Bordeaux: P. Chaumas, 1862. [6],133,[3]pp. Small octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume, original wrappers retained. Illustrations, Wrapper a bit smudged and dusty, spine has residue of previous binding, but very good and sound. First edition (later impression) of this specialized study by the multi-talented chemist and linguist. OCLC includes entries for.....
Bordeaux: Imp. G. Gounouilhou, [nd but ca. 1880-90s]. 16pp. Printed wrapper. Illustrations. Early manuscript notation on upper wrapper repeated on label on upper wrapper, vertical crease, but a very good copy. A promotional on the modes of creating carbonated soft drinks, distributed by a firm d.b.a. "A la Carbonique Liquide.".....
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[Np]. [nd. but ca. 1900]. 12pp. Printed wrapper. Extracted from pamphlet volume. Corner creases to final leaf, some tanning, vertical crease, but near very good. A separate printing of this paper, possibly done for Carreda Hermanos or Septimus Parsonage & Co, who share an advert inside the front wrapper. Cameron.....
Patis & Bordeaux: Libraires Associés / Feret & Fils, 1899. 10,[2]pp. Octavo. Sewn printed wrapper. Pulp paper uniformly tanned, small snag at top margin of title, but a good, if fragile, copy. First separate edition, reprinted from the February 1899 BULLETIN DES TRAVAUX DE LA SOCIETÉ DE PHARMACIE DES BORDEAUX.....
Paris: L. Bouchard-Huzard, 1839. xv,[1],384pp. plus two folding plates bound at end. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Extremities rubbed, foxing and occasional spots throughout, but a good copy, with the half-title bound in. With the pencil ownership signature and scattered marginal annotations of a member of the Du Vivier.....
Paris: L. Berger et Cie. 1 Decembre 1892. 64pp. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Illustrated. Wrappers foxed and facing pages browned, spine split and extremities chipped, internally near very good. Published as an issue of the 38th series of LES GRANDES USINES DE TURGAN, illustrated with engravings after J.E. Bourdelin, including full-page.....
Paris: Bachelier, Libraire, 1824. Two volumes. [4],376pp. plus 3 folding plates; [4],352pp. plus errata and 5 plates. Octavo. Old speckled calf, spines gilt extra. Extremities and joints quite worn (but sound), occasional foxing and mild discolorations in text; a reasonably good set. First edition of this early work by the.....
London: Gollancz, 1967. 492pp. plus photographs. Large octavo. Cloth. Near fine in dust jacket with minor use. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the title-page: "For Joe Vergara, who appeared with me on the Dick Cavett program, with best wishes Patrick Forbes."
Paris: Imprimerie Municipale, 1882. 545,[3]pp. Quarto. Contemporary three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Illustrations. Binding extremities quite rubbed (but sound), light stain on the lower blank area of half-title, small adhesion flaw in lower margin of pp. 535/6, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A substantial report with a......
[London]: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., [1966]. 264pp. Quarto. Gilt cloth. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Line drawings by Owen Wood. Index. Maps. First edition. A very good copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket of Hugh Johnson's first book on wine.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. xii,327pp. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind, lettered in gilt. Old dampmark affects the lower fore-quadrant of the boards and textblock, toe of spine worn; if it were not for the tidemark from the damp, a very good, sound copy. First edition.....
Marseille: Barlatier et Barthelet, 1889. 52pp. Large octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume, without wrapper (if so issued). Residue of binding spine, short closed tear into title-leaf from gutter, title-leaf tanned, just a good copy. First separate printing, as an "Extrait du Bulletin de la Société Scientifique Industrielle de Marseille.".....
Paris: G. Masson, 1880. 20pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume, without wrapper (if so issued). Light foxing and a few smudges, title leaf neatly detached, otherwise very good. First separate printing, as an extract from ANNALES AGRONOMIQUES V:4, of this work by the scientist credited by some historians as the.....
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. viii,387pp. Large octavo. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, bound with the half-title, but without the wrappers and advert. Twelve plates and 85 textual illustrations. Binding extremities shelfworn, short crack at crown of upper joint, foxing early and late, scattered elsewhere, and to tissue guards. A good.....
Paris: Librairie F. Savy, 1873. iv,344pp. plus 32 plates printed in color. Large octavo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, wrappers not bound in. Rather foxed early and late, and in the margins of the plates, photo of Pasteur's childhood home affixed to half-title, with ms. caption, binding rubbed and.....
London: John van Vorst, 1869. vi,[2],62,[2]pp. Octavo. Green cloth, stamped in black. Color lithographed frontis. Rear endsheets browned from now absent clippings (a bit of residue from where they were tipped in), a bit of wear at edges, otherwise a very good copy. Second edition, with additions. Formerly Arthur Upson's.....
New Haven: Printed for Members of the Bacchus Club, 1930. Small quarto. Linen backed pastepaper boards, paper spine label. Wood engravings by F.H. Fischer after drawings by W.A. Dwiggins. Label a bit darkened, forecorners worn, offset to front endsheets (see below), lower board sunned, else a very good copy. First.....
London: Routledge, [1957]. Gilt cloth. Maps, plates and illustrations. About fine in faintly used, price-clipped dust jacket. "... a fascinating guide into our vinous past..." - Gabler.
London: Holland Press, [1972]. Large, thick quarto. Gilt cloth boards. Facsimiles. Light hand-soiling to boards, but very good or better, without dust jacket. A photo-offset facsimile of the 1927/1932 original limited edition, published in two volumes by Maggs Bros. Gabler reports that this edition was limited to 350 copies (i.e......
London & Paris: Maggs Brothers, 1927 - 1932. Two volumes. Quarto. Cloth and boards, untrimmed. Illustrations and facsimiles. Boards a bit edgeworn and smudged, some faint splashmarks to spines, tiny snag at crown of one spine, bookplates and ownership stamp (see below), a good set, internally very good. First editions.....
Paris: Leon Carpentier, 1890. xii,[13]-290pp. Large octavo (25 x 16.5cm). Lacking the printed wrappers and in need of rebinding, first signature detached, some dust tanning and smudging to half-title, otherwise very good, untrimmed and largely unopened. First edition. OCLC locates five copies (3 in North America), and three copies in.....
Madrid: Libreria de Cuesta, 1879. 77,[5]pp. Large octavo. Printed wrappers, extracted from pamphlet volume. Tables and illustrations. French bookseller's ticket on front wrapper, spine covering absent, but a very good copy. First edition, published in the series "Monografías Industriales." OCLC/Worldcat locates two copies in North America: Sutro Library and Yale.....
Washington: GPO, 1900. 76pp. Large octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume, without wrapper. Binding residue along spine, otherwise very good or better. First edition. Published as US Dept. of Agriculture Chemistry Division Bulletin no. 59.
Montpellier & Paris: Camille-Coulet / G. Masson, 1894. viii,456pp. Contemporary half-cloth and marbled boards, gilt leather spine label. Illustrations. Bound without wrappers (but with the half- title) textblock tanned at edges (but still supple), binding somewhat rubbed and with streak of soiling down lower cover; a good copy. First edition.....
Bordeaux: P. Chaumas, 1857. 150,[4]pp. Octavo. Contemporary textured boards, half- title and advert leaf bound in. Illustrations. Boards a bit soiled and edgeworn, with repair to lower portion of upper joint, internally very good and clean. First edition. In addition to discussing the medicinal and health benefits and effects of.....
