Concerning Wine: First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo, 123 pages, later half calf, marbled boards, scuffed; ex libris Henry B. H. Beaufoy, F. R. S. (as a bibliophile, he owned the four folios of Shakespeare; as a scientist, he was well-known as a hot air balloonist ). Rare. " The Four Parts of THE ART OF BREWING, and the two following of WINE-MAKING, with the Appendix on Cider and Perry, may threfore be considered as one continued work, embracing a general system for the manufacture of vinuous liquors - Preface." Illustrated. [ Gabler, WINE INTO WORDS, G13750 ].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1824. Signature on the title page dated 1864. Some light foxing and marking throughout. Contents slightly loose. Contemporary quarter green cloth and marbled boards. Spine very slightly split and rubbed along edges. Corners heavily rubbed and frayed. M arbled paper generally rubbed and marked, else good. Rare.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 75. Loosely inserted complements slip of East Anglian Magazine. Original publisher's Blue cloth little kilt on cover with guilt vignette. 2 colour plates, one of wine grapes. Mystical religious and cosmic verses and prose - some mention of wine and drunkenness but very vagueÉ Near fine. Bookplate to pastedown and ink name details to endpaper. No date, c.1960. No dust jacket.…

Hardcover. First Edition. London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1733, first edition, 36pp, 19 x 12 cm., 20th century quarter cloth with plain paper sides with printed paper label, gathering 'B' (pp.9 - 16) bound in twice, fine condition.

First edition, 4to (260 x 205 mm), [5], 38, [2]pp., title vignette, ownership mark to head of title (Dr. Bishop? 1823), recent cloth. Gabler, Wine into Words, G34610; Bitting p. 403; Simon, 1303.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ipswich, UK: East Anglican Magazine, Ltd., [ca. 1960]. First Edition. Octavo. 63 pp. Two color plates. Printed dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Collection of poetry, short stories, and spiritual reflections. St. John's themes and form are wide ranging: Texas and Ireland talk of pirates and saints; intoxication, divinity, and modes of transportation feature prominently; astrology and Satan make an appearance. Her New York Times obituary mentioned St. John as a student of religion, the occult, and metaphysics, and at the time of her death at age 39 in 1965 was working for Evyan Perfumes, Inc. Uncommon in retail and only three holdings found in OCLC.…

8vo. pp. 32. disbound (paper-covered spine, edges of outer leaves bit chipped & small tear in title no loss, dampstain to upper outer corner). First Edition. Bell A285. European Americana 733/11. Goldsmiths' 7083. Hanson 4547. Kress 4066.

First Edition. Oxford, Printed at the Theatre for James Fletcher in the Turl, 1750, First Edition, 4to, (1-5) 6-38 + (2) + (4) pages, 20th century half calf with plain paper covered sides and new plain paper endpapers, bookplate of William Wakeling Boreham, a few stab-holes at the inner margins throughout where previously bound, LACKING the half-title page otherwise complete, internally and externally in fine condition. NOTE: William Wakeling Boreham, 1804-1886, was a brewer, maltster, spirit merchant, farmer and land owner. He owned the Haverhill Brewery, Suffolk, and its associated public houses. See "William Wakeling Boreham: Astronomer and Brewer" by Brian Thompson.…