Rum : Yesterday and Today by Barty-King, Hugh and Anton Masel, foreword by Hammond Innes - 1983

London: Heinemann, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good, price clipped. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Printed in black with some red details and illus., 264 p. w/ illus., bibliography, index, and appendices on cold and hot drinks and cooking with rum. A lovely and entertaining book about the famous Caribbean sugar-cane spirit first mentioned in the 17h century as Kill-Divell. The work covers the history and tales of the drink, as well as a tour of the (then) makers of rum with interesting anecdotes.