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1830M11919Philadelphia:: L. Johnson 1830. 1830. "4th improved edition." 8vo. 385-90 381 pp. Foxed throughout not hindering legibility. Original red cloth spine paper title label; front cover detached but present ffe loose extremities worn spine chipped. Rear free endpaper early ownership signature. As is. RARE. The first volume of a pioneer American health journal published from 1829-33. It features a selection of fascinating perspectives on medicine including analyses of the effects on health of headwear wine and malt liquor consumption mealtimes and water drinking among other things as well as considerations of race and longevity quacks mothering and more. On tobacco: "'A Victim of the Weed' is desirous of knowing whether he can at once abandon his pipe and segars or must part company in a gradual manner. Our advice is to desist immediately and entirely from the use of tobacco in every form and in any quantity however small" 220. On race: "The differences in this respect are primitive in the different races; the mucous body or varnish which constitutes the layer between the true skin beneath and the outer covering or cuticle being white or nearly so in the European or Caucasian races; yellowish in the Mongul or African; and black in the African" 146. On the education of girls: "Under twelve years of age it should be an invariable rule that the hours of close application should never exceed those of amusement and exercise" 267. Contains nos. 1-24: September 9 1829 through August 25 1830. L. Johnson, 1830. hardcover
201827037<p>Wine Literature . Wine Reads. A Literary Anthology of Wine Writing. Edited by Jay McInerney. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. In this anthology Jay McInerney novelist and wine columnist selects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making selling and of course drinking of fine wine. Including excerpts from novels short fiction memoir and narrative nonfiction Wine Reads features big names in the trade and literary heavyweights alike. We follow Kermit Lynch to the Northern Rhône in a chapter from his classic Adventures on the Wine Route. In an excerpt from Between Meals long-time New Yorker writer A. J. Liebling raises feeding and imbibing on a budget in Paris into something of an art form and discovers a very good rosé from just west of the Rhone. Michael Dibdin's fictional Venetian detective Aurelio Zen gets a lesson in Barolo Barbaresco and Brunello vintages from an eccentric celebrity. </p> Atlantic Monthly Press, hardcover
1900187311900. Very good condition. Colour photo-lithograph with illustrations from an unknown international magazine of the locations and activities of the wine making process. With numbered caption below the image: 1. A vineyard. 2. Vine Harvest. 3. Wine Making. 4. The Vats. 5. The Cellars. With a vignette of a vineyard at the top of the illustration and cluster of grapes. There are 2 illustrations of Japan and China on verso. Image 6 x 9" on paper 10 1/2 x 13" unknown
199748079Berkeley CA: Ten Speed Press 1997. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley CA: Ten Speed Press 1997. First Edition with full number line. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial unclipped dust jacket; 240pp.; color photographic illus. throughout. Moderate wear and surface scratches to dust jacket else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on title page "April 1997 / Jacques When cooking seafood.Always Have a Sensual Touch! With High Regards / Charlie. Ten Speed Press unknown
1924151017N.p.: N.p. 1924. Vintage publicity photograph of actress Virginia Valli from the 1924 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso along with the stamp of King Features Syndicate. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1920 novel "Belonging" by Olive Wadsley. Considered a lost film. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
19881407764Washington: American Institute of Architects Press 1988. Hardcover. Quarto 351 pages. In Very Good condition minus with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Price unclipped: “$50.00â€. Boards in white cloth; light toning to top edge. Illustrated: b&w and color. <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates.<br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1407764. FP New Rockville Stock. American Institute of Architects Press hardcover
1952rbr1- va117<p>Please see photos for Contents and book condition.</p> Published by the Author. hardcover
1963170302Greenwich: Fawcett / Gold Medal 1963. First Edition. No. K1294. First Edition a paperback original.<br /> <br /> Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers with only some light rubbing and a faint horizontal crease to the top right corner of the rear wrapper to note. Fawcett / Gold Medal unknown
195415411-1Canada: Gold Medal Book 1954. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover. VERY GOOD Minus. Soft cover. PBO - Paperback Original True 1st. 144 pages. Very SCARCE.>>.Original cover price is 35 cents; Backcover crease. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Gold Medal Book Paperback
2004536780Eureka California: Stark House 2004. Softcover. Fine. First edition thus. Octavo. 326pp. Fine in perfectbound wrappers. Signed on the title page. Two novels previously printed as Gold Medal paperback original collected together for the first time. Stark House unknown
1958536719Greenwich Connecticut: Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications 1958. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition paperback original. Perfectbound in wrappers. Near fine with some light general wear. A story based on the Parker-Hume murder case in New Zealand involving two teenage girls convicted of murdering one of their mothers. Peter Jackson dramatized the case in the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey. Gold Medal Book S797. Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications unknown
199620234116Auckland New Zealand: Wine Institute of New Zealand. A Spiral Bound Brochure featuring 12 New Zealand wine makers and 32 participating companies at a exposition July 16 19969. 136 pp with b&w illus. . Good. Spiral Bound. 1996. Wine Institute of New Zealand unknown
FORT870632Amwell Press. Used - Very Good. Signed Limited Edition No.680 of 1000 copies. Amwell Press unknown
1954EB-PB-08-101<p>The story follows Ferris Sullivan a student at Jackson University who initially resents his dormitory advisor Paul Lasher. Despite their initial animosity an intense and gradual relationship forms between them. After a trip to New York together Lasher realizes he has fallen in love with Ferris. The two begin making plans for their future but Ferris's horrified mother finds out about the relationship and threatens to expose them. Desperate to escape Lasher devises a plan with devastating consequences.</p> Gold Medal Books paperback
2016250814007Wine & Spirit Education Trust 2016. Paperback. Highlighted . 10x8x0. Highlighted throughout. Scuffed. Binding is secure. As is. 200 pp. Wine & Spirit Education Trust paperback
1806San Francisco: Wine Advisory Board 1943. 8vo. cloth covered boards hardcover. black & white llustrations the original four pamphlets are bound in the hardcover book; Book 1: The Wine Industry 28 pages; Book 2: Wine Growing and Wine Types 48 pages; Book 3: The Sale of Wine in Stores 30 pages; . Book 4: The Sale of Wine in Restaurants 36 pages; a fine clean tight copy. <br/><br/> San Francisco: Wine Advisory Board (1943) hardcover
2000016632Droz 2000. This is a fine hardcover copy virtually as new. Completely clean. L'Astrée is a pastoral novel by Honoré d'Urfé published between 1607 and 1627. Bibliography. 10" high X 7" wide 335 pages. Heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Hard Cover. Fine. Droz Hardcover
18-4623Napa CA: COPIA 2007. . 4to. 66 pp. Soft colored wraps. As new. Color plates. Includes foreword by Arthur Jacobus president of COPIA an essay by Peter Selz and a note from the artist Ira Yeager. Catalogue created on occasion of exhibition “Yeager: Vinetvm et Caelvm: Vineyard & Sky†at COPIA: The American Center for Wine Food & The Arts in Napa CA from July 27 through October 21 2007. Title page autographed by artist Ira Yeager. Scarce.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. Napa, CA: COPIA, 2007. paperback
2006Q-1575608472Cherry Lane Music 2006-05-01. Sheet music. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cherry Lane Music unknown
1998DADAX0312191901Thomas Dunne Books 1998-08-15. Revised. hardcover. New. 7.70x2.02x9.34. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Thomas Dunne Books hardcover
0883170825-3-37021348Stoeger Publishing. paperback. Good. 9x5x0. Stoeger Publishing paperback
20069780750666350London UK: Butterworth-Heinemann 2006. New Hardcover. <p>Charters Steve. Wine & Society: the cultural & social context of a drink. Butterworth-Heinemann: Sydney Australia 2006. 4to HC 358pp</p> Butterworth-Heinemann hardcover
20129789881574350Hong Kong: Artpower International 2012. New Hardcover. <p>Lee Cindy ed Cheers: Wine Cellar Design. Artpower: Hong Kong 2012. 4to HC np</p> Artpower International hardcover
122621 October 1810. Possibly submitted by the 'Mr William Crosbie wine and spirit merchant' whose death at Castle Douglas on 15 March 1821 is recorded in Blackwood's Magazine April 1821. 1p. 8vo. Neatly written out on watermarked laid paper. Headed 'Fanny Wilson for fathers funeral To William Crosbie 1810'. Eleven entries for the funeral on 1 October 1812 including two plum cakes '11 Cakes Short Bread'; '2 Gallons <> Rum' and '2 1/4 ditto Whisky'; '6 Bottles Old Port' and '6 ditto Sherry'. Receipt of payment on 5 November at foot signed by Crosbie. 1 October 1810. unknown
DADAX1101994312DIAL 2016-12-27. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 9.38x0.41x9.41. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. DIAL hardcover