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Jastrow, Morris. WINE IN THE PENTATEUCHAL CODES - article in one complete issue of JOURNAL OF AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY, September 1913
New Haven, CT 1913 first edition. Yale. octavo wraps. Jastrow article pp. 180-193. Good plus, light cover wear; no owner marks. (a102781b)
$29.00 Delavan, E. C. . THE ENQUIRER VOLUME 1 NO. 2 CONTAINING CORRESPONDENCE AND DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE PROPER KIND OF WINE TO BE USED AT THE COMMUNION AND THE WINE QUESTION GENERALLY
Albany December 1842 Van Benthuysen and Co. Correspondents include B. Silliman, Gerrit Smith, Wm. H. Seward, Erastus Corning, J. W. Draper, Theo. Frelinghuysen. Sm.folio, pp.49-96, printed green wraps. With an appendix. Some ink notations on front cover. Good, some wear, light brown spotting throughout. (a30811)
$49.00Nott, Eliphalet. TEN LECTURES ON THE USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Albany 1846 Van Benthuysen and Co. August 1846 issue of The Enquirer, Volume1 No. 4. Includes discussion of the spontaneous combustion of a habitual alcoholic. Sm.folio., pp. 146-180 (complete issue), green printed wraps. Much contemporary ink notation on front cover and a bit inside. Good, small tear on rear wrap and final few leaves affecting edge of text. (a30813)
$44.00 Glenlivet . GLENLIVET BEING THE ANNALS OF THE GLENLIVET DISTILLERY FOUNDED BY GEORGE SMITH IN 1824
1959 Scotland. ardcover . thin 8vo., 40pp. a few illustrations. Good, light wear, cover faded. no DJ. (a31513)
$22.00 Lehmann, M. . THEY WHO MAKE OUR WINES
Paris 1955. Octavo, about 40pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, a few chips on edges of wraps, a few spots on front (of wine?). (a38482)
$22.00 (wine) (Crawford, John) . BORDEAUX - LA SOURCE A BIBULOUS MEANDER THROUGH THE GIRONDE
NY 1973 first edition Privately Printed. 43 Americans took wine trip through Bordeaux. Ltd to 250 copies. Hardcover. Small octavo, 56pp., photo illustrations, black cloth. Presentation copy from one of group, John Crawford. VG, no DJ. (a40192)
$44.00 Forsander, Olof and Kalervo Eriksson . INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION 27-29TH SEPTEMBER 1971 HELSINKI
Helsinki 1972. The Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies Volume 20. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 291pp., diagrams, white cloth. Good, one or two pen marks on front fore-edge, cloth soiled, no DJ. (a46618)
$49.00Gabler, James M.. WINE INTO WORDS - A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WINE BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Baltimore 1985 first edition. Bacchus Press. Hardcover Sm.4to., 403p. VERY Fine in Fine DJ. AS NEW. In sealed bubblewrap from publisher. Never opened. Perfect gift! "Indispensable for all English-speaking students of wine." (dj) (a4787)
$35.00 Constantin-Weyer . L'AME DU VIN
Paris 1932 Rieder. In French. Small octavo, 340pp., wraps. Good plus, a few pages crudely opened, slight bumping of corners. (a55157)
$29.00Laing, Alexander; John Ciardi (assoc). WINE AND PHYSIC A POEM AND 6 ESSAYS ON THE FATE OF OUR LANGUAGE (inscribed by author in presentation to John Ciardi )
Illus by Isabel Lattimore. NY 1934 first edition. Farrar. Hardcover. 157p. ***Presented to John Ciardi and inscribed with 2 lines of poetry by "W. C." and initialed by Alexander Laing. Near Fine. no dj. removable glassine protective dust jacket. John Ciardi, American poet, lived 1916-86 (a5578)
$49.00Horusitzky, Heinrich. DIE AGRO-GEOLOGISCHEN VERH�LTNISSE DES III. BEZIRKES (O-BUDA) DER HAUPT- UND RESIDENZSTADT BUDAPEST MIT BESONDERER RUCKSICHT AUF DIE WEINCULTUR
Budapest 1901 Franklin-Verein. Mittheilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der K�n. Ungar. Geologischen Anstalt. In German. 4to., pp. 339-366, large color foldout map, original printed wraps. Unopened. VG, bump at outer margin of a few leaves. (a56443)
$45.00Bolitho, Hector. THE WINE OF THE DOURO
London 1956 1st Sidgwick and Jackson. 4to., 23pp., monochrome photo plates (printed on rectos only), original hardcover. VG, light foxing, in VG DJ, very light soiling, small stain on lower front corner. (a59343)
$24.00 Zezzos, Rossano . AL BACCO ROMANO GUIDA STORICO-SENTIMENTALE DEL BEVITORE
Roma 1958 Luigi Scialpi Editore. In Italian. 8vo., 284pp., illustrations, decorated hardcover. Institution stamps on fore-edges, label at heel of spine, number stamped at lower margin of one page. Good, light soiling. (a59405)
$25.00Felt, E P. GRAPEVINE ROOT WORM FIDIA VITICIDA WALSH ORD. COLEOPTERA FAM. CHRYSOMELIDAE
Albany 1905 University of State of New York. Article, 55pp., 1 color plate, 11 photo plates of worms and vineyards, in New York State Museum Annual Report. Entire volume has several other articles as well. Hardcover, octavo. VG. (a69909a)
$39.00 Alwood, William B. . ENOLOGICAL STUDIES: THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCROSE IN GRAPES, THE SUGAR AND ACID CONTENT OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF GRAPES
Washington 1911 GPO. Octavo, 24pp., original wraps. Good. (a70428)
$25.00(liquor). TRADE PRICE CURRENT 1886 DIXON BROTHERS...BOSTON, MASS - and - TRADE PRICE CURRENT 1888 DIXON BROTHERS
Boston c. 1886. Two small booklet for all liquor products sold by Dixon Bros. in 1886 and 1888. Whiskeys, rum, wines, muscatel, port, California wines, etc., listed by product name. 12mo. (5.5 x 3.25 inches), 24pp., original printed wraps. Two individual catalogues. Both are Fine. (a73565)
$55.00(wine). WINE MANUAL - CONTAINING INTERESTING INFORMATION ON SELECTING, STORING AND SERVING QUALITY WINES AND SPIRITS
NY 1934 1st Maison E. H. Glass, Inc. Hardcover. Red cloth with black ink decoration and lettering on front cover . Small octavo, 96pp., text and advertisements, maroon cloth. VG, faint rippling around edges of pages. (a75152)
$60.00 Peeke, Hewson L. . AMERICANA EBRIETATIS THE FAVORITE TIPPLE OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS RELATING THERETO
NY 1917 Private. Limited to 100 copies. 8vo., 154pp., hardcover. Top edge gilt. See lengthy entry in Gabler (G32140) for more on this scarce and interesting book on the drinking habits of 18th and 19th century Americans. VG, spine rubbed and lightly stained. In later removable glassine protective dj. (a76733)
$220.00 Sotheby's . INEXPENSIVE WINES; FINE AND RARE WINES SPIRITS VINTAGE PORT AND CIGARS
Two auction catalogues. March and April 1980. Green wraps. square 8vo. 23p. 36p. VG. Pair: (a81013)
$20.00 Sprague, Dr. W. B. . DR. SPRAGUE'S REPLY TO PROFESSOR STUART'S LETTER ...RELATIVE TO HIS LATE SERMON THE ON EXCLUSION OF WINE FROM THE LORD'S SUPPER
Albany 1835 1st Packard and Van Benthuysen. Octavo, 29pp., later wraps. Good plus, some light foxing. (a82640)
$45.00 Stuart, M. . SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF THE WINE QUESTION IN A LETTER TO THE REV. DR. NOTT
New York 1848 1st Leavitt Trow. Octavo, 64pp., later wraps. VG. (a82641)
$33.00 Gabler, James M. . WINE INTO WORDS A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WINE BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Baltimore 1985 First edition Bacchus Press. ISBN 0-9613525-0-7. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 403pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. In original publisher's unopened cellophane bubblepack seal. Gift quaiity. (a83262)
$24.00 Visconde de Villarinho de S. Romao . MEMORIA SOBRE A EPIOENONIA OU MOLESTIA GERAL DAS VIDEIRAS
Lisboa 1857. 4to. 57p., article in Portuguese extracted from Memoiras da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Nova Serie Tomo II Parte I and rebound in later wraps. Near Fine. No ownership marks. (a88254)
$65.00 Hamilton, R W . NOTE ON A CHAPEL AND WINEPRESS AT 'AIN EL JEDIDE
Article on pp. 111-117 With 4 glossy photo plate pages and two text drawings in single complete issue of The Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine vol IV no 3. Jerusalem. 1934. first edition. Oxford University. 4to. wraps. Other reports in issue as well. VG no ownership marks; edges frayed. Text Fine. (a89480C)
$45.00Parkes, E A MD and Count Cyprian Wollowicz MD. EXPERIMENTS ON THE ACTION OF RED BORDEAUX WINE (CLARET) ON THE HUMAN BODY
Article on pp. 73-89 in single complete issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol XIX no. 123. for June 16, 1870 . first edition. Original printed octavo wraps. other articles in issue as well. Good, somewhat worn but binding secure and no ownership marks. Tip of final few pages (not near text) chipped off. (a89893)
$27.00 Maze, Mm. P et P. Pacottet . RECHERCHES SUR LES FERMENTS DE MALADIES DES VINS (contained in one complete issue of Annales de l'Institut Pasteur, 25 Avril 19040
Paris. 1904 first edition. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur, tome XVIII, no4 25 Avril 1904. Original printed wraps with later spine paper reinforcement. Maze article on pp. 245-263 with one bw plate. Near Good, paper toning, some pages crudely opened; a few pages as yet unopened. binding secure; cover lightly chipping on edges. (a91779)
$29.00G ( Gervase ), M ( Markham ). THE ENGLISH HOUS-WIFE ( Housewife) , CONTAINING THE INWARD AND OUTWARD VERTUES WHICH OUGHT TO BE IN A COMPLEAT WOMAN: AS HER SKILL IN PHYSICK, SURGERY, COOKERY, EXTRACTION OF OYLES, BANQUETTING STUFFE, ORDERING OF GREAT FEASTS, PRESERVING OF ALL SORTS OF WINES (etc)
1942 facsimile edition from the copy dated 1660 now owned by Mrs. Rosetta E. Clarkson , Salt Acres, Milford, Connecticut. One page forward by Clarkson preceeds the facsimile. 101p. Attractively bound in half dark blue cloth with blue marbled boards. Some light wear on board edges. Hinges not cracked. VG plus. Rare copy of a Rare book. (a97061)
$275.00Blumenthal, Walter Hart. WINEPRESS - A VINTAGE OF VERSE (signed)
Drawings by Leo Kober. New York 1925 first edition. Vail Ballou Press. Maroon cloth spine with dramatic blue and brown patterened boards. Hardcover octavo. 175p. **Signed by Blumenthal in presentation to Julius and Selma Stern in 1925. Poetry. VG in Near Good dj (dj has tiny chippng on edges and corners and is tearing along fold lines but is intact; price not clipped. (a98638)
$45.00