Diary for the Brewing Room
by Harman, Harold
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: A. Boake, Roberts & Co, 1910. Hardcover. fair. Tall 4to (13" x 8"). 92, 112, xiv pp. Gold and red decorated green cloth binding. Worn to edges. Corners bumped. Head and tail of spine bumped; 1 inch of spine missing, 1/3 detached. Joints starting to crack. Profusely illustrated with contemporary advertisements of local breweries and related ephemera (b&w). In back, facing pages of advertisements are facsimiles of lined notebook paper, dated 1910, allowing brewers to make notes regarding fermentation. Commercial ads on endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos, drawings and facsimiles. Many chemical charts and tables of gravity, alcoholic contents and correction of temperatures for the brewing process. Articles on "How to Make a Good Ale" and "brewing from the feminine point of view". Light water staining not effecting text. Overall, in fair condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9711
- Title
- Diary for the Brewing Room
- Author
- Harman, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. Boake, Roberts & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Beer, Beer Industry , Brewing and Mineral Water Trade , Malts, Ale
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Edges
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- Fair
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.