Allen Walter Intro (5 results)

Octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

Full Calf. Condition: VG Very Good. Collector's Edition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed sienna-coloured calf sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. xx, 423. Illustrations by Edward Artizzone. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight spine roll but sturdy binding and strong hinges, clean unmarked interior. Exterior with mild wear and slightly darkened spine. Allen Congdon (illustrator).

Hard Bound. Condition: Very Good. 7 of 10 Volumes. Lacks Vols. 1, 2, and 10 on the Philippines, Hawaii, and India. Contains Japan, China, Cuba, Porto Rico (sic), and Alaska. Three-quarters maroon morocco and maroon cloth with maroon marbled endpapers. Photogravures, colored plates, engravings, and maps. Vols. 4 and 7 with small tears at the head of the spine, all volumes with slight corner wear and some leather scuffing, all volumes Very Good. A nice set.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A smart first edition, second impression of this detailed tour of the vineyards of France from wine expert, Charles Walter Berry. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, second impression. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. With a large fold-out map to the rear of the text. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive guide to the vineyards of France, being a tour of the entire country. With chapters on Reims, Champagne, Chablis, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Valence, Beaujolais, and many other regions. Includes a thought to Bacchus and a letter-preface by H. Warner Allen, a British journalist. Written by Charles Walter Berry, a British wine expert. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Light loss to the head of the spine and front panel sympathetically repaired with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…