Wine In Peace and War

Saccone & Speed Limited. London. 1947. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Two colour illustrations by Whistler within the book plus colour decoration on boards showing three men cowering behind a wine barrel. Both pastedown endpapers browned by the binders glue, as usual. Some light creasing to the very top of the spine but generally a fine bright copy.

London: Saccone & Speed Ltd. [1947]. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed limited edition. Publisher's binding of full claret sheep with titles in the gilt to the spine. With two colour illustrations by Rex Whistler. An excellent near fine copy with just light rubbing at the extremities of the ever so slightly faded spine. The contents… Read more about this item

London, Saccone & Speed Limited, [1947]. . First edition, number 12 of 100 copies, signed by the author; 8vo; 2 colour illustrations by Rex Whistler, minor spotting to prelims and endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's burgundy sheep, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, gilt device to upper cover, light rubbing to extremities, else near-fine. First edition… Read more about this item

London: Saccade and Speed, 1947. A first edition, first printing published by Saccade and Speed in 1947. A very good+ (or better) book with some off-setting to the endpapers and some spotting to the endpapers also. Wear to the corners. Evelyn Waugh's 'Wine in Peace and War' explores the multifaceted role of wine amidst the chaos of conflict… Read more about this item

London: Saccone & Speed, n.d. (1947). 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition, no d/j (originally packaged in tissue paper); colour printed glazed boards (some bumping), with minimal marking; text block firm, pages crisp as new; pastedowns' glue showing through.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Waugh's privately printed account of wine on Sackville St in London, commissioned… Read more about this item

London: Saccone & Speed, n.d. (1947). 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition, no d/j (originally packaged in tissue paper); colour printed glazed boards, with minimal marking; text block firm, pages crisp as new; pastedowns' glue starting to show through.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Waugh's privately printed account of wine on Sackville St in London, commissioned… Read more about this item

London: Saccone & Speed, 1947. First Edition. Whistler, Rex. 8vo, pp. 77. With decorations by Rex Whistler. Paper over boards. Cover little spotted, endpapers quite so, o/w a VG tight copy in plain paper dj. A short history of the Mayfair wine merchants Saccone & Speed. Waugh's payment for writing the book included two dozen bottles of Roederer 1928.… Read more about this item

(London): (Saccone & Speed), (No date). Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition. Octavo. Two color illustrations by Rex Whistler. 77pp. Endpapers tanned as always from the binder's glue, spotting on front board, very good or better in about fine original unprinted glassine dust jacket.

London : Saccone & Speed Limited. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rex Whistler. Preliminaries and back boards foxed (see images) otherwise internally exceptionally clean.