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193047211Stockton California 1930. 1st Printing. Orange wrappers black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Printed Bifolium. Couple small vignettes. 8-1/2" x 4" <br/><br/> unknown books
194245395n.p.: Fred Harvey 1942. White self wrappers black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A NF copy. 4 pp. unnumbered. One full color illustration on upper wrapper. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>This wine list is from a dinning car owned by the Fred Harvey Company. Fred Harvey 1835 - 1901 owned around 45 restaurants along the railroad and 20 dinning cars. His restaurant legacy lasted until his gradson died in 1965. The Fred Harvey Company was the sixth largest food retailer in the United States when it sold in 1968. Stamped in blue ink on the upper wrapper is the date "Nov 21 1942". On the inside at the head it also states "For Victory Buy United States War Savings Bonds And Stamps". A sign of the times. Included in the list are California and imported wines liquor mixed drinks beer cigars/cigarettes and playing cards. Also is an extensive list of waters and juices. Fred Harvey unknown books
39933n. p.: Des Caves de la Cie. Cie. Transatlantique From the Cellars of the Transatlantic Co. n. d. 1st edition presumed. Ca. late 1930s. Dark rose colored stiff printed paper wrappers. Stapled. Moderate wear to wrappers soiling and rubbing previous owner's signature and "1934" penned to top of front wrapper. Two light markings in text. Very Good. 14 2 blank pp. Color illustrations title leaf and frontis. 10-7/8" x 8-3/4" <br/><br/>French price-list. Rare in the trade. No holdings found on OCLC. Des Caves de la Cie. Cie. Transatlantique [From the Cellars of the Transatlantic Co.] unknown books
19624330New York 1962. Folio unpaginated 22 leaves printed rectos only. Printed text from a hand-lettered original; columns for handwritten prices unused. An early wine list from the legendary Manhattan restaurant Lutèce 1961-2004. The list opens with an introductory statement to diners from the restaurant's founder André Surmain who thanks the restaurant's seven suppliers a rare credit on modern wine lists and Alexis Lichine the author of The Wines of France. Displaying a fine selection of Bordeaux Rouges & Blancs; Bougognes Rouges; Roses Loire; Alsace Rhône; and Champagnes including Lafite Rothschild dating to the 1890s Haut Brion from the 1930s and pre-depression era Mouton. Throughout each selection lists producer as well location of the vineyard. The three Alsatian wines on the list have been credited as the primary genesis of the Alsatian wine market in the United States. Julia Child Playboy Magazine and Zagat each proclaimed Lutèce the best restaurant in the United States; the New York Times gave the restaurant four stars. Spiral bound in gilt-stamped blue wrappers. Wine sections are thumb-indexed. The list was never used and thus the wines remain unpriced. Very near fine. Signed by head chef André Soltner "Eu Souvenir". unknown books
197046368San Francisco 1970. 1st Printing. White card stock self wrappers brown illustration and lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Light rubbing to edges and corners faint age toning overall bright. Illustrated bifolium. Die-cut like a wine barrel. Small vignette illustration to lower wrapper of Bernstein's Fish Grotto. Aprox. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
165726937London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Printers to His Highness 1657. 1st edition Wing E-1046. Not in Gabler nor Goldsmith. Printed self-wrappers. VG split developing along fold. Now housed in archival mylar sleeve. 2 2 pp. Commonwealth seal to t.p. Folio: 2. 10-5/8" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>Gabler though not listing this item does briefly discuss & list divers tracts & pamphlets written in the early 1640s voicing public outrage over a contract between Charles I and the Vintner's Company of London- under said contract the Vintners agreed to pay a 46 shilling tax on every ton of Spanish & French wine & also agreed to annually buy a certain amount from English importers. In return the vintners were permitted to sell cooked victuals a proviso not in their original charter & allowed to recoup the tax by charging a penny a quart more that the officially published price. The ultimate effect was to give the Vintners' Company a monopoly on the wine trade all the while enriching the coffers of Charles I. Needless to say wine drinkers were livid. Parliament eventually responded in the consumers' favor. Gabler pp. 2-3. This act of Cromwell's establishes limitations on prices for Spanish & French wines a proclamation issued perhaps in memory of the Vintner's Company earlier attempts at profiteering Printed by Henry Hills, and John Field, Printers to His Highness unknown books
187027169New York: Harper's 1870. Pale pink printed wrappers. Overall VG spine paper worn. Pp 1 - 160 pp. Adverts at rear. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>"Wine in America and American Wine" pp 106 - 114 gives a 'state of the union' for the day. Issue also has a piece on the 'Mysteries of Thunderstorms' one on horse racing in the US "The Running Turf in America First Series" 6 pp. & General R. B. Marcy's "Border Reminiscences." Harper's unknown books
40073San Jose CA: Hotel Sainte Claire n. d. 1st printing presumed. Ca. early to mid 1900s. White printed paper. Significant wear to paper. Light soiling marking pen & pencil age-toning and rubbing apparent. Overall a Good example only. Single sheet folded once. Small engraving of the Hotel in black ink to the front wrapper along with a decorative border. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>This Wine List contains the pricing of both the domestic and imported wines offered to guests by the Hotel Sainte Claire. The previous owner whose markings are seen on the Imported Wines page seems to have been quite the connoiseur! Hotel Sainte Claire unknown books
306204London Bell & Daldy 1871. Third edition with additions and corrections so stated. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece "Relics of the Boar's Head." Woodcuts and diagrams/charts in the text. 440 pages 14 pages of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in blind spine lacking. Good. No signatures or bookplates. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good. London, Bell & Daldy, 1871. hardcover books
198873020Oakville: Robert Mondavi Winery 1988. First edition. Oblong 8vo. 66 pp. Small smudge on fore-edge else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed labels. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Margrit Biever. Printed in two colors by Peter Koch. One of 1000 copies. A collection of quotations about your favorite beverage. Reprinted at least four times in the trade edition. Oakville: Robert Mondavi Winery, hardcover books
1861WRCLIT82870Paris: Extrait des Mémoires de la Sociéte Impériale et Centrale d'Agriculture de France 1861. 271pp Octavo. Sewn in plain gray-blue wrapper. Slight tanning wrapper edges tanned but very good or better. First separate issue as an author's offprint printed by Madame veuve Bouchard- Houzard. "Bouchardat is often credited as the founder of diabetology and was a major figure involving dietetic therapy for treatment of diabetes prior to the advent of insulin therapy" - Wikipedia. Extrait des Mémoires de la Sociéte Impériale et Centrale d'Agriculture de France unknown books
1868WRCLIT82829Paris: Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique 1868. viii143pp. Small octavo. Removed from nonce pamphlet volume original printed wrappers preserved. Wrappers a bit dust smudged spine shows residue of former binding portion of bookseller's ticket at lower edge of upper wrapper just very good. Second edition. OCLC locates 8 copies six of them in California institutional collections. OCLC: 8531683. Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique unknown books
1901WRCLIT82830Paris & Bordeaux: Octave Doin & Feret et fils 1901. 951pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume retaining wrappers. Second edition revised and corrected. Binding residue along spine pencil address on rear wrapper upper wrapper detached otherwise a good copy. Octave Doin & Feret et fils unknown books
1892WRCLIT82738Nantes & Paris: Emile Viard / J. Dujardin 1892. 11311pp. Large thick octavo. Contemporary half- morocco and marbled boards. Illustrations and tables. Boards edgeworn and spine extremities a bit rubbed uniform light tanning two leaves show light isolated stains inner hinges mended; a good sound copy. Deuxième Mille of the revised and substantially enlarged edition after the first edition of 1884. Emile Viard / J. Dujardin hardcover books
20151954New York: A Perigee Book 2015. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Fine in fine half-dust wrapper. 363 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. A lively historically informed and definitive guide to classic American Mixology. Cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich's Imbibe! presents the colorful little known history of the classic American cocktail - and the ultimate guide to classic American drink-making- in an engaging homage to Jerry Thomas father of the American bar. Forward by Dale Degroff. <br/><br/> A Perigee Book hardcover books
