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SCOTCH: THE WHISKY OF SCOTLAND IN FACT AND STORY
Written by Robert Bruce Lockhart.
Stock no. 1831319
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's story of the whisky world with a wealth of knowledge and anecdote. The consolidation of the Distillers Company Ltd, of the fortunes of whisky during Prohibition, and the state and condition of its empire in the abasements and upheavals of our times. Fourth Edition. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 184 pages including index,. ISBN: 0370000609. Minor wear to corners and top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn and torn across top edge and repaired with clear tape, rear panel is scuffed & grubby.

RUM WAR AT SEA
Written by Malcolm F. Willoughby.
Stock no. 1826878
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

The period of National Prohibition in America in the 1920s and 1930s. As one of the law enforcement agencies charged with the suppression of the illegal liquor traffice, the United States Coast Guard was deeply involved in what has become known as 'The Rum War'. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and chapter headers. A few small knocks to board edges. Boards a little grubby, marked to rear board. Text block browned. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

HUGH JOHNSON'S POP-UP WINE BOOK
Written by Hugh Johnson.
Stock no. 2132958
Published by Pyramid Books; Octopus Books Ltd.. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. With paper design by Ron Van Der Meer. ISBN: 1871307333. Light bumping to corners. All pop-ups are better than very good.