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AMIS**, KINGSLEY: : ON DRINK. [Illustrated by Nicolas C. Bentley.]

LONDON.CAPE,1972.

ISBN 0224007971.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic portrait of author, illustrated dw/dj,with white+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny closed tear more or less centrally placed to front panel of dw/dj's bottom edge.Some light rubbing with loss,to parts of top edge of dw/dj, along with head of spine/backstrip of same.Top+ fore-edges generally bright and clean - minimal spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain salmon pink(?) endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,11-109pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,13 chapters/ sections,6 full-page b/w cartoon illustrations by Nicolas Bentley throughout the text and book; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table,a dedication and 2pp blanks at the rear. Kingsley Amis,one of English literature's most versatile craftsman,is also a master of the art of drinking. From his many years of experience, and with an eye both to economics and to enjoyment,he presents this witty and masterly informative handbook for the drinker,amateur and professional. From a guide to alcoholic literature,he moves to a selection of prime drink recipes - the fruit of untold years' research in the field. Among his list can be found personal extravaganzas like the Lucky Jim and the Kingers and such irresistibly titled brews as Reginald Bosanquet's Golden Elixir and Evelyn Waugh's Noonday Reviver. Practical guidance on equipment and the store cupboard is followed by a wealth of information about wine (including a Wine Shopper's Guide) and incidental intelligence on drinking abroad. On a less serious note,Kingsley Amis gives us the riotous Mean Sod's Guide ('Vital requirement: prepare pre- and post-dinner drinks in some undiscoverable pantry or broom cupboard'). He has thoughtfully included a section on dealing with The Hangover,suggestions for a Boozing Man's Diet,and finally for those for whom prevention is better than cure some notes on How Not to Get Drunk. With its apt and highly amusing drawings by Nicolas Bentley,this book is an ideal gift for the drinking man,of whatever pocket or preference,it is as pleasing as a well-made cocktail. Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (1907-78).Born Highgate,London.Son of E.C. Bentley,the novelist,leader writer for The Daily Telegraph and inventor of the four-line verse form known as the 'clerihew'. Studied at University College School,London and at Heatherley's School of Art.Before and after WW1 (during which he was deputy director of the Home Intelligence Unit and editor in the Publications Division of the Ministry of Information),he worked freelance as a journalist,author and humorous illustrator. Director of Andre Deutsch (from 1950).Drew the daily pocket cartoon for The Daily Mail (1958- 62).An editor for Sunday Times Publications Ltd.,(1962-3) and for Thomas Nelson & Son (1963- 7). Nicolas Bentley's illustrations for Belloc's 'New Cautionary Tales' (as successor to B. T. Blackwood) estalished his importance as an illustrator.His stylish,witty and economical drawings,often depicting figures without background or setting,owed much to his admiration for the work of the French draughtsman Caran D'Ache and the Swede Olaf Gulbransson.Elected FSIA (1946) and the FRSA (1974). Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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