Condition: Very Good. Revised. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Italian National Wine Committee, Ward Ritchie Press, USA, 1971
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG+ or a Little Better. Probably 1st (NAP). Illustrated and has color photos and good recipes.
Language: English
Published by Ward Ritchie Press / Italian National Wine Committee / Italian Foreign Trade Institute, Los Angeles, 1970
ISBN 10: 0378013211 ISBN 13: 9780378013215
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
White Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. Color Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 136 Pp. Hardcover, First Printing. Book Near New, Dj With Wear At All Edges, Slight Browning, Minute Losses At Corners.
Language: English
Published by ITALIAN FOREIGN TRADE INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles CA * * * * *, 1970
ISBN 10: 0378013211 ISBN 13: 9780378013215
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ITALIAN FOREIGN TRADE INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELESl. 1970 B00K: Fine/, (illustrator). B00K: Fine/, $46.85 0378013211 DISCOVERING ITALIAN WINES: an AUTHORITATIVE COMPENDIUM of WINES, FOOD and TRAVEL THROUGH the NINETEEN PRODUCING REGIONS of ITALY BALZER, Robert L; ROY, Mike WARD RITCHIE PRESS / ITALIAN NATIONAL WINE COMMITTEE / ITALIAN FOREIGN TRADE INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES 1970 UnStated Edition Tall Wide D/j + H/c. Tan Spine With Title In Blue And Black Letters, Price Clipped Dust Jacket: Near Fine/Almost Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Hard Cover B00K: Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 136 Numbered Pages, Printed On Tan Paper, Appear To Be Lightly Viewed, In Fine+/ Condition. No Stains, No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only, Which Is A Treasure From The Past, Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector/. WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE.
Language: English
Published by 101 Productions, San Francisco, 1975
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 192 Pp. Second Edition, First Printing. Inscribed To California Wine Expert Robert Lawrence Balzer, "For Rlb From N With All Best 1 December 75 San Francisco", Possibly From The Author. With Balzer's "From The Books Of Robert Balzer" Vine-Decorated Bookplate Printed In Red And Black. Inscribed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1964
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: 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.
Language: English
Published by The Macaulay Company, New York, 1929
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 186 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Black; Pictorial Brown Endpapers. Light Wear, Spot Of Fraying At Top Of Front Spine Edge, No Other Fraying; Cloth Browned On Spine And Edges; Hinges Solid; Clean. Modernist Architectural Bookplate With Signature Of California Wine Expert Robert L Balzer And From His Library.
Language: English
Published by Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Educatin Movement of the United States and Canada, New York, 1940
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Brown Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket. First Edition [stated]. 94 Pp. Brown Cloth, First Edition Stated. Clean Book, Pages Lightly And Evenly Aged As Usual. Dj Price Clipped, Lightly Used, Tiny Losses At Corners, 1/4" Long Abrasion Along Rear Flap Fold. Inscribed From Actress Elisabeth Talbot-Martin, With A Small Drawing At End, "A Very Belated But Nonetheless Joyous Christmas + New Year To My Two Favorite Cooks, Love, Talbot", And From The Library Of Robert L. Balzer, P;Robably Inscribed To Him.
Language: English
Published by E. P. Dutton, New York [1932], 1930
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Yellow Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dustjacket. First American Edition. 242 Pp. Yellow Cloth. Printed From English Sheets, No Statement Of Edition, Front Flap Advertises The Romance Of Wine By H. Warner Allen. Lightly Used, Wear To Bottom Of Spine But No Fraying. Dj With 1/4" V-Chip At Top Front Spine Edge And Accompanying 1" Tear, 1 1/2" Tear Top Front Flap Fold, Small Losses At Corners, No Loss Of Lettering Or Design. Dampstain On Lower Half Of Spine And A Little Of Adjoining Areas Of Front And Back Panels, And Spine Of Book Is Correspondingly Very Slightly Damp Faded Underneath. Vine-Bordered Bookplate Of Wine Expert Robert L Balzer.
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1934
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Green Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 366 Pp.Green Cloth Book Is Clean, Touch Of Wear At Corners And Light Wear At Edges, No Fraying. Dj With Price On Rear Panel, Light Partial Chipping Across Top Of Spine, Minor Losses At Corners, Wear At Edges, Two Small Chips At Bottom Of Rear Panel With Abraded Area Of About 1/2 Sq In Removing "Veget" From The Partial List Of Contents But Without Loss Of Underlying Paper. Nicely Inscribed From Actress Elizabeth Talbot-Martin To Food And Wine Expert Robert L. Balzer "To Emily And Bob With Memories Of Divine Repasts, Love Talbot San Francisco 1940", Accompanied By Her Drawing Of Beflowered Cow With The Letters Hnbc Beneath.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. 383 Pp. Wine Red Cloth. Second (Revised) Edition, 1983. The Dscarce Hardcover Issue, Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $24.95. With A Unicorn Bookplate Of Robert L. Balzer, And From His Library.
Language: English
Published by Wine Appreciation Guild, 1994
ISBN 10: 0932664709 ISBN 13: 9780932664709
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Earl Thollander (illustrator). 1st Edition. 438 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Trade Edition. Fine (Bumps To Tips). Inscribed To Winje Expert Robert Balzer (And From His Personal Library) "4/10/95 Dear Robert- May Your Love For Our Product And Your Teachings Live On-Dan Duckhorn". Dust Jacket Fine. Inscribed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Ward Ritchie Press / Italian National Wine Committee / Italian Foreign Trade Institute, Los Angeles, 1975
ISBN 10: 0378013211 ISBN 13: 9780378013215
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
White Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dustjacket. Color Photographs (illustrator). Second Edition. 159 Pp. White Boards. Considerably Enlarged From The Shorter 1971 Edition. Robert Balzer's Personal Copy, Not Marked As Such. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket, Excellent Condition. The Second Edition Is Scarce; Worldcat Records Only Nine Copies In Institutional Holdings.
Language: English
Published by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1964
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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).
Language: English
Published by Constable & Company, London, 1933
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Brown Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good DJ. First Edition, First Printing. 280 Pp. First Printing Indicated. Leather Spine Label, Gilt Still Brilliant. A Largely Unopened Copy, With Many Pages Still Attached At Foredge. Dj Edgeworn, Spine Evenly And Lightly Soiled/Discolored, 1 3/8" V-Chip At Bottom Left Of Front Panel And Crease Connecting It To A 1/2" Tear At Right, 1/4" V-Chips At Top Of Front Panel And Spine, Small Losses At Corners And Tips, Price-Clipped, No Other Loss Of Lettering. With Robert Balzer's Receipt For Purchase Of This Book In London In 1942 For 1/1; Wine Expert Robert Balzer, Of Los Angeles, Was A Friend Of Simon And Hand Most Of Simon's Books Inscribed To Him, Although Not This One.
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1963
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Original full black cloth with copper colored lettering on the front cover and the spine. Jacket is price clipped and is worn at the extremities. Jacket is now brodart protect. Overall a GOOD book in a GOOD dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1963
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Full Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Original full black cloth with copper colored lettering on the front cover and the spine. Long gift inscription from the author on the front endpaper. Jacket is not price clipped but is worn at the extremities. Jacket is now brodart protect. Overall a GOOD book in a GOOD dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Hardcover.