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Marseille: l'Echo universel, 1886. . 8vo, late 19th century green marbled boards, leather spine, spine worn.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1951. . Large 8vo, wine-colored cloth, dust jacket, somewhat faded. A very ambitious work, dealing with books and pamphlets in many languages.Amerine later confined himself to books printed in America prior to 1901. See Amerine & Axel Borg "A Bibliography on Grapes, Wines, Other Alcoholic Beverages and Temperance."

London: Dennis Dobson, 1953. . Small 8vo, blue paper-covered boards; dust jacket with very minor losses on the two lower corners and bottom of spine; dated ownership signature on front free endpaper; some partial darkening to the free endpapers, probably due to contact with jacket.

Collins: Auckland and London, 1971. . Large 8vo, red paper-covered boards; dust jacket with very minor wear over corners and at head and tail of spine. Ownership signature on front free endpaper Signed on title.

Palafrugell, Catalu–a: E. Bruguera, [1935]. . Small folio, cream card stock printed in blue and red with pictorial panel on front cover; four-hole binder Palafrugell, on the Costa Brava, was the center of the cork industry in the 18th and 19th century and today boasts a cork museum which is surrounded by a small cork oak forest which the… Read more about this item

New York: The Company, 1937. . 12mo, stiff printed blue wrappers; printed on blue paper This wine catalogue was printed for Bellows' Baltimore Representatives: Hopper, McGraw & Co.

Paris: Draeger Frre, 1935. . 4to, spiral-bound stiff wrappers printed in ochre green tan, etc.; a few pages very lightly foxed Cassandre is perhaps best remembered for the looming majesty of his poster of the S.S. Normandie and the mischievous humor of the Duibonnet advertisements. Nicolas, founded in 1822 really changed the way the French drank wine,… Read more about this item

London: Journal of Horticulture, 1900. . 8vo, dark green cloth with gilt bunch of grapes on front cover; extremities of spine and corners very slightly abraded Gabler 12110. First published in 1883 and a fifth edition in published in 1912.

Pittsburgh: The Company, 1868. . 8vo, self-wrappers; has been folded vertically; previous owner's notation on front cover, dated 1869 Amerine and Borg list the catalogues for 1868 and 1866