By Gervas Huxley

Published: London Thames and Hudson

Size: 7.5" by 5" Pagination: 104pp.

A very smart first edition of this illustrated guide to tea drinking, signed and inscribed by the author.

By Gervas Huxley

1956 Talking of Tea

Name: 1956 Talking of Tea
SKU: 972T34
Price: 125 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Thames and Hudson

Size: 7.5" by 5" Pagination: 104pp.

A very smart first edition of this illustrated guide to tea drinking, signed and inscribed by the author.

£125.00

weight: 0.75kgs / stock code: 972T34

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Description

Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

First edition. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with an inscription that reads: "For Harold, with the author's warmest regards. Christmas 1956." Illustrated throughout. A guide to the drinking of tea with chapters on the story and history of tea in England, the growth of tea, buying and selling, tea and the doctor, "out to tea", tea things, and much more. Written by Gervas Huxley, a British author and the son of English biologist and anthropologist Thomas Henry Huxley. Illustrated by Acanthus.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper.

Overall: Very Good

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