whitbread Library series. 1 Kg.
Published by Whitbread & Co. , London 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, , IrelandMW Books Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 11.88
US$ 16.17 shippingShips from Ireland to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Highly uncommon in the dw. ; 50 pages; Description: 50 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subject: Bars (Drinking establishments) -- England. Notes:…With 7 plates in color and 26 in black and white. Number 2 in the Whitbread Library series. 1 Kg.
More imagesPublished by Whitbread & Co 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Secret Bookshop, Johannesburg, GAUTE, South AfricaSecret Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 60.00
US$ 5.80 shippingShips from South Africa to U.S.A.Quantity: 4 available
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Four volumes of the Whitbread Library: Vol 2,Your Local, 1947. Vol 5, Whitbread Craftsmen, 1948. Vol 6, Inns of Kent, 1948. Vol 7, Inns of Sport, 1949. All first editions, hardcover with dust jackets. Pages slightly browned, dust jackets bright,shelf worn.
Published by Whitbread and Co., [1947-1953] 1947
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United KingdomIsland Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 497.46
US$ 31.12 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
11 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured, tinted and monochrome illustrations (many full-page) throughout, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, one or two volumes with neat signatures on endpapers; original series bnding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, a few…wrappers chipped at heads of backstrips. LOOSELY INSERTED ARE 1)PUBLISHER'S PRINTED PROSPECTUS FOR THE SERIES; 2) T.L.s. FROM W. H. WHITBREAD, CHAIRMAN. The set comprises 1: Whitbread's Brewery (1947); 2: Your Local (1947); 3: Inn-Signia (1948); 4: The Brewer's Art (1948); 5: Whitbread Craftsmen (1948); 6: Inns of Kent (1948); 7: Inns of Sport; (1949) 8: Receipts and Relishes (1950); 9: Your Club (1950); 10: Inn Crafts and Furnishings (1950); 11: Word for Word (1953). Produced to promote the famous brewery, its products and its houses, the Whitbread Library is a tribute to a passed age of ale, 'the local' and the English countryside which must have seemed idyllic in the aftermath of WWII. Covering all aspects of the art and craft of brewing and related activities, the series was produced partly in-house and partly using well-known authors and illustrators including John Moore, John Wentworth-Day, Bernard Darwin, John Leigh-Pemberton, Ivor Brown and Derrick Harris. The texts are deceptively detailed and all volumes are well-illustrated. Several volumes (especially 2, 3 and 8) are scarce; one (no. 11) is rare; most are now elusive in really good condition with dustwrappers. The series was clearly well-received: The Times termed it a 'novel enterprise in commercial publishing'; the Illustrated London News called it ' a valuable addition to the literature of the trade and our social life'. With the present popularity of real ale and the resurgence of craft brewing, the series deserves the appreciation of another generation. COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE PARTICULARLY SCARCE.
