foreword by andre simon (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Previous Owner Name. Berry Bros & Co Wine Merchants, who were established in the Seventeenth Century at 3. St. James St. London, S.W. I By special Appointment to H.M. King George V. & to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. 104 pages of letters and articles for the connoisseur.

Red Cloth, Gilt. Condizione: Very Good +. First Edition. Ix, 104 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine Gilt, Red Topstain. First Printing, 1932 Date On Title Page, Clean, No Marks, Slight Usage, Gilt Bright. With A Fine Evaluation Of The Old Wine Cellar Of The Chateau De Bois Renard, Each Vintage Enumerated And Some Evaluated.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xiv, 319 Pp. White Cloth. First Printing. Near Fine, No Jacket With Postcard Flyer For Episode Of Ch. 13'S Cavalcade Of Books Featuring This Book, Addressed To Balzer. Former Owner's Signature.

Spiralbound. Condizione: Very Good. Unusual collection of recipes from an assortment of 1960s British high society and celebrities for the benefit of a children's charity. Cover rubbing, mostly near edges. Several spots on back cover where the holes have broken around the spiral binding. Packed and shipped with care.

Cloth/Boards. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No DJ. Frontispiece (illustratore). First American Edition. 201 pp. First American edition, usuing English sheets of the First British edition [ a revised edition was published in England also in 1930]. Worn at edges, paper covered boards frayed at all edges, cloth frayed at top and bottom of spine, front hinge cracked, white spine lettering with some losses but still readable. Signed by Andre L Simon on front endpaper. from the library of wine expert Robert L. Balzer, although not marked as such and without his usual bookplate. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. "Anthology of Wine" - edited by Jean Mowat with a Foreword by ANDRE SIMON. Circa 1940's (there is no date of publication stated); W.H. Houldershaw; Essex, UK. The book comes with its original dust jacket, which is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap. Illustrations by William Stirling. The book is a collection of poetry and prose related to wine from writers and works such as Don Juan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Andre Simon, Charles Dickens, Longfellow, and many more. From the dust jacket: "This is the book for those who find themselves at their best over a glass of wine, for it contains a rich selection from all that has been sung and said down the pages in praise of man's solace and inspiration. Quotations familiar and obscure are to be found here, expressing every stage of conviviality in word-pictures from the pens of our greatest poets and writers, while William Stirling's arresting illustrations depict various tranquil moods of expansive relaxation. A book which will afford the connoisseur of both wine and literature a double satisfaction for his discerning palate." Condition: Clean covers and spine. Bright gilt on the front cover and spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with no writing, stains, foxing or tears. A few pages at the front have some very light creasing to the lower-outer corners. Tanning along the inner edge of the end papers from the jacket flaps. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original price intact on the front flap; tanning along the perimeter of the covers and the spine; clean flaps; tiny paper pieces missing at the top/bottom edges of the spine.overall the jacket is in Very Good- condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Worn and chipped dust jacket. London: The Holland Press, 1979. This Holland Press edition, limited to 600 numbered copies, is by far the BEST available (please keep reading). BRAND NEW in perfect condition (having been protected since day 1 by a plain glassine jacket which is still present but has chips and tears). NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. The best edition of the best wine bibliography. This Holland Press edition has 680 pages, double the number found in the original 1913 edition and reprints of it. This 1979 edition is the only one that is reprinted from Simon's own interleaved "office copy" which "served as a record of the author's efforts to update" the book. Over a period of more than 50 years, Simon added about 1000 new titles to the 6,500 he described in the original catalogue. Simon's handwritten notes and additions on the interleaf pages are reproduced here exactly as he put pen to paper. There is also a New Foreword by Hugh Johnson. Subtitle: "A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Dealing with Viticulture, Wine-Making, Distillation, The Management, Sale, Taxation, Use and Abuse of Wine and Spirits." Handsomely bound in the publisher's beige cloth stamped in bright gold over dark red panels on the spine and front cover. 7.75" wide by 10" tall by 1.75" thick. Gabler G36580: "This edition. is much more complete than the original 1913 edition. This work was published in a limited edition of 600 hand-numbered copies and is beautifull bound." Besterman 6548. Enlarged Edition [680 pages] Limited 600. Hardcover. New/Worn and chipped dust jacket. viii, 680pp. (including interleaves). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Enlarged Edition [680 pages] Limited 600.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Xiv, 319 Pp. White Cloth. First Printing. Inscribed By Robert Balzer, Dated In 1966 At Villa Fontana, To Nancy And George Parsons, Recipient's Signature On Front Pastedown. Near Fine, No Wear But Some Foxing To Covers; Dj Price Clipped, Tears At Edges, Some Very Small Losses At Edges; Two Clippings About Balzer Taped To Front Flap. Inscribed by Author(s).

SOFTCOVER. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Quarto size (4to) in colour printed thin card covers, 42pp, plates in colour and b/w, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy (merest hint of tanning to leaves). An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Ix, 104 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine Gilt, Red Topstain. First Printing, 1932 Date On Title Page, Clean, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant.Dust Jacket Priced 3/6, Sligjht Usage, A Little Dust, 1/8" Chipping Across Top Edge Of Spine.

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.