[Rarebooks] FS: Early American Drinking Classic

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Early American Inebrietatis. Review of the Development of American
Habits in Drink and the National Bias and Fixations Resulting therefrom”

By Marcus Esketh Crahan.
Published in Los Angeles by The Zamorano Club in 1964.

DISCUSSION: An informal but witty and famous short historical sketch of
our forefathers’ tippling habits in the Colonial and Federal periods.
“Every man, woman and child drank freely; a Virginia dram (peach brandy)
was as essential to health as breakfast. William Cobbett cautioned against
excesses in children and felt that their beer should be slightly warmed”.

And that was before they discovered rum...

Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 7.5”x10.5”, [xiv] + 62 pages, decorative title
page, 8 black & white plates, with additional wood engravings by Marion
Kronfeld. Quarter linen and decorated boards.

CONDITION NOTES: Some minor soil, spine darkened and spine label chipped,
but otherwise is clean and nice, with a tight binding.

PRICE: $85.00

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