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The Savoy Cocktail Book
by Harry Craddock
The now-classic prohibition era cocktail book, originally published in 1930 by Savoy Hotel in London.
The World Atlas Of Wine
by Hugh Johnson
The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and (since 2003) Jancis Robinson, MW is an atlas and reference work on the world of wine, published by Mitchell Beazley. It pioneered the use of wine-specific cartography to give wine a sense of place, and has since the first edition published in 1971 sold 4 million copies in 14 languages.
The Billionaire's Vinegar
by Benjamin Wallace
BENJAMIN WALLACE has written for GQ, Food & Wine, and Philadelphia, where he was the executive editor. He lives in Brooklyn.
Wine
by Hugh Johnson
Mr. Johnson traces the entire process of wine-making from grape to bottle to table, discussing soil, vintages, the qualities that distinguish good, fine and great wines, the details of shipping and selling -- the fascinating and essential background knowledge that enables the informed wine lover to know what he is getting when he reads the label.
Art Of Making Wine
by Stanley F ; Hull, Raymond Anderson
Stanley F. Anderson founded Wine-Art in 1959, and has written four books about wine and beermaking. He lives in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada.
Napa
by James Conaway
James Conaway's remarkable bestseller delves into the heart of California's lush and verdant Napa Valley, also known as America's Eden. Long the source of succulent grapes and singular wines, this region is also the setting for the remarkable true saga of the personalities behind the winemaking empires. This is the story of Gallos and Mondavis, of fortunes made and lost, of dynasties and destinies. In this delightful, full-bodied social history, James Conaway charts the rise of a new aristocracy and, in...
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Wine & Spirits Books & Ephemera
THE FRUGAL GOURMET COOKS WITH WINE
by Smith, Jeff
New York: William Morrow, 1986. Very good+ (previous owner's embossed circular stamp on first free endpaper, one page with yellow highlighting which shows through on other side but does not obscure printing) in very good dust jacket (rubbed, light edgewear). Besides the frugal gourmet's recipes, the book contains a large section on choosing and serving wine (by Father Corbet Clark). Second printing.. Hard Cover. Illus. by Gary Jacobsen.
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£0.81
THE NEW CONNOISSEURS' HANDBOOK OF CALIFORNIA WINES
by Roby, Norman S. and Charles E. Olken
New York: Knopf, 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket. Convenient "travel" size (5 x 9 inches) with helpful sections on winemaking basics, grapes and wine types, wine geography, wine language (hard, warm, hearty, etc, for 18 pages!), and the core of the book--a long section on the wineries and specific wines and vintages. Includes a section on Oregon and Washington. Maps included. 414 pages. Third edition (the later the better, of course, but the sections on the histories and tendencies of the wineries are...
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£3.23
TWO DISCOURSES I. Concerning the different WITS of MEN: II. Of the MYSTERIE of VINTNERS. By Walter Charleton D.M. and Physitian in ordinary to his Majesty.
by [CHARLETON, Walter].:
London, printed by F.L. for William Whitwood at the sign of the Golden-Bell in Duck-lane, near Smithfield, 1675.. A brief DISCOURSE concerning the different WITS of MEN. Written at the request of a Gentleman, Eminent in Virtue, Learning, Fortune, In the Year 1664. And now Published with Consent of the Author. and The MYSTERIE of VINTNERS or a BRIEF DISCOURSE CONCERNING The various Sicknesses of WINES, and their respective Remedies, at this Day comonly used. Delivered to the ROYAL SOCIETY, Assembled in...
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£1,900.00
Wine From Another Galaxy Noble Rot
by Keeling, Dan & Andrew, Mark
London: Quadrille, 2020. New Hardcover. Keeling, Dan & Andrew, Mark. Wine From Another Galaxy Noble Rot. Quadrille: London, 2020. 4to (255mmx195mm) black dec bds 351,[1]pp. (foreword by Stephen Harris)
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£34.71
The Wines of America
by ADAMS, Leon D
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book club edition. 465pp. Cloth faded and lightly stained, very good in a good edgeworn and stained dustwrapper. A comprehensive, authoritative guide to the wines and wine districts of the United States, Canada, and Mexico including eleven maps of principle wine districts.
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£16.17
Saint Emilion (Bernard Ginestet's Guide to the Vineyards of France)
by Ginestet, Bernard
Livingstone, Churchill, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£6.05
Frank Schoonmakers Encyclopedia of Wine
by Frank Schoonmaker
Hastings House Daytrips Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.08
Wine: A Brief Encyclopedia
by JAMES, Walter
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 208pp. Decorations by Harold Freedman. Faint spotting on the bottom page edge and a previous owner name on the front free endpaper else near fine in a very good spine toned dustwrapper with spotting on the rear panel.
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£20.21
First Steps in Winemaking
by Berry, C. J. J
G. W. Kent, Inc., 1994. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.94
What Wine Is That?
by Dan Murphy
In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.For over thirty years Dan Murphy has been closely associated with the wine industry in Australia. In 1952 he established The Cellar in Prahran, Victoria, a wine merchant house based on the European concept of selling wine. In 1955 he formed The Vintage Club, which has an active membership of over 16,000 and of which he is still president. He has contributed a weekly wine column to The Age in...
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£5.34
Puligny-Montrachet: Journal of a Village in Burgundy
by Simon Loftus
London: Ebury Press, 1992. Hardback. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A hint of edgewear to the dust wrapper.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6½” (1.2 kg); 304pp; Index; Includes: Timeline; Black & white photographs, within the text with some full page; Maps to the lining papers; Appendices (4); ISBN: 0-0917-7007-6 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and...
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£13.49
A Gateway to Wine
by David, Elizabeth and Iain Crawford
"A Gateway to Wine" [text and recipes by Elizabeth David and Iain Crawford]. includes a supplementary glossary. London: Grant's of St. James's Ltd.,1964. Printed by Lund Humphries. pp. 76. many illus. (colour and b&w) and maps. Hardcover, beige cloth with gilt-stamped titles to front and spine (corners square, spine bit bumped, back cover lightly soiled, interior clean and unmarked). no d.j.Very good condition.Elizabeth David, the well known cook and cooking writer, wrote the text and supplied the...
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£14.77
WINE-GROWING IN AUSTRALIA, and The Teachings of Modern Writers on Vine-Culture and Wine-Making.
by KELLY, Alexander Charles (1811-1877).:
Adelaide, published by E.S. Wigg, 12 Ruddle Street, 1867.. FIRST EDITION 1867. 8vo approximately 215 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5 ½ inches, 8 small text illustrations at rear, pages: viii, 1-234, rebound at sometime in wine coloured cloth with an early printed label mounted on upper cover, yellow endpapers. Pale age-browning to title page and a few pages at front and rear, occasional pale spot or stain, not affecting text, tiny repair to edge of 1 lower margin, not affecting text, pale vertical stain...
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£875.00
The Whole-World Wine Catalog
by William I. Kaufman
Penguin Handbook Original, 1978. Softcover. Wine; Easy reference guide to the world of wines, wine labels and tasting. (224 Pgs.) Illustrated with wine labels includes descriptions such as produces, classification, grape variety, district, city or village. Slight sunning. BOOK VVVG.
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£13.70
EVERY MAN HIS OWN BREWER, OR, A COMPENDIUM OF THE ENGLISH BREWERY.
by CHILD (Samuel). By a Gentleman, lately retired from the brewing business.:
London, printed for the author: and sold by J. Almon; and Mess. Robinson and Roberts, 1768.. TITLE CONTINUED: Containing the best instructions for the choice of hops, malt, and water ... the most approved methods of brewing ... and of manufacturing pure malt wines ... together with a variety of maxims and observations .. FIRST EDITION 1768. 12mo, approximately 170 x 95 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, pages: [4], vi, ix-256, [4], half-title present, the jump in pagination the same in all copies, bound in...
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£890.00
A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine
by Thomson, William
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1879. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The boards are very badly rubbed and the edges chipped; the first leaf was at some stage reinserted back to front with sticky tape. This has been remedied but has left the pages jutting out of the boards and remnant tape along the edge of the half title page; there is an ownership signature on the front paste down and title page and the front hinge and the one next to...
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£10.68
The Savoy Cocktail Book
by Craddock, Harry
London: Constable, 1930. A first edition, first printing published by Constable in 1930. First trade edition of this quintessential book of cocktails, with lively and colorful Art Deco illustrations by Gilbert Rumbold and lovely Art Deco binding. A witty, informative, and eminently useful book on how to make and mix drinks. Compiled by "the king of cocktail shakers," it contains humorous anecdotes on the origin of the cocktail and its purpose ("for the solace of man"), as well as...
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£2,250.00
TASTINGS BY THE GRAND JURY, Volume 2
by Luxey, Jacques
La Celle-Saint-Cloud: Jacques Luxey. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 2-86577-076-1 . This second volume in the series covers tastings of Reds 1975, Great Bordeaux Whites 1978 and 1979, Great Champagnes N. M. and Great Rieslings 1981. Also includes Values of Great Bordeaux Wines from 1928 to 1984. Stiff black wraps, perfect bound, front cover with photographs of members of the Grand Jury, many illustrations within (most being photographs by the author), text in English...
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£101.05
Starting Your Own Brewery
by Dick Cantwell
Brewers Publications, 2013. Near Fine. Clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Minor shelf wear to cover. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.
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£113.18
THE GRAPE CULTURIST: A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Native Grape.
by Fuller, Andrew S
NY: Orange Judd, (1867). New and enlarged edition". Moderate wear to covers, near very good.. Original maroon cloth with gilt title and decoration in gilt and blind, small octavo, 286 pp, advert. 111 engraved illustrations. Originally published in 1864 this is the first reprint of a much reprinted text. Gabler (2nd ed. 21290; Amerine & Borg 1454.
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£60.63
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
by Wallace, Benjamin
U.S.A: Three Rivers Press, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Slight wear to extremities, otherwise clean and unmarked; tight sewn binding. A ture story, part history, part detective story, about a bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux, supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson, and sold for $156,000 at auction. Where it had spent its life and how it surfaced--and the eccentric characters in its life...
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£4.04
