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Barnard, Alfred
The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom: The Centenary Edition.
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing in conjunction with Lochar Publishing, Edinburgh;
Date of Publication: 1987
Stock Code: 7824
Facsimile: First Thus. Quarto, pp. [16], xi, [1], 457, [1], [38] advertisements. Numerous illustrations throughout. Publishers’ grey cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Upper board slightly bruised top edge otherwise a clean bright copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket a little creased top edge. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. Published to mark 100 years since writer Alfred Barnard completed his pilgrimage to every distillery in England, Scotland and Ireland; his resulting work is now so rare that a tribute to his remarkable achievement was produced for the anniversary, with an Introduction by historian Michael Moss and Foreword by whisky expert David Daiches. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £35.00