Search Results: Wine from G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA

Wine Institute 1955-64. Very Good. 1955. Softcover. Mimeograph printing; stapled sheets; Advertising printed on both sides. Some age toning. From the library of food editor Lee Hecker. Sensory Evaluation with her occassional margin notes, underline, arrows, etc. in green pen along with a spot on front cover, and staining to page five. California Wine Types with chips and tears to cover page, general tanning. The others with mild tanning at edges. The Sensory Evaluation of Wine preceeds Amerine & Roessler's eventual expansion to a book by the same title published by University of California Press in 1976. One copy of California Wine Types is listed on World Cat. .

Bourdeaux: The Ministere Des Travaux Publics. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1954. Booklet. Very slight toning along spine; offset tanning inside front cover from circular laid in. ; Illustrated, stapled wrappers; inside rear cover printed with map of Bordeaux neighborhood; illustrated with numerous black & white photographs, color map, full page color photograph of the "Compagnons du Bontemps du Medoc." Designed by Eric Lancaster, and printed by Georges Lang at Paris. Six page circular laid in "Les Vins de Bordeaux, The art of buying." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; (20) pages .

Sausalito, CA: The Tides Pub. Co.. Near Fine. 1966. Softcover. 48 pp.; 7" x 4.25" booklet in stapled wrappers; charts & tables. Faint partial glass ring on back cover. A little known title by the author of The Common Sense Book of Drinking as well as the important reference, The Wines of America. A scarce 'must' for the completist wine book collector. .

Ingersheim: Editions Saep Colmar [1971]. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 226 pp.; sq. 8vo; cloth in photopictorial white jacket; full page color photos; drawings; maps. Text in French. White jacket shows some moderate soil; 1" closed tear at top front edge. Fine condition in very good jacket, with protective mylar wrap .

no place: Editions Montalba [1978]. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 214 pp.; 4to; cloth in pictorial dust jacket; copious photographic illustrations in color and b&w, including full and double page. Text in French. Touch of light foxing along strip of cloth joining at pastedown. Near fine condition in Fine jacket, with protective mylar wrap .

57 Spring Street, New York 12, N. Y.: Milan Laboratory [c 1965]. Fine. 1965. Two 17.5" x 11.5" sheets printed on both sides and folded to form 8 pages of text and display. Laid in are 3 circulars, a Price List, a List of Extracts, and Instructions for Water Seal; 1 Order Sheet; 1 Business Card; 1 printed return envelope; 1 sample of a generic wine label. The sheets were folded again to fit in printed yellow Milan Laboratory mailing envelope. All items fine and unused except for normal fold lines. Yellow mailing envelope torn at open end, slightly soiled with postal stamps, date stamps [1965], etc. Includes photo illustrations of Fruit Crushers, Fruit Presses; drawings and photos of corks, funnels, cork screws, bung starters, etc. Back cover with photo of the book, Winemaking at Home by Homer Hardwick. Cover photo of wine chemists at work in the lab appears to have been taken c. 1945. Perhaps things didn't change much in home wine making from '45 to '65, save the prices. .

NY: Facts On File (1989). Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0816022151 . 8vo. 246 pgs. Black cloth; remainder stamp on bottom edge. 'The history and pleasures of the most celebrated of wines.' .

Sonoma: Vintage Festival Committee. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1961. Softcover. A few small chips to top edge of fragile parchment wrap. ; Original stapled, printed and illustrated white card covers with printed parchment overlay wrap. Illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, many advertisements. The printed overlay announces the Vintage Festival Garden Tour, 1962, presenting the souvenir program titled on the card covers for 1961. Laid in is a folded brochure : "Follow the Golden Line" historical tour. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages .

[Chicago]: Univ. Of Chicago Press. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 199 pgs. Gilt decorated red cloth, jacket with very light wear at extremities, one 1/4" closed tear near the head of spine. One of England's most prominent social historians, recounts the story of the Victoria Wine Company's growth. Illustrated with black & white and color photos as well as drawings, maps and charts. Fine in Very Good + dj, in mylar Wrap .