THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BREWERS - A Short History.
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THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BREWERS - A Short History. (1977)
~EN USISBN: 9780091278502 bzw. 0091278503, vermutlich in Englisch, LONDON.HUTCHINSON BENHAM LTD.,1977. gebraucht, guter Zustand.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Versandkosten nach: DEU.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated watercolour pictorial upper wrap and b/w photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.3 small closed tears along top edges,one tiny nick towards foot of spine/backstrip on rear,lower edge - else complete.Top edge bright and clean,fore-edge generally clean with some minimal grubbing (thumbed?),contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean and unblemished,publisher's original brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt Company livery+motto decorated upper bd and lettering to spine/backstrip and b/w illustrated eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,8-143pp [paginated] includes foreword by Christopher John Mytton Downes; Master,1975-6,9 chapters,4 colour plates,37 contemporary b/w plates/illus/photographs throughout the text and the book,notes,Clerks to the Brewers' Company,Masters of same,a bibliography and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents+illus lists/tables. 'They drink a high and mighty liquor,different from that of any nation, made of barley and water.This drink is not so subtle in its effects as wine,but it is warming,even more nourishing,and leaves space enough for the performance of many actions before the spirits are quite vanquished.' Thus Julius Caesar on the ale of the ancient Britons.The Anglo-Saxons in their turn brought the beer-hall and a prototype of the pub; the monastries introduce the first organized ale production; and in time of civil strife the Church extended the brewers her protection.The social and economic importance of the brewers of ale,and later beer,was early on made manifest in the formation of a religious brewers' fraternity. This soon amalgamated with the early brewers; trade gild which was formally confirmed in 1319 by grant of Royal Charter,eventually to be incorporated as the Worshipful Company of Brewers,fourteenth in order of precedence among London's Livery Companies.Remarkably enough, the Brewers' Company continues to fulfil its original aims in ways which reflect the changing times.Drawing largely on its account rolls,minutes and scrapbooks,Mia Ball has chronicled the Company's fortunes from its inception unti the present day.Thus fascinating account reflects the wide sweep of the history of the City of London,taking us through the development of autonomous City government and the struggles for power within that government.It covers the Livery Companies' heyday in the 16thC,the Civil War and the Great Fire of the 17thC,which contributed to the Companies' decline in the 18thC - brought about largely by the growth of the great capitalist enterprises - and the modus vivendi reached in the 19thC,with concentration on the administration of charities and trade questions in accordance with the social and moral concerns of the time.The particular,too,is touched upon and 'The Worshipful Company of Brewers' is a mine of information on British drinking habits and anecdotes concerning figures as legendary as Dick Whittington and as venerated as St Thomas a Becket.The end product is a valuable and lively contribution to the social and economic history of the capital's ancient Livery Companies. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
Von Händler/Antiquariat, R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated watercolour pictorial upper wrap and b/w photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.3 small closed tears along top edges,one tiny nick towards foot of spine/backstrip on rear,lower edge - else complete.Top edge bright and clean,fore-edge generally clean with some minimal grubbing (thumbed?),contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean and unblemished,publisher's original brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt Company livery+motto decorated upper bd and lettering to spine/backstrip and b/w illustrated eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,8-143pp [paginated] includes foreword by Christopher John Mytton Downes; Master,1975-6,9 chapters,4 colour plates,37 contemporary b/w plates/illus/photographs throughout the text and the book,notes,Clerks to the Brewers' Company,Masters of same,a bibliography and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents+illus lists/tables. 'They drink a high and mighty liquor,different from that of any nation, made of barley and water.This drink is not so subtle in its effects as wine,but it is warming,even more nourishing,and leaves space enough for the performance of many actions before the spirits are quite vanquished.' Thus Julius Caesar on the ale of the ancient Britons.The Anglo-Saxons in their turn brought the beer-hall and a prototype of the pub; the monastries introduce the first organized ale production; and in time of civil strife the Church extended the brewers her protection.The social and economic importance of the brewers of ale,and later beer,was early on made manifest in the formation of a religious brewers' fraternity. This soon amalgamated with the early brewers; trade gild which was formally confirmed in 1319 by grant of Royal Charter,eventually to be incorporated as the Worshipful Company of Brewers,fourteenth in order of precedence among London's Livery Companies.Remarkably enough, the Brewers' Company continues to fulfil its original aims in ways which reflect the changing times.Drawing largely on its account rolls,minutes and scrapbooks,Mia Ball has chronicled the Company's fortunes from its inception unti the present day.Thus fascinating account reflects the wide sweep of the history of the City of London,taking us through the development of autonomous City government and the struggles for power within that government.It covers the Livery Companies' heyday in the 16thC,the Civil War and the Great Fire of the 17thC,which contributed to the Companies' decline in the 18thC - brought about largely by the growth of the great capitalist enterprises - and the modus vivendi reached in the 19thC,with concentration on the administration of charities and trade questions in accordance with the social and moral concerns of the time.The particular,too,is touched upon and 'The Worshipful Company of Brewers' is a mine of information on British drinking habits and anecdotes concerning figures as legendary as Dick Whittington and as venerated as St Thomas a Becket.The end product is a valuable and lively contribution to the social and economic history of the capital's ancient Livery Companies. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BREWERS - A Short History. (1977)
EN USISBN: 9780091278502 bzw. 0091278503, in Englisch, LONDON.HUTCHINSON BENHAM LTD.,1977. gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminatedwatercolour pictorial upper wrap and b/w photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.3 small closed tears along top edges,one tiny nick towards foot of spine/backstrip on rear,lower edge - else complete.Top edge bright and clean,fore-edge generally clean with some minimal grubbing(thumbed?),contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean and unblemished,publisher's original, brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt Company livery+motto decorated upper bd and lettering to spine/backstrip and b/w illustrated eps.Slim 8vo,8-143pp [paginated] includes foreword by Christopher John Mytton Downes;Master,1975-6,9 chapters,4 colour plates,37 contemporary b/w plates/illus/photographs throughout the text and the book,notes,Clerks to the Brewers' Company, Masters of same,biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents+illus lists/tables. 'They drink a high and mighty liquor,different from that of any nation,made of barley and water.This drink is not sosubtle in its effects as wine,but it is warming,even more nourishing,and leaves space enough for the performance of many actions before the spirits are quite vanquished.' Thus Julius Caesar on the ale of the ancient Britons.The Anglo-Saxons in their turn brought the beer-hall and a prototype of the pub; the monastries introduce the first organized ale production;and in time of civil strife the Church extended the brewers her protection.The social and economic importance of the brewers of ale,and later beer, was early on made manifest in the formation of a religious brewers' fraternity.This soon amalgamated with the early brewers; trade gild which was formally confirmed in 1319 bygrant of Royal Charter,eventually to be incorporated as theWorshipful Company of Brewers,fourteenth in order of precedence among London's Livery Companies. Remarkably enough,the Brewers' Company continues to fulfilits original aims in ways which reflect the changing times.Drawing largely on its account rolls,minutes and scrapbooks,Mia Ball has chronicled the Company's fortunes from its inception unti the present day.Thus fascinating account reflects the wide sweep of the history of the City of London,taking us through the development of autonomous City government and the struggles for power within that government.It covers the Livery Companies' heyday in the 16thC, the Civil War and the Great Fire of the 17thC,which contributed to the Companies' decline in the 18thC - brought about largely by the growth of the great capitalistenterprises - and the modus vivendi reached in the 19thC, with concentration on the administration of charities and trade questions in accordance with the social and moral concerns of the time. The particular,too,is touched upon and 'The Worshipful Company of Brewers' is a mine of information on British drinking habits and anecdotes concerning figures as legendary as Dick Whittington and as venerated as St Thomasa Becket.The end product is a valuable and lively contribution to the social and economic history of the capital's ancient Livery Companies. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
Von Händler/Antiquariat, R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminatedwatercolour pictorial upper wrap and b/w photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.3 small closed tears along top edges,one tiny nick towards foot of spine/backstrip on rear,lower edge - else complete.Top edge bright and clean,fore-edge generally clean with some minimal grubbing(thumbed?),contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean and unblemished,publisher's original, brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt Company livery+motto decorated upper bd and lettering to spine/backstrip and b/w illustrated eps.Slim 8vo,8-143pp [paginated] includes foreword by Christopher John Mytton Downes;Master,1975-6,9 chapters,4 colour plates,37 contemporary b/w plates/illus/photographs throughout the text and the book,notes,Clerks to the Brewers' Company, Masters of same,biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents+illus lists/tables. 'They drink a high and mighty liquor,different from that of any nation,made of barley and water.This drink is not sosubtle in its effects as wine,but it is warming,even more nourishing,and leaves space enough for the performance of many actions before the spirits are quite vanquished.' Thus Julius Caesar on the ale of the ancient Britons.The Anglo-Saxons in their turn brought the beer-hall and a prototype of the pub; the monastries introduce the first organized ale production;and in time of civil strife the Church extended the brewers her protection.The social and economic importance of the brewers of ale,and later beer, was early on made manifest in the formation of a religious brewers' fraternity.This soon amalgamated with the early brewers; trade gild which was formally confirmed in 1319 bygrant of Royal Charter,eventually to be incorporated as theWorshipful Company of Brewers,fourteenth in order of precedence among London's Livery Companies. Remarkably enough,the Brewers' Company continues to fulfilits original aims in ways which reflect the changing times.Drawing largely on its account rolls,minutes and scrapbooks,Mia Ball has chronicled the Company's fortunes from its inception unti the present day.Thus fascinating account reflects the wide sweep of the history of the City of London,taking us through the development of autonomous City government and the struggles for power within that government.It covers the Livery Companies' heyday in the 16thC, the Civil War and the Great Fire of the 17thC,which contributed to the Companies' decline in the 18thC - brought about largely by the growth of the great capitalistenterprises - and the modus vivendi reached in the 19thC, with concentration on the administration of charities and trade questions in accordance with the social and moral concerns of the time. The particular,too,is touched upon and 'The Worshipful Company of Brewers' is a mine of information on British drinking habits and anecdotes concerning figures as legendary as Dick Whittington and as venerated as St Thomasa Becket.The end product is a valuable and lively contribution to the social and economic history of the capital's ancient Livery Companies. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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The Worshipful Company of Brewers: A Short History (1977)
EN HC USISBN: 9780091278502 bzw. 0091278503, in Englisch, Century Benham, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Infinitebooks.
Century Benham. Hardcover. 0091278503 Little wear to boards. Content clean and bright. Gift inscription to blank page. DJ has little tears and light soiling. . Good. 1977 . First Edition.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Infinitebooks.
Century Benham. Hardcover. 0091278503 Little wear to boards. Content clean and bright. Gift inscription to blank page. DJ has little tears and light soiling. . Good. 1977 . First Edition.
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The Worshipful Company of Brewers: a Short History (1977)
EN HC USISBN: 9780091278502 bzw. 0091278503, in Englisch, Century Benham, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, Gloucestershire, [RE:4].
1977. Hutchinson Benham. First. Hard Cover. Book-VG. Dj-VG, edgewear. 9.5x6.5. 143pp. 4 colour plates, many b/w plates & illus, illus endpapers. Hard cover.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, Gloucestershire, [RE:4].
1977. Hutchinson Benham. First. Hard Cover. Book-VG. Dj-VG, edgewear. 9.5x6.5. 143pp. 4 colour plates, many b/w plates & illus, illus endpapers. Hard cover.
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The Worshipful Company of Brewers: a Short History (1977)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780091278502 bzw. 0091278503, in Englisch, Hutchinson Benham, London, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Eliabooks, CA, Santa Monica, [RE:5].
0091278503. Hardcover, First Edition.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Eliabooks, CA, Santa Monica, [RE:5].
0091278503. Hardcover, First Edition.
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The Worshipful Company of Brewers: a Short History (1977)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780091278502 bzw. 0091278503, in Englisch, Hutchinson Benham, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hereford, [RE:4].
Hardcover, 1stUpdated_Month1|0.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hereford, [RE:4].
Hardcover, 1stUpdated_Month1|0.
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