Drink by Simon Andre (41 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's personal bookplate removed. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Alcohol, Drinking Customs) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with a mild tone and spotting to page ends. DJ with some edge wear/creasing - loss to upper rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 272pp with B&W illustrations .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Later edition. Illustrated. Lacking the dust jacket and soiling thus near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 272pp., Illustrated. Boards very lightly soiled, corners bumped, else near fine lacking the dust jacket. Ex-James Gabler. *Gabler* G38960.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. 2nd Edition. Second revised edition first printing hardback Yellow/brown cloth with leather title label. top edge gilt xii + 192 pages Tissue guarded frontispiece. Good + condition Flamboyantly signed by the author (flat signature on the front end paper). Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Good. 1953. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG/VG, 1st edn, ill.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. VERY GOOD John Jewett Garland address tag on front endpaper/ mild wear to extremes of dj.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG/-, 1st edn, well-known expert nicely written.

1st Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 272 pages. Subjects: Drinking vessels English. Libations. 20th century texts; drinking. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good +. First Edition. 272pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Attractive d/w is present & complete, but has some edgewear top/bottom & closed tear. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.…

Cloth/Boards. Condition: Good. No DJ. 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. Frontispiece (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

1st Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 272 pages. Subjects: Drinking vessels English. Libations. 20th century texts; drinking. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 270 pages, cover rubbed, bumped and creased and marked, commiserate with age. Size: 4vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Jacket sadly a bit tatty, loss to top and bottom of spine and corners, slightly scuffed and soiled. Previous owners inscription on ffep, not price clipped. Internally clean tight and square. 272pp. A good copy of this charming and witty book on the history and pleasures of Drink and everything relating to it.…

Hardback. Condition: VG+. No DW. 1st Edition. Label, stamp or embossed stamps of owner at start of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 272pp., Illustrated. Spine ends lightly bumped, near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with edges chipped and torn. The Pleasures of Life Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1929. Frontispiece after Daumier. Top edges gilt. very good in publishers full light brown cloth, small snag to the leather titling label, one corner very lightly bumped. generally a very good solid copy. Frontispiece. (illustrator). …

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Good. Second Impression. Second impression. xii, 201, (2) pp. Publisher's orange cloth with top edge gilt and gilt lettered leather title label. Binding bent, affecting lower portion of pages. Previous owner's name in ink to ffep, otherwise internally clean. Written by the French-born wine merchant, gourmet and prolific writer on wine, this is one of the first English books which focuses on pairing dishes with wine, also containing a wine dictionary and gastronomic dictionary. Written ten years after World War One, Simon discusses the growth of high quality drinking and eating establishments in London and the basis of hosting a good meal. 8vo.…

Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Cream cloth in illustrated dustwrapper (black DW.) In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (DW rubbing and some small tears to edges, price clipped on front flap. In protective sleeve.) Cover clean and smart. No penned inscriptions. A couple of minor handling marks else a very good clean and tight copy. 272pp. Illustrated with 7 colour plates and 8 B&W plates (drinking vessels &c.) The Pleasures of Life Series.…

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, manca sovraccoperta Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, macchie dedica.

xii, 201, [3] p. Frontispiece. 21cm. Publisher's tan cloth, top edge gilt, the other edges untrimmed. A small bump to the top corners and a neat signature to the front endpaper, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. xii, 201, (2) pp. Orange cloth binding with top edge gilt and gilt lettered title label. Minor bumping to the extremities. Internally clean, with a gastronomic vocabulary and wine dictionary. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine for Age. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair-good. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pristine bar a very small grease spot to lower centre front. Top edge gilt. t.p. with decorated engaved cutlery motif below title + 8 unpaginated prelims +196 + (1, stating 'This edition is limited to 750 copies. This is Number 527'), 16 text figs, 15 being of title pages, one a chapter opening, variously full page or in text; no obvious faults but a faint hint of edge tanning throughout. Unclipped jacket well past its best wuth numerous edge-chips, internally closed tears, scattered surface marks and tanning to edges and spine, worth retaining however as it is substantially complete and will add protective sleeve when ordered. Basically restricted to works published pre-1861,the author's personal library donated to The Wine and Food Society of which he was President. Scarce limited edition. Also a slipped in cutting from a US dealer dated 1985 noted the acquisition of collection of 15,000 books on the same topic by the University of Iowa from Chef Louis Szathmary, a celebrated Chicago restaurant owner. 19 cm x 25 cm.…

2nd edition. Cloth with dustjacket, 26 cm, 196 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. From this edition750 copies where printed from with this is number 126. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0900470852.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60001293: 1948. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 272 pages. Gravures en couleurs et photos en noir et blanc en hors texte. Jaquette en état d'usage. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. No. 334 of 750 copies. Large 8vo. [viii], 196, [i], ill. Signed by Author(s).