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Alexis Lichine's Encyclopaedia of Wines & Spirits
by Lichine, Alexis in collaboration with Fifield, William and with the assistance of Bartlett, Jonathan and Stockwood, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell, London, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. preface and introduction by author, before the text proper is a double page map showing the world and its major wine producing regions, select bibliography and acknowledgements. Orange coloured and pages. Dark red coloured cloth covered boards with blue coloured insert to the back strip and within that insert gilt coloured titles. A worldwide survey, listed alphabetically, of wine and wine producing regions of the world and their major vintages. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners and edges. Uniform light tanning and scattered foxing of the text block edges. Age toning of the pages. Previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page. The rear hinge has cracked and the underlying webbing can be seen – please see photograph. Fading of the back strip. Second Edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [9], X - XII, [3] 695, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Oenology; 1960s; Inventory No: 0123529. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0123529
- Title
- Alexis Lichine's Encyclopaedia of Wines & Spirits
- Author
- Lichine, Alexis in collaboration with Fifield, William and with the assistance of Bartlett, Jonathan and Stockwood, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Alexis Lichine, encyclopaedia, wine, spirits, survey, world wide Cooking, Wine & Dining; Oenology; 1960s; Unbranded Lichine, Alexis in collaboration with Fifield, William and with the assistance of Bartlett, Jonathan and Stockwood, Jane Alexis
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oenology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Cracked
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- Rubbing
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