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The corkscrew was invented in the seventeenth century, the original design being based on a device for withdrawing a ramrod from a gun barrel. Since then thousands of different versions have been produced, from beautifully hand-crafted corkscrews to novelty and comedy varieties. Today, corkscrews and bottle openers are common objects in many households, and will continue to be so for as long as the cork is used as a bottle closure. This book traces the history of the corkscrew, illustrates many different kinds and explains how they work and how they were made. It also covers other tools used for opening bottles sealed with various caps or stoppers.
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Evan Perry was an avid collector and traveler. Born in London in 1918, he started collecting at the age of ten with a few weapons left him by an uncle. He worked in various museums, including the Armouries of the Tower of London and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. His interest in corkscrews started when he saw a vintner's collection of corkscrews in Paris and was captivated by their variety and charm.
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- PublisherLubrecht & Cramer Ltd
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0852635346
- ISBN 13 9780852635346
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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Book Description Soft Cover Colour Printed Cove. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ### Shire Publication: Corkscrews and Bottle Openers by Evan Perry -- No.59 -- 1980 ### ## THIS BOOK: Classified GOOD, the 1980 edition: first published in 1980. A wealth of corkscrews, bottle openers and equipment illustrated with descriptions, a fantastic collection, and a wonderful history. The book cover has some marks and shelf wear, but the inside is clean and tidy. ## ## Full colour cover, satin finish. Full information where further reading and visiting is available. ## ## CORKSCREWS AND BOTTLE OPENERS: Corkscrews make an ideal subject for a collection, being quite small and occurring in unlimited variety. , They appear especially to the collector who appreciates the functional beauty of an instrument designed for a specific purpose, namely to remove. A tightly fitting cork from a wine bottle. The corkscrew was invented in the seventeenth Century, the original design being based on a device used for withdrawing a ramrod from a gun barrel, and since then inventive minds have produced thousands of different versions.- The student of corkscrews will derive pleasure not only from their technological ingenuity but also from the elaborate decoration applied to some examples' In this book Evan Perry traces the history of corkscrews; he illustrates many different ones and explains how they work and how they were made. He also covers other kinds of tools made to open bottles sealed with types of cap or stoppers other than corks.## ## Shire Books by Bloomsbury Publishing, a book publishing company based in London, England, and formerly by Shire Publications Ltd. and Osprey Publishing. Shire offers low-priced, concise non-fiction paperbacks on a wide range of subjects. Shire books cover antiques and collectables, motoring and rural history, archaeology and Egyptology, architecture, industrial history and many other topics.## ## They were founded in 1962 by John Rotheroe, the company based in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. The first book published by Shire Publications was Discovering East Suffolk, a 24-page guide to the county through a series of five motoring routes and a gazetteer of the main towns and villages. They were given away to visitors via coach operators, local churches and tourist information points. The book was successful, and Shire publishers decided to sell the second edition because free copies were being sold, setting the template for the future of Shire. Over the following years, Shire expanded its Discovering series and launched several new series, including Lifelines, Shire Albums, Shire Archaeology and Shire Egyptology. ## ## In 2008, Shire began a revamp of its list. It announced that the former Shire series, including Life Lines, Shire Garden History and History in Camera, would be absorbed into a new series called Shire Library, which would retain and expand on the numbering system used by the old Album series, which has long formed the backbone of the Shire Library. ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ####. No Author signature. Seller Inventory # MMXX-200-shire
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