An intoxicating publication detailing everything and anything there is to know about the traditional pub Celebrating the many facets of the traditional British pub over the years, this book covers pub characters, pub games, pub fiddles (how the licensee has shafted his customers over the years), pub teams, and pub history from Geoffrey Chaucer to Jeffrey Bernard. It features the great pubs of literature--Robert Louis Stevenson's Admiral Benbow, Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn, and Charles Dickens' The Grapes; the great ...
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An intoxicating publication detailing everything and anything there is to know about the traditional pub Celebrating the many facets of the traditional British pub over the years, this book covers pub characters, pub games, pub fiddles (how the licensee has shafted his customers over the years), pub teams, and pub history from Geoffrey Chaucer to Jeffrey Bernard. It features the great pubs of literature--Robert Louis Stevenson's Admiral Benbow, Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn, and Charles Dickens' The Grapes; the great pubs of film--The Crown Inn at Amersham ( Four Weddings and a Funeral ), the Crown Inn at Wells ( Hot Fuzz ); and the great pubs of TV. It features tales of barring, of dodgy deals, of riotous lock-ins, and of strange hauntings. With facts by the barrel and plenty of trivia, this is the perfect present for anyone who loves their pub.
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Add this copy of The Joy of Pubs to cart. $12.28, like new condition, Sold by GreatBookPrices rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Columbia, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Portico Books.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Add this copy of The Joy of Pubs: Because a Man's Place is in the Pub to cart. $13.50, very good condition, Sold by Schindler-Graf Booksellers rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westlake, OH, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Portico Books.
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Very good. Published by Anova Books in 2013. Hardcover copy in very good condition. No marks or writing inside the book. Slight wear on spine's top and bottom edges. 160 pages, including illustrations on just about every page. Everything you wanted to know about Britain's favorite drinking establishment. This book is a glorious and irreverent miscellany of pub information, from the origins of bizarre pub names to the history of pub games. Packed with pub facts-there's the oldest, smallest, biggest, highest, lowest, and most remote pubs in Britain. Find out the real-life pubs that inspired Dickens, Hardy, and Orwell or retrace the (staggering) steps of Oliver Reed's favorite pub crawl.
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Like New. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234. Fine in fine illustrated covers. 2013. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of The Joy of Pubs: Because a Man's Place is in the Pub to cart. $14.53, very good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2013 by Portico Books.
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Very Good. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. 2013. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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