ROYAL COMMISSION ON WHISKEY AND OTHER POTABLE SPIRITS. Comprising the two volumes of the MINUTES OF EVIDENCE and APPENDICES; the FINAL REPORT; and the INDEX AND DIGESTS OF EVIDENCE, all in one volume. [Whiskey / Whisky].

Erscheinungsdatum: 1908

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ROYAL COMMISSION ON WHISKEY AND OTHER POTABLE SPIRITS. H.M.S.O., 1908-9, 12½ x 8¼ inches, one volume comprising the MINUTES OF EVIDENCE and APPENDICES, iv + 437 (Volume 1) and (iv) + 275 pages including 2 plates and a folding b/w map (Volume 2); the FINAL REPORT, (iv) + 47 pages; and the INDEX AND DIGESTS OF EVIDENCE, ii + 67 pages; plus a pencil drawing of the second plate (Coffey's Distilling Apparatus) bound in between pages 126 and 127 of volume 2, in a near contemporary sturdy cloth binding lettered in gilt on the spine, the original printed blue wrappers have NOT been retained, the outer edge of the folding plate of Coffey's Distilling Apparatus has been closely trimmed with the loss of one or two letters from the description, slight foxing of the title-page and the next leaf otherwise internally extremely clean, bright, tight and sound, the covers and spine are superficially worn. Collated and complete (some copies also include the 6 page Interim Report, but not this copy). NOTE: The many witnesses called by the Commission included the following representatives of distilleries: Andrew Jameson of John Jameson & Son, Dublin; Colonel George Smith Grant of Glenlivet Distillery; Alexander Walker of John Walker & Sons Ltd.; James Talbot Power of Sir John Power & Sons, Dublin; William Virtue of United Distillers Co. Ltd., Belfast; William H. Ross of The Distillers Company Limited, Edinburgh; James Charles Calder of James Calder & Co. Ltd. of Bo'ness; James Greenlees of Greenlees Brothers; W.J.Seaman of James Buchanan & Co.; John McDonald of Ben Nevis Distilleries, Fort William; Joseph Travis Townsend of the West, South and East of Scotland Malt Distillers' Association; James Scott of Clydesdale Distillery Co.; R.B.G.Greig of Wright and Greig Ltd.; William C. Teacher; James MacKinlay of Charles MacKinlay Co.; Sir Robert Usher of Brackla Distillery and Edinburgh Distillery; Alexander Mitchell Cowie of Mortlach Distillery; Thomas Mackenzie of Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd.; H.C.Craig of Dunville & Co. Ltd, Belfast; Andrew Clarke of Coleraine Distillery; John M'Callum of Hosh Distillery. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3316

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Titel: ROYAL COMMISSION ON WHISKEY AND OTHER ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1908

Einband: HARDBACK - Cloth-bound

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.