Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1960).. (1960).. Good. SIGNED BY BERTON ROUECHE - Octavo, cloth with a paper label on the spine in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & there is light soiling to the label. The dust jacket is rubbed, chipped & soiled with small pieces out & with some light staining to its front panel. There is a tear to the top edge of the jacket's front panel. Its spine is partially darkened & there is foxing to its flaps. 151 pages. There is heavy foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers and offsetting to the flyleaf & rear blank. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Signed by Berton Roueche on the half-title.<p>Berton Roueche [1910-1994] was a medical writer who wrote for the New Yorker for almost fifty years. He also wrote 20 books and many of the medical mysteries on the television show "House" were inspired by his writings. "The Neutral Spirit" explores the history, myths and psychological and physiological effects of alcohol.

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32603
Title: THE NEUTRAL SPIRIT: A Portrait of Alcohol
Author: Roueche, Berton
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1960).
Date Published: (1960).
Keywords: FOOD & DRINK; MEDICAL; ALCOHOL; THE NEUTRAL SPIRIT: A Portrait of Alcohol; BERTON ROUECHE; MEDICAL WRITER; NEW YORKER WRITER; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ALCOHOLISM; HANGOVERS; FERMENTATION; BLENDING; DISTILLATION; INTOXICATION; psychology; physiolo
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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