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19402366c. 1940's. Cardboard covers. Tan illustrated cardboard covers. Very good. 23 x 15.5 cm. Six 20.5 x 14 cm. cloth color illustrated cocktail napkins - with recipes for Forbidden Fruit Vodka Collins Advocaat Christmas High Ball London Gin Fizz and La France - in a folding accordion style cardboard booklet. Covers lightly worn napkins in good condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
19342259New York: Angustura-Wuppermann Corporation 1934. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. 37 pages. 15.5 x 11 cm. Recipes both sweet and savory furnished by chefs illustrated with black and white photos from distinguished hotels such as the Hotel Pierre Palmer House Rainbow Room National Hotel of Cuba and many more. Numerous cocktail recipes illustrated throughout. Published the year after Prohibition ended; a great time for cocktails. Laid in a 8.5 x 7 cm. pamphlet: Angostura - Reveals A Woman's Secret relieves gas pressure during acute periodic pain illustrated Clean crisp copy. Light fold to cover otherwise clean. <br/><br/> Angustura-Wuppermann Corporation paperback books
1979935Sydney: McGraw Hill 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards title in silver. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 143 pages. 21 x 29 cm. Profusely illustrated wine book covering the past and 1979 present of Australia's Hunter Valley Wine country including vineyards wineries and the people involved in this lush part of the world. Signed by both authors as well as the vineyard owners included here. Crisp and clean. <br/><br/> McGraw Hill hardcover books
196621731ENew York: Signet 1966. First Edition - Paperback Original. Signed by the author Vin Packer to his publisher: “For Kurt Enoch with best wishes Vin Packerâ€. Near fine bright copy with a touch of handling. From the front cover: “A shattering novel about the college boys and girls who fly high on violence sex and L.S.D.†From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch 1895-1982 who was a noted German publisher forced to flee the Nazis landing in New York in 1940. In 1948 Dr. Enoch co-founded and became President of New American Library - Signet Books which became one of the successful and acclaimed post-war publishing houses. Enoch went on to become one of the most highly regarded figures in American book publishing. Signet # P3028 Signet paperback books
19352133London: Constable & Co Ltd. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon boards. Very good. 165 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Part of Constable's Wine Library Edited by André L. Simon. Folding map at rear: The Wine Districts of the Rhine and Moselle. Alchemically and astrologically symbolic armorial bookplate of forensic psychiatrist Dr. Marcus Crahan who along with his with Elizabeth collected books on culinary subjects for over 40 years. Other bookplate: Richard Day. Spine lightly sunned interior clean and crisp partially unopened. <br/><br/> Constable & Co Ltd. hardcover books
19742506San Francisco: Westwinds Books 1974. First Edition. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards. Fine. 38 pages. 19.5 x 13. 5 cm. Limited edition of 950 copies - two-color frontispiece portrait of author. With an intriguing introductory by author Brian McGinty - giving the reader a glimpse into the years Stevenson lived in this northern California area. A fascinating survey of Napa Valley in the late 1880's. Copies printed at Cranium Press San Franciso. Decorative papers by Brian Day. Pristine copy. Westwinds Books hardcover books
197847224Italy/ Broomall Pa: Guide: "Printed by Havertown Printing Co. Broomall Pa." Menu: "Printed in Italy by Litho Masi - Portici" 1978. 1st Printing. Menu is white card stock self wrappers full color illustration to upper wrapper black lettering. Guide is white card stock wrappers pictorial upper and lower wrappers black and blue lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Menu has some creasing to corners and some light soiling internally clean and bright. Guide is in NF condition with the exception of very light soiling to head of upper wrapper. Menu: Illustrated bifolium. Guide: 24 pp. Illustrated. Menu: 13-1/2" x 9-1/2". Guide: 8-7/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Guide: "Printed by Havertown Printing Co., Broomall, Pa." Menu: "Printed in Italy by Litho Masi - Portici" 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
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
1992880Baltimore: Bacchus nd 1992. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Full Burgundy bonded leather gilt spine. Fine. 407 pages. An attractively bound facsimile edition printed on acid-free paper of the 1833 first edition. One of 500 copies. Includes a detailed table table classing wines from France Spain Hungary Germany Sicily Naples and South Africa with descriptions of their properties. GABLER 33940. <br/><br/> Bacchus hardcover books
2001233601London: National Gallery Company 2001. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 4to blue cloth d.w. London: National Gallery Company 2001. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> National Gallery Company unknown books
1955002848New York and San Francisco: Browne Vintners Co. Inc. Sole Agents in U. S. A.; Petri Wine Company 1955. First Edition. Near fine. Two wine-related ephemera pieces from the mid-20th century. - New York n. d. ca 1955. Small booklet; 6 x 3 1/4; pp. 10 including text to wraps verso; pictorial wraps decorated after a poster by Toulouse Lautrec; illustrated with small in-line drawings; a tiny spot to spine else very minor wear; in about very good condition. A charming booklet on the specifics of French wines and advertisement for the company it was created by Barton and Guestier Wines - established in 1725 in Bordeaux by Thomas Barton and represented in over 130 countries. Topics in the booklet included a list with a few "rules of thumb" as to which wine to serve with various foods at what temperature should wines be served etc. - San Francisco 1953. Small card; 2 1/4 x 3 1/2; four wine cocktails recpies on recto illustrated with small drawings; calendar for 1953 on verso; very light wear; in near fine condition. Petri Wine Company was founded in 1886 by Raffaello Petri in the San Joaquin Valley initially producing their wines only in kegs for bulk local distribution. During the Prohibition the family closed down their wineries and temporarily traded in Italian leathers and cigars later using those profits to expand the wine-making operation by buying competing wineries. In 1935 they began bottling their wines and selling them nationally. In the early 1940s the company was a major sponsor of the popular radio show "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." In 1953 Petri was the largest domestic producer of wines in the US. Louis Petri grandson of Raffaello was instrumental in founding Allied Grape Growers - an organization whose main goal was stabilizing grape prices. After a series of mergers and buy-outs Petri Wines ceased to exist in its original form. Browne Vintners Co., Inc. (Sole Agents in U. S. A.); Petri Wine Company hardcover books
1900WRCLIT82435New York: Townsend & Montant 1900. 433pp. plus tipped in errata. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume without wrapper. Binding residue along spine a handful of pencil notes otherwise very good or better. The sale consisted of well over 123 lots including lettered lots some of the more important with commentary. The lots were sold at the direction of the executors of Judge Hilton's estate and overseen by Du Vivier & Co. Hilton is best remembered for his profitable association with Alexander Stewart and for his 1500 acre estate in Saratoga Springs known at its height as Woodlawn Park. Not recorded in OCLC. Townsend & Montant unknown books
19692565King Edward Sheraton Hotel 1969. Cards. Tan illustrated cards. Very good. 28 x 22 cm. Large illustrated folding menu with a page of proverbs and a page of the wines and cheese served at this event. Some of the proverbs 10 link wine and drink to the medical profession such as: "An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more that his own doctor." Back cover illustration notes: Arrangments with the compliments of Hoffmann-La Roche Limited Montreal. <br /><br />The owner's signature Dr. Mary V. Jackson was one the first women faculty members in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and the first woman to hold senior academic and administrative posts. Creased at middle otherwise fine. <br /> books
1800D8852France likely the late 1800s. Ephemera. Near Fine. Group of 5 full-color illustrated cards captioned in French showing children tasked with wine-making tending the vineyards guarding the vineyards harvesting the grapes getting sloshed. Each is about 3x4.25 inches with a thin white border. Some pencilled markings on the verso; one with some scuffing on the verso and a small closed tear at the edge likely removed from an album; otherwise fine. <br/><br/> unknown books
19252142Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1925. Hardcover. Tan paper covered boards cloth spine paper title on cover and spine. Very good. 154 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A classic tribute to libations filled with poems songs and drinking ballads along with music and exceptional illustrations. Bookplate of Charles Willard Stage Cleveland Lawyer on verso of front free end paper. Interior crisp and clean boards rubbed at corners. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
19361561Chicago n.d. but 1936. Hardcover. Maroon simulated cloth gilt title. Near fine. 103 pages. 15.5 x 12 cm. Limited edition - 44 of 500. Inscribed and signed by author - "For Lee & Stella with much love from George E. Scott 3/9/36." Privately printed. Pencil notes shopping list for wines. Clean crisp copy. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1889WRCLIT82453Bordeaux: Feret et Fils 1889. 824168pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Printed wrapper. Illustrated adverts. Tanning to wrapper residue on spine from former binding otherwise very good. First edition. The very scarce exhibition catalogue for the year under the auspices of the Société d'Agriculture de la Gironde. Accompanied by a 16pp. catalogue of the publications re: viticulture and brewing available through Feret and Sons. Unrecorded in OCLC. Feret et Fils unknown books
1888WRCLIT82451Bordeaux: Feret et Fils 1888. 840168pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Printed wrapper. Illustrated adverts. Modest tanning to wrapper with a few small spots to upper panel residue on spine from former binding some pencil ticks in catalogue otherwise very good. 2e Édition. The very scarce exhibition catalogue for the year under the auspices of the Société d'Agriculture de la Gironde. Accompanied by a 16pp. catalogue of the publications re: viticulture and brewing available through Feret and Sons. Unrecorded in OCLC. Feret et Fils unknown books
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 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
19332235Norwich: H. W. Hunt 1933. Hardcover. Blue boards title in gilt. Good. 15 pages. 28.5 x 21.5 cm. Signed by author - Limited edition number 95 of 250. History description and illustrations of wine spirit and sauce labels. Previous owners stamp on front free end paper. Boards rubbed at edges interior clean. <br/><br/> H. W. Hunt hardcover books
196718222Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. corners moderately bumped slight soiling to bottom edge generally a good solid copy; jacket a bit yellowed small tear at upper right-hand corner of front panel minor chipping at spine ends. "This is the story of the First Family of an upstate New York town in the years from World War I through the aftermath of World War II." The author herself a product of an upstate New York town was better known as a mystery/suspense novelist under the pseudonym of "Vin Packer" and somewhat later as award-winning young adult fiction writer "M.E. Kerr." She used a few other pseudonyms as well for other genres/fields. This was her second book and first novel to be published under her own name which is actually Marijane Meaker. . Doubleday & Company, Inc. 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
