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First edition, xv, [1], 240pp., with half-title, orig. brown patterned cloth, lightly stained, spine repaired with minor tears and rubbing to extremities. Provenance: Ownership signature to front-free endpaper "Wm. Theakston, 1860." Gabler, G33930; Bitting, p. 391.
48 Pages. Features: Cover photo of bombing crew mission debriefing session; Nice one-page color ad for Woodbury film-finish powder features Sonja Henie; Temple radio ad; We must not delay rebuilding the world; Photo of B-17s over the Reich; Photo of Allied infantry and armor fighting along the German Westwall; Dramatic photo of B-29s thundering over Mount Fuji on way to Tokyo; Photo of American troops in landing barges on way to a Pacific Island; Last Fortress of the Nazis - article and photos explain how in the Alps east of Switzerland Hitler's henchmen are expected to make a final stand - includes caricatures of Hitler, Himmler, Goebels and Goering; The Soviet Soldier Does Not Forget - he remembers the long ordeal of his people and says it must not happen again; The Censor Defends the Censorship - Director of Censorship Byron Price replies to those who complain that too much news is kept from the public; General Lewis A. Pick of 'Pick's Pike' - photo-illustrated article of the builder of Stilwell Road, the 620-mile land route to China from Burma; One-page color ad for the Parker '51' pen; Poem - "Lincoln's Last Birthday"; One-page color ad for Benson & Hedges Virginia Rounds cigarettes; The Horace Mann-Lincoln School of teachers College; Photo and article on Shirley Temple - who tells how she evolved from gurgling to glamor; ad for Philharmonic radio-phonographs; William Gallacher - the only Communist M.P. in Britain, and one of the most persistent Churchill-baiters in Parliament - article with photo; Nice color ad for Valliant Vineyards; Great letter about jobs for men and women by Ann Maulsby; Lieut. Gen. Kurt Dittmar is 'The Voice of the Wehrmacht" - article with photo; Color ad for Nestle's evaporated milk; Nice color photo ad for Thomas' Protein Bread; Meals with Little or No Meat; Color Crisco ad; The Bare Arm Look (fashion); Decorating Ingenuity; Kingergarten Enterprises; Cocomalt ad features boy on stilts; Lovely two-page fashion section features attractive photos of formal fashions; Nice half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes features lady in red polka-dot summerwear; Postman's Daily Rounds - article on letter carriers of the New York area distribute 80 tons of mail daily; Color one-page ad for Fabrics by Stafford, sold by Goodman & Theise; Fantastic color-photo back page ad for Rheingold Beer features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd, bowling. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
Feature articles include: The Apish Origins of Human Tension; The Hard Kind of Patriotism; The Impregnable Boston Symphony; How America "Solved" the Servant Problem; Rockefeller's Triple-threat Brain Trust; The Case for Fast Drivers; Washington's Chance for Splendor; The Troubled Conscience of American Business; The Military's Limited War Against Segregation; A special duty for Republicans; Special Supplement - The Tangled Romance of Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson; Whatever happened to the peaceful atom; Our Most American Animal; "Consider Me a Communist" - a Portrait of Evtushenko; Latin - the Church's Mother Tongue?; On the Road in Brazil; Governing Buckley by the Numbers; Danger in our Medical Labs; Louisiana's Wonderful Invention; The Multiversity; Be My Host; Balanchine's Return to Russia; How Not to Integrate the Schools; The Lost World of Cape Canaveral, 1911; Is Kindness Killing the Arts?; How Buinessmen Can Fight "Big Government" - and win; Days and Nights in Texas; Mrs. Roosevelt Does a TV Commercial; Restraints on American Catholic Freedom; My Anti-headache Diet; Africa's New Elites; California Wines - A Look at the Vineyards around the Golden Gate; How to Treat the Broadway Malady of 1963; The Slow, Quiet Murder of Tax Reform; Detroit's Surprising Mayor; The Debate Over Velikovsky - An Astronomer's Rejoinder; The Angry Young Women; and more. Moderate wear. Tightly bound. Usual library markings. Book
24 pages. Features: C-I-L Dynawad shotgun shell ad inside front cover; Canada's 11th Province Has Palm Trees - some 600,000 Canadians live in California; What it's Like to have a Heart Attack - Doug Palk helps readers understand; The Age of Chivalry is Alive - Colour Photo Fashion Feature; Canada's Cruel Treasure Chest - The Canadian Shield; The Millionaire and the 25-cent Piece - Gregory Clark recalls the special magic of found money; Great full-page colour photo ad for A&W features Albert and Walter; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Features: in colour - Azaleas, a comet, royal treasures, and land reclamation; Kariba Dam; Mt. Palomar; The Expansion of the Universe, Part I of a science series; 1959 Motor Show; Hadrian's Wall; Benenden School; Vineyards in England; Libyan desert reclamation; Britain's Collieries; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
pp. x, 142. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full embossed purple cloth binding. Spine fragile. Binding faded at edges. First issued in 1852, this important work contains a great deal of information about American viticulture in Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. Buchanan praises the local catawba wines and Nicholas Longworth's Sparkling Catawba, America's first sparkling wine and an enormous commercial success. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WHISKEY 2
275 pages. The author's "Evocative and highly engaging account of leaving behind the city, slowing life down, and learning to love the peculiar trials and earthy pleasures of tending a vineyard in a magical and near-forgotten corner of Canada." - from dust jacket. Label removal mark on back panel of lightly worn dust jacket. Very light wear to clean, unmarked book. A nice copy. Hey, it's not too late. You can do it too! Book
Villefranche-en-Beaujolais, Editions du Cuvier, 1960. Grand in-8, broché, 359 pp. Photo jointe. Bon exemplaire.
416p. Illustrated with photographs and maps. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original chipped dust jacket. First Edition in the English Language. WHISKEY 1
12p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very scarce and ephemeral. WHISKEY 2
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. 186 pages. Interior pages clean and unmarked. B&w photos. Pictorial cover.
" The Wines of Greece is a comprehensive and fascinating account of the local wines, grape varieties, vineyards, producers and traditional wine - making methods of Greece, from the furthest -flung islands to the most remote parts of the mainland - wine-lovers will find here all the information they need to track down the quality Greek wines being produced today. " (with information on local grape varieties) 308p. plates.maps.glossary.bibliography.index. Book
pp. xiii, 326 + Plus full page photographs. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. WHISKEY 2
In 8°; (2), 314, (2) pp. Legatura editoriale in piena tela. Sopraccoperta editoriale illustrata. "Publisher presentation copy W. Coy Filmer" con firme autografe dei due autori al margine alto del foglio di sguardia. Qualche lieve strofinatura alla sopraccoperta e per il resto, esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Interessante testo di enologia basato sulla "Paul Masson Vineyards". Ex-libris di noto esperto enologo.
217p. + Plus frontis. Numerous photographs. Illustrations by Dawn L. McDowell. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. WHISKEY 1
P., La conception publicitaire, 1951. Petit in-8 (20 x 14.5 cm), couverture bordeaux illustrée, 71 pp. avec bandeaux, culs de lampe et cartes en hors texte
388p. Map illustrations. Folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Very nice copy. The first book to describe in detail the vineyards, wines and the colorful history of the Graves region of south-west France. WHISKEY 1
120p. + Plus map frontis. Illustrations by Oscar Fabres. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. WHISKEY 1
Originally published as "Which wine is in your glass? : understanding & enjoying wine" Translated into Polish by Hanna Turczyn-Zalewska Book
320p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and maps. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. WHISKEY 1
Revised edition. VG/VG. 11014. eng