A Collection of Volumes on Pubs, Inns, and Beer

Tom Berkley; T. A. Layton; John Tickner; Glyn Morgan; A. W. Coysh; Garry Hogg; Richard Boston; Terence Foster; Frederick W. Hackwood

Published by Hutchinson; Cassell; Putnam; Essex Countryside; David & Charles; B. T. Batsford; Collins; A. & C. Black; Bracken Books 1955-1985, London; Herts; Newton Abbot, 1955

About this Item

A collection of nine charming volumes on pubs and inns across British history, with commentary on drinking customs through the ages. Nine volumes. This set contains: We Keep a Pub, 1955. Third impression. An amusing and informative book following a set of engaging characters whose lives intersect at the public-house. Illustrated throughout by Starke. Written by Tom Berkley. A Year at the Peacock, 1964. First edition. A record of the author's own experiences during his first year of owning a charming little inn called Peacock Inn. Illustrated throughout by Biro. Written by T. A. Layton. Tickner's Pub, 1965. First edition. A misguided guide to Britain's pubs, created after years of research in depth and swaths of empty kegs. Illustrated throughout. Written and illustrated by John Tickner. The Romance of Essex Inns, 1967. Third impression. An enjoyable work on the inns of Essex, both famous and infamous, with a history of each establishment. Illustrated with twenty plates. Collated complete. Written and illustrated by Glyn Morgan. Historic English Inns, 1972. First edition. A historic study of English inns from the monastic hospice, through the coaching age and beyond. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. Written by A. W. Coysh. The English Country Inn, 1974. First edition. Capturing the essentials of the unique institution that is the English country inn, from Hertfordshire and Yorkshire to Devon and Kent. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-two plates. Collated complete. Written by Garry Hogg. Beer and Skittles, 1976. First edition. An amble through the pubs and hop-gardens of Britain, containing histories, stories, and facts. Written by Richard Boston. Dr. Foster's Book of Beer, 1979. First edition. A book for the beer enthusiast, telling the story of what has happened to beer over the last few years. Illustrated throughout. Written by Terence Foster. Inns, Ales, and Drinking Customs of Old England, 1985. First edition. A historical study of some of England's most famous and characteristic institutions. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty plates. Collated complete. Written by Frederick W. Hackwood with an introduction from Paul Jennings. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Fading to the cloth of We Keep a Pub. Original dust wrappers are price-clipped other than We Keep a Pub, A Year at the Peacock, and Inns, Ales, and Drinking Customs of Old England, which remain unclipped. Wrappers are also smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark. Small closed tears to the panel edges of the odd volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Collection of Volumes on Pubs, Inns, and Beer
• Publisher: Hutchinson; Cassell; Putnam; Essex Countryside; David & Charles; B. T. Batsford; Collins; A. & C. Black; Bracken Books 1955-1985, London; Herts; Newton Abbot
• Publication Date: 1955
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Fiction