Books and unclipped jackets in very good condition, no notes, marks or tears. Rubbing to jacket spine edges vol 1 , 1st Ed 2nd Imp. 1957 Owner's name on fly vol 2 , 1st imp 1958 vol 12 , clipped jacket, 1971 The Compleat Imbiber, A Long-Running Anthology of the Drinking Life Edited by renowned British wine writer, Cyril Ray, the Imbiber was a series of anthologies that appeared from 1956 until the early 1970s. In terms of content, it was rather all over the place.I have imagined this collection as a sort of dinner party,Ray once noted.So there is order in it, such as becomes a dinner party, but not discipline, which doesnt. No, no; not discipline. Although not spirits-centric, The Compleat Imbiber always gave hooch its attention. An early essay on vodka included the revelation that women in Peter the Greats court washed their hair in the stuff before tossing it back. A later edition related how the Mint Julep found its way to the chambers of Oxford