Drinking With Dickens

Printed in a first edition limited to 2000 numbered copies. A presentation copy from the author inscribed on the title page. A light-hearted sketch by Cedric Dickens on drinking in the mid 19th century with his great-grandfather, Charles Dickens, as well as drinking in the mid 20th century with himself. Recipes have been chosen and tested with great satisfaction by the author. The Victorian sources include a penny note book dated 1859 and kept by "Auntie Georgie, Georgina Hogarth, when she was looking after the younger children of Charles Dickens at Gads Hill. Appendices include a summary of the contents of the wine cellar at Gads Hill compiled from the catalogue of the sale, August 1870. Illustrated. With a cancelled check endorsed by Cedric Dickens loosely inserted. 127+ 1 pages. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. small 8vo..