Twilight by Andre Simon (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Boards may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: 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. Good condition. Some very mild wear and markings to dust jacket. The boards pages are clean and the bimding is firm. A good example of this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and sun fading.

London. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Cloth; Michael Joseph; 1969. 071810577X . Dust jacket very good, several small nicks to edges. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Very good, light bumping to corners. Black and white frontispiece of the author. Slight glue residue to rear end paper. 182 pages with index, and bibliography.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Cloth; Michael Joseph; 1969.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. viii+182pp, b/w frontis, index, cloth a little rubbed, a nice copy. Biography of André Simon [ 1877 - 1970 ] the French-born wine merchant, gourmet, and prolific writer about wine. Hugh Johnson described him as 'the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century'. 625 grams.

First Edition. Very light foxing on page top edge; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped; browned on spine, a little yellowed on panels with wear and a few short tears to top edges; a little fly-speckling to lower front panel. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (bumped at tail of spineand faded at head of spine and top edges of boards - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (covers lightly spotted - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 182, frontispiece b&w photograph of author (no inscriptions; endpapers and front and rear prelims spotted).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Without dust jacket minimal rubbing to boards. No inscription, no foxing very clean throughout. The final volume of the memoirs of the great wine expert and Gourmand Andre Simon. In it he looks back at various fond memories over the whole of his life.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition with uncl;ipped dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Michael Joseph 1969 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacker. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

1st Edition. Hb in Dw 182pp frontisplate small ink inscription to fep o/w A Vg/Vg copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 182 pages. No dustjacket. Plum-pink binding - black title label to spine. Light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Page-edges lightly yellowed o/w pages clean and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Impression. Burgundy Hard Cover. Slight fading to bottom edge of spine, corners slightly bumped. Previous owners name on pastedown, else fine. 182pp all in fine condition. Dust Jacket, spine slightly darkened, spine ends creased, two small tears bottom of spine. Price Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 182 pages, foxing on dust jacket and lightly of top edge. Previous owner's name front fly leaf. Plastic wrapper.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in VG d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Purple boards with gold lettering to the spine. Cream and burgundy unclipped dust wrapper, a little grubby in places and has minor shelf wear to the extremities. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 182pp, clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

8vo; pp. x, 182; portrait frontispiece, bibliography, index, original cloth, dustjacket slightly rubbed, a very good copy. First Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 182 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 181 pages. d/j top edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Maroon cloth, gilt spine label, printed dust-jacket just slightly dulled on the spine). Ex libris: David & Diana Burns, Fernhill Gate, with a presentation inscription from the author. A very good to fine copy. In the beginning; Southampton; South America and South Africa; First aviation week, 1909; In the witness box; Pre-phylloxera wines ; World War I; Full stop. New chapter;The 'wine and food' quarterly; The United States; Memorable meals; Gastronomes, gourmands and gourmets; Without prejudice; World War II; The stage ; Vintage charts; The French Benevolent Society; TV chefs; No planning; just luck; A dictionary of gastronomy; Book collecting; Nearing the end. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frontispiece : Photograph of author. DW: Chips and creases to top edge and PC. Previous owner's name ffep. 26 x 16 cm 182 pp.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Very Good tall octavo 182pp.,frontis., bibliog., index,

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Edition. Book slightly out of shape.

8vo.pp.x + 182. Illustrated.Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. The Wine trade through 90 years.Normandy Champagne and America right after prohibition.

10.0 x 6.5 inches. In purple cloth covers with gilt to black title label on spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (d/w; Spine slightly darkened. Mild foxing to front and back. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Else a clean and tight copy. 182 pp. With b/w portrait frontis. Memoir of Normandy in the 1880s, the Champagne trade in Edwardian days, Great War, America after Prohibition. Written when the author was 92.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Tall octavo, pp 182. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Bound in red cloth covered hard boards and in the original un-clipped dust jacket. Autobiographical writing and reminiscences written at the age of 92 by one of the great wine merchants and wine writers of the 20th century. André Simon wrote over 100 books on the subject. Fine condition book in a Near Fine jacket.

FIRST EDITION. A NEAR FINE COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP WHICH HAS SOME FOXING AND IS PROTECTED WITH A GLASSINE COVER.