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Default Book Review: The Dictionary of Drink 2007

On Jan 9, 10:23 am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> cwdjrxyz wrote on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 00:09:35 -0800 (PST):
>
> C>>>>The Dictionary of Drink; Graham & Susan Edwards,Sutton
> Publishing Ltd;
> 1977 is a revision of The Language of Drink first published
> in1988. It
> is a paperback of 1440 rather large pages with fairly small
> print. It
> is in typical dictionary style, and most topics are quite
> concise. It
> has 57,000 A-Z entries. It includes wines of most of the major,
> and
> some of the minor, vineyards of the world. It includes spirits,
> over
> C>>>>4000 cocktails, coffee, tea, milk and over 1500 mineral
> waters.
>
> Is this the same book as is listed by Amazon as "The Dictionary
> of Drink" by Graham Edwards (no Susan)?


Yes. It seems Amazon's description of this neglected Susan. If you
enlarge the image of the front cover next to the description you will
find that it indeed is by Graham & Susan Edwards. This book was
published in 2007.

Or is it
> THE DICTIONARY OF DRINK: AN A-Z GUIDE TO EVERY TYPE OF BEVERAGE
> by SUE EDWARDS & GRAHAM EDWARDS ?


No. That is an earlier hard cover book published in 1996 that is less
complete and somewhat dated. There is no image of the book cover by
the description.

> The prices of either are reasonable for non-mass market
> paperbacks.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
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