Tavern Anecdotes and Sayings: Including the Origin of Signs, and Reminiscences Connected with Taverns, Coffee-Houses, Clubs, Etc.

by William West and Charles Hindley

William West (1770-1854) was a bookseller and antiquarian who wrote a series of articles about his experiences in the book trade. In 1825, West published a collection of alehouse jokes, stories and trivia under the pseudonym 'One Of the Old School'. This edition is an expanded version, edited and annotated by popular writer Charles Hindley (d. 1893) and first published in 1875. A boozy, more whimsical cousin to Ambrose Bierce's 1906 The Devil's Dictionary,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108038891
• ISBN13: 9781108038898
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"