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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Burgundy cloth covers, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. [8], 9-320 pp. Augmented with 17 full color plates, 35 photographs and prints, and nine maps of the major wine-growing regions of California. Special focus on the Napa Valley, the Sonoma region, Mendocino, the Central Coast, the San Joaquin valley, and then Southern California.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Baltimore, Maryland: Ottenheimer Publishers, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in an illustrated, pictorial cover, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond light furling to jacket flaps and tips, not price-clipped. The front cover continues: "A wealth of information on the great wines and vineyards of Europe and America. Vintage charts, maps, labels and special section on buying, storing, and serving wines." [6], 7-252 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Assouline Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. In As New condition, just removed from shrink-wrap for proper collation, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bound handsomely in tall quarto, near Folio hardcover format, in publisher's dust-jacket. Companion volume to the major exhibition held at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum exhibit of the same name that explored "the evolution, physical forms, and social meanings of eating utensils over the past five centuries . . . the first book devoted to showcasing Cooper-Hewitt's astonishing permanent collection of cutlery." 288 pp. Contributions to this sumptuously illustrated volume by the editor, Sarah D. Coffin, and then also by Ellen Lupton, Darra Goldstein, Barbara Bloemink and others. Sections devoted chronologically to periods and ages. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Volume… Read More

New York: Assouline Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bound handsomely in tall quarto, near Folio hardcover format, in publisher's dust-jacket. Companion volume to the major exhibition held at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum exhibit of the same name that explored "the evolution, physical forms, and social meanings of eating utensils over the past five centuries . . . the first book devoted to showcasing Cooper-Hewitt's astonishing permanent collection of cutlery." 288 pp. Contributions to this sumptuously illustrated volume by the editor, Sarah D. Coffin, and then also by Ellen Lupton, Darra Goldstein, Barbara Bloemink and others. Sections devoted chronologically to periods and ages. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of,… Read More

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Rubbing to extremities, scuffing to spine head, dealer stamp, neatly affixed, previous owner's inscription inside front flap, rubbing of gilt lettering to spine. A marvelous memoir of food and culture equal to Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential or perhaps George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. Picture the chef's towering white toque, the high bonnet, the mark of achievement to which every young sauce-stirrer aspires. A fine, urbane novel, following the very young, very provincial Jean as he attempts to master culinary art at the hands of Paris's most distinguished chefs. 184 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Co., for the New York Graphic Society, 1983. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Fine. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated covers, bound in oblong format. First softcover edition, illustrated with photos in black-and-white and colors, illustrated endpapers front and rear, a quite sumptuous trip through wines and vineyards of France. 132 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere, though with a previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper. Gorgeously decorated in a tri-color marbled pattern. Yellow silk linen ribbon sewn in. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. [7], 8-192 pp. Plentiful full-color photos by Jean-Bernard Naudin throughout, lots of black-and-white historical photos, too, of the life and culinary pursuits of Auguste Renoir and other leading Impressionists in France.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Helsinki, Finland: Oy Nord Print Ab, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Finnish language. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the pictorial, glossy covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Recipes and drawings of Finnish cuisine. 90 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman & Allenheld, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Some fingerprinting to first free endpaper else pristine and unmarked. Bound handsomely in red linen cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Special focus on the wines of China and Japan and those of the Southern Hemisphere, including Argentina, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. xiv [1], 2-239 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Bristol, England: John Harvey & Sons. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. First Edition, a lovely copy of a Wine List with Decorations, 1961, published in Bristol, England by John Harvey and Sons, undated but probably 1961. Flexibe softpaper wraps, printed and illustrated, and now covered in stiff Mylar, mildly worn front panel but with some blue bleeding at bottom. 79 pp. and with a fine wood engraving at frontis by David Gentleman and whose engravings augment the remainder of the text. Wine region maps by Sheila Waters, and other illustrations by Asgeir Scott and Edward Ardizzone, with entries for Sherry to Port, Madeira to Claret, Moselle to Cognac. Laid in is a price guide.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.