The Red Barrel: A History of Watney Mann by Hurford Janes - 1963

Murray, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. 226 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Murray, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. 236 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners.

Frank Graham; Newcastle upon Tyne., 1978. First impression. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Near fine in like dust jacket. 8vo. 8 4/5".. Drawings by Susan Martin, Jean Wright and R. Thompson. Photographs by Hylton Edgar and Jack Armstrong. Roman Wall reconstructions by R. Embleton.. Near fine in like dust jacket. 368pp.

Hardback. 1963. A History of Watney Mann. 226pp, 65 plates 1963. VG in DW .

Published by John Murray, London, 1963, 1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated, priceclipped dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, [x], 226pp plus colour frontis and 64pp plates. Previous owners name and address sticker to front free endpaper. Dw rubbed to head of spine else VG / VG.

London: John Murray, 1963. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 226 pages. 100 illustrations. The book is the story of the Stag Brewery and of many other brewery businesses with histories stretching back into the 18th century who have come together through the years to form what is Watney Mann. The book is not merely a chronicle of brewing; it bings into the story many familiar figures in social and political life; the social habits of the people, architecture, the arts, medicine, religion, education, sport and other facets of public life. 12. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.