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MAYNARD, Theodore Tankard of Ale : An Anthology of Drinking Songs
Erskine MacDonald, Ltd., London, 0,
MAYNARD, Theodore. A Tankard of Ale : An Anthology of Drinking Songs . Compiled and edited by Theodore Maynard. London: Erskine MacDonald, Ltd., [n.d.]. Pp. (8),9-188,(4) of ads at rear. 8vo, orange cloth with red decoration to front, and red lettering to front and spine. "With the advent of the social reformer the very word 'beer' seems to have taken on a sinister sound, and is as much tabooed in polite society as the word 'trousers' was once said to have been. This harmless and refreshing drink has become credited with the most devilish properties and characteristics, so that when it has to be discussed [...] it must be referred to under the alias of 'alcohol' or 'the drinking habits of the lower classes'. [...] There is little wonder then that convivality is a lost art and that in consequence the making of drinking songs has suffered a bad decline." - from the introduction. Volume slightly bowed, spine quite sunned, damp-spotting to boards, occasional dog-earing of some pages, a few marginal damp spots, else vg. 30.00
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30.00 CDN
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