French Wine & Liquor Manufacturer by Rack, John - 1868

Paris: Etablissements Nicolas, 1950. 8vo; 33pp; 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled paper over boards, teg, original wrappers bound in, fine. This wine merchant's catalogue is illustrated throughout with delicate, full-color reproductions - collotypes - in-texte and hors-texte after drawings by the Japanese artist R. Harada.

New York: C. M. Saxton, 1862. First Edition 1st Printing. Green Embossed Cloth. Very Good +. Drawings. Xvi, 17-375 Pp + 8 Pp Catalog At End. Green Cloth, Gilt And Stamped In Blind. A Very Nice Example, Spine Gilt Bright And Complete, Points Of Fraying At Two Lower Tips And One On Each Side Of Spine, Only, No Fraying At Top Or Bottom Of Spine. Hinges Tight, Original Yellow Endpapers Clean And Bright, Old Pencil Signature "D. Chase" At Top Of Title Page, No Other Names Or Marks. From The Extensive Food And Wine Library Of Robert Balzer; Not Marked As Such, But With A 12 Line Loosely Inserted Typed Ditty From And About One Of His California Wine Classes At Ucla.

Ipswich, MA: Self Published. Very Good; Wraps toned and soiled, longitudinal crease, edges chipped.. 1877. Softcover. Original printed gray wraps. 6 x 9 inches. 1952 typed book purchase receipt laid in from Mass. Horticultural Society with offsetting to inside cover and title page. Bound in at rear is printed slip advertising Haskell’s selection of 30 grape vine cuttings for $100. The author describes his efforts to grow and hybridize grapes on his coastal Massachusetts estate, including his efforts to collect wild grape specimens, grafting native and foreign vines, and cross-fertilization. Also describes forty of his successful varieties. Gabler 23350. Amerine & Borg 1656. OCLC locates 15 copies. Only one other copy noted for sale in the trade at time of listing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 18 pages .

Paris, France: Ernest Flammarion, 1939. Second-hand hardcover. Ali-Bab (pseud). Gastronomie Pratique: etudes culinaires... (Septieme Ed) Ernest Flammarion: Paris, 1939. 4to (280x220mm) HC Qtr Bnd Cloth Bds [8],1281,[3]pp. VG/- edges marked, front hinge starting, bds lightly scuffed; 2 cnrs bruised (In French)

Falls Village, Connecticut: The Herb Grower Press, 1965. Duodecimo (17.5 x 10.5 cm.), 48, [1], 27, [1] pages. Bibliographical references. ~ Facsimile of the 1675 edition published in London by T.R. & N.T. for B. Tooke; with a supplementary "appendix". FIRST EDITION THUS, limited to 250 numbered copies (this is number 26 of 250). Originally published in London 1666, "printed by J. Grismond for John Crook, at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-yard". The original contains a preface by John Evelyn (1620-1706), "Philocepos". It is believed Evelyn compiled the text based on "matter" given to him by Rose. This facsimile contains an appendix by Robert H. Jeffers on the life of John Rose. Rose (1619-1677) was gardener to King Charles II... by Robert H. Jeffers.. The original work was later appended to the text of the English edition of Nicolas de Bonnefons' The French Gardener, (1669). Late ownership inscription to foot of free front endpaper, otherwise fine in publisher's paper-covered boards, printed and titled… Read More

Paris: Etablissements Nicolas, 1950. 8vo; 33pp; 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled paper over boards, teg, original wrappers bound in, fine. This wine merchant's catalogue is illustrated throughout with delicate, full-color reproductions - collotypes - in-texte and hors-texte after drawings by the Japanese artist R. Harada.

New York: C. M. Saxton, 1862. First Edition 1st Printing. Green Embossed Cloth. Very Good +. Drawings. Xvi, 17-375 Pp + 8 Pp Catalog At End. Green Cloth, Gilt And Stamped In Blind. A Very Nice Example, Spine Gilt Bright And Complete, Points Of Fraying At Two Lower Tips And One On Each Side Of Spine, Only, No Fraying At Top Or Bottom Of Spine. Hinges Tight, Original Yellow Endpapers Clean And Bright, Old Pencil Signature "D. Chase" At Top Of Title Page, No Other Names Or Marks. From The Extensive Food And Wine Library Of Robert Balzer; Not Marked As Such, But With A 12 Line Loosely Inserted Typed Ditty From And About One Of His California Wine Classes At Ucla.

Ipswich, MA: Self Published. Very Good; Wraps toned and soiled, longitudinal crease, edges chipped.. 1877. Softcover. Original printed gray wraps. 6 x 9 inches. 1952 typed book purchase receipt laid in from Mass. Horticultural Society with offsetting to inside cover and title page. Bound in at rear is printed slip advertising Haskell’s selection of 30 grape vine cuttings for $100. The author describes his efforts to grow and hybridize grapes on his coastal Massachusetts estate, including his efforts to collect wild grape specimens, grafting native and foreign vines, and cross-fertilization. Also describes forty of his successful varieties. Gabler 23350. Amerine & Borg 1656. OCLC locates 15 copies. Only one other copy noted for sale in the trade at time of listing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 18 pages .

Paris, France: Ernest Flammarion, 1939. Second-hand hardcover. Ali-Bab (pseud). Gastronomie Pratique: etudes culinaires... (Septieme Ed) Ernest Flammarion: Paris, 1939. 4to (280x220mm) HC Qtr Bnd Cloth Bds [8],1281,[3]pp. VG/- edges marked, front hinge starting, bds lightly scuffed; 2 cnrs bruised (In French)

Falls Village, Connecticut: The Herb Grower Press, 1965. Duodecimo (17.5 x 10.5 cm.), 48, [1], 27, [1] pages. Bibliographical references. ~ Facsimile of the 1675 edition published in London by T.R. & N.T. for B. Tooke; with a supplementary "appendix". FIRST EDITION THUS, limited to 250 numbered copies (this is number 26 of 250). Originally published in London 1666, "printed by J. Grismond for John Crook, at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-yard". The original contains a preface by John Evelyn (1620-1706), "Philocepos". It is believed Evelyn compiled the text based on "matter" given to him by Rose. This facsimile contains an appendix by Robert H. Jeffers on the life of John Rose. Rose (1619-1677) was gardener to King Charles II... by Robert H. Jeffers.. The original work was later appended to the text of the English edition of Nicolas de Bonnefons' The French Gardener, (1669). Late ownership inscription to foot of free front endpaper, otherwise fine in publisher's paper-covered boards, printed and titled… Read More