(Tea) Ukers, William H. All About Tea. 2 vols.

Profusely illus. incl. color frontispiece of a tea plant. Illus. also with maps. 10.25x7.25", gilt-lettered & dec. green cloth. First Edition. NY: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, 1935.

Still considered to be the most comprehensive book on tea, this set contains an extensive bibliography and chronology on the subject, by an author who is best known for his prolific and important works on coffee. Ukers covers tea from the trees where the leaves are grown to the manufacturing process, the marketing of tea around the world, and historical uses for the drink. A very near fine, bright, clean set with none of the usual damp issues associated with the warm climates in which many copies of this book were kept.