Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 315pp. Octavo in flexible red cloth boards. Cover wear, solid binding, clean throughout, Good +.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1935
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Red Cloth, Gilt. Zustand: Very Good + Book. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor Dustjacket. Second Edition, Revised. 315 Pp + Wine Record Book Pages At End. Wine Red Cloth, Spine Gilt. Lightly Used But Top And Bottom Of Spine A Little Faded, Minute Losses Of Gilt In Some Letters On Spine. Dj Panels Laid In, Front Panel And Front Flap Detached, Rear Panel Lacking, Worn With Small Losses; Any Jacket For This Edition Is Scarce. With The Accompanied Four Page Guide "Vintage Years", Noted On Last Page As To Be Published With The Complete Wine Book, New York, 1935, Apparently Not Issued With Other Printings.
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Verlag: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd, London, 1935
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Erstausgabe
EUR 214,37
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of this comprehensive guide to wines around Europe as well as tips for storing, serving and drinking. First edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A complete overview of wines, including French, German, Spanish, Italian and other European wines, as well as a chapter on brandy and liqueurs. With descriptions of buying, serving and drinking wines and the technique of the wine-taster.Illustrated with five maps and five additional in-text figures. Collated, complete.Written by American travel guide, wine writer and merchant Frank Schoonmaker, and Tom Marvel. This book was awarded the 1935 Grand Prix Annuel of the Academie de Vin de France, the first time it has been awarded to any non-French author. In the original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With chipping to the spine head, closed tear to the middle of the spine and with bottom section detached but present. With tape reinforcement to the spine tail. With creasing and general edge wear to the wrap. Sunning to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the fore edge affecting the pages. Near Fine. book.