![CATALOGUE OF THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF RARE MADEIRAS, SHERRIES, CLARETS [,] JOHANNISBERGERS, OLD...](/pictures/thumb/WRCLIT82435.jpg?v=1593713016)
New York: Townsend & Montant, 22 November 1900. 43,[3]pp. 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.....
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.....
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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.".....
![IMPORTANT TO HEALTH THE COMPOSITION OF BRANDY [wrapper title]. Sir Charles A. Cameron, William R....](/pictures/thumb/WRCLIT82463.jpg?v=1593713017)
[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.....
New York: William Wood & Co., 1870. xii,71,[1]pp. plus 11 plates, 10 of them with facing descriptive text leaves, and 55,[1]pp. terminal catalogue. Large octavo. Brick red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Engraved frontis. Spine extremities a bit frayed and rubbed, front inner hinge cracked with signs of.....
Owensboro, KY: Industrial Publishing Company, 1895. vi,[2],[9]-310pp. Small octavo. Brick brown cloth, spine lettered in now faded gilt. Textblock uniformly browned due to the poor quality pulp paper but intact, cloth a bit dull and hand-soiled; just a good copy. First edition. OCLC locates a single copy of this edition.....
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.....
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1886. vi,178pp. Large octavo. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards. One plate (4 microscopic views). Foxing early and late, extremities shelfworn with sharp bump to lower fore-tips cracking the boards but not affecting the text block. A good copy. First edition. Salleron (1829-1897) was first and foremost.....
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.....
London: The Wine and Food Society, 1957. Large octavo. Cloth. Frontis and photographs. Bookplate on front pastedown, clipping affixed to front free endsheet, otherwise near fine in moderately edgeworn and nicked dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Simon to poet William Curran Reedy, and with an a.l.s. (London, 30 December.....
