Bateman, Joseph. — THE EXCISE OFFICER’S MANUAL: Being a Practical Introduction to the Business of Charging and Collecting the Duties Under the Management of Her Majesty’s Commssioners of Inland Revenue.
William Maxwell ... 1852. 2nd Ed. With a New Arrangement and Considerable Additions and Improvements. xi + 341pp. + [vii] publ. adverts. Engraved port frontis. (foxed), Sliding Rule with moveable tapes (1 lacking portion). Light browning, original blind embossed brown cloth with large ‘W. Maxwell’ booksellers stamp in blind to boards, sl. loss to corners, rebacked in modern cloth with paper title label to spine. Scarce. From the Library of P. A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research Department at Allied Breweries (Production) Limited located on Station Street in Burton-on-Trent. He is well-known in brewing science and microbiology literature for his work during the 1970s and 1980s regarding yeast flocculation, finings, and the vitamin nutrition and status of Zymomonas species.
