1930 Whisky By Aeneas MacDonald Signed Limited Edition #25/307

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Very scarce limited edition number 25(as pictured)Title: WhiskyAuthor: Aeneas MacDonaldPublisher: Henry and Longwell, PublishersCity: Garden City, New YorkYear: 1930Printing Information: Signed EditionBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: 24 pagesWidth: 6" Height: 8.5"This is a scarce author-signed limited edition signed by Aeneas McDonald, Frank Henry, Christopher Morley and Dan Longwell as pictured.Book has inscription in pencil by Christopher Morley reading "(The First Copy) / Ex libris Bacchanalianis / F. Abbott / sic subscribit / Christopher Morley / 41 E. 38 St. / Dec 22, MCMXXX, Ao Di." " as pictured 307 copies privately printed, 300 for gainful traffic and 7 for hilarity, December, 1930, this being copy number 25 as picturedAs pictured-- Inscription appears on front flyleaf. This is title number 3 in the Briefcase Breviaries series.Antique volume is bound in gilt-lettered quarter black cloth with patterned paper-covered boards. Book shows light shelfwear. Light bumps. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and without markingsMacDonald's "Whisky" is today regarded as perhaps the earliest modern book on whisky and certainly the first to treat the subject from the point of view of the drinker. It provides a passionate and energetic defence of the interests of the consumer against the producers and, well ahead of its time, promotes read more