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    By Henry Carter; Lord D'Abernon
    London   Longmans, Green and Co
    9" by 6" xix, [1], 343, [1pp]
    Henry Carter's scarce exploration of the restrictions on the alcohol trade during World War One.
    By Henry Carter; Lord D'Abernon

    1919 The Control of the Drink Trade

    London   Longmans, Green and Co
    9" by 6" xix, [1], 343, [1pp]
    Henry Carter's scarce exploration of the restrictions on the alcohol trade during World War One.
    £35.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 963P46
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    Description

    Early Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

    The second edition of this scarce work.

    This volume explores the control of the drink trade put into place during World War One, during which the consumption of alcohol was seen as "a problem of vital importance to our industrial future and to our national efficiency". 

    Illustrated with two folding maps, four plates, and in-text charts and diagrams. Collated, complete. 

    By Henry Carter.

    With a preface by Lord D'Abernon, Edgar Vincent, a politician who played an important role in the negotiations behind the 1925 Locarno Pact.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Minor marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spine. Spine is faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Very Good

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