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Wines of the World
by Simon, Andre L. – Editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Slipcase
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Slipcase. Illustrator: Photographic & Maps. Introduction by editor list of colour plates, glossary, bibliography and index. Photographic endpages showing bottles of red wine resting. The text is illustrated with colour photography and maps. Maroon coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Dark pink coloured tint to the top text block edge Photographic case – being a reproduction of the endpaper photograph, with black coloured titles the front and rear panels. This book was first published in 1962 and this is the 1967 printing. As the title would suggest wines from both the old and new worlds. Rubbing to the book corners with very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. the top right-hand corner of the page 221/222 has become dogeared. The slipcase is in good condition apart from a little rubbing to the lower edge. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Fading to the back strip. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [4], 5 - 719, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Oenology; 1960s; Inventory No: 0124467. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0124467
- Title
- Wines of the World
- Author
- Simon, Andre L. – Editor
- Illustrator
- Photographic & Maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Wine, survey, worldwide, 1960s Cooking, Wine & Dining; Oenology; 1960s; Photographic & Maps Unbranded Simon, Andre L. – Editor Wines of the World
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oenology;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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