The History of Liquor Licensing in England
1903, Beatrice and Sidney Webb's history from 1700 to 1830
Author
Sidney and Beatrice Webb
Publisher
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1903
Printing Details
First edition. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. 19.5 × 12.5cm, ix + 162pp, 40pp ads.
The Webb's history of liquor licensing and local government's approach to it. Chapters: 1. The First Century of Licensing, 2. A Period of Laxness, 3. Regulation and Suppression, 4. Free Trade in Theory and Practice, 5. Legislative Repentance, 6. The Movement for the Reformation of Manners.
Condition
A good copy but with heavy foxing to the title page and introduction, and lighter foxing to the page edges throughout the book. The blue cloth has mottled fading to the edges of the boards but this copy remains in good readable condition.
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