Editor Andre L Simon (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A soft cover non-fiction in good condition. Contains lots of black and white illustrations. Pages are clean, intact and unmarked. The cover is yellowed with age, and chipped on the lower corner of the spine, but is in fair condition overall.

719pp. large 8vo Profusely illustrated. Full page color photographs, black & white maps & tables. Red cloth. Second Printing. VG in slipcase with detached bottom.

A Hardbound Book. Condition: Fine. First Edition Second Printing. Previous owners bookplate and name embossed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. Red cloth, lettered in gilt, slipcased. A notably well-preserved copy of this wine classic. Minor soil mark on upper front cover cloth, otherwise as issued. Slipcase essentially as issued. 1st ed. 719 pp., color plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket. New Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** First title page has a gift inscription which has been covered by a plain label, otherwise a very nice hard cover copy in Slipcase without flaw. 8.25 X 11" 719 pages Weight Over 2.5 Kg. (1967). "Maybe wine costs too much to be put away and given all the time it needs to grow as great as it might be. But let us be grateful that there is as much and as good wine as there is throughout the world, wines of many different types and styles, wines to suit every taste and occasion, wines which may be dear but are worth more than any money that we have to pay for them: joy and health are the gifts of wine, and they are priceless" Andre L. Simon. Illustrated by colour photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Minimal cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good book in light card covers. Internally very good and free of inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The yellow volumes have lightly browned spines. One volume has a sun-toned spine. Two volumes have slight wear to the spines. ; Eight volumes. In a slip case [worn, original? ]. The volumes are: Sherry, Hocks and Moselles, Burgundy, Sauternes, Claret [20 pp], Brandy, Port, & South Africa. Published but not included in this group were Champagne and Rum. Except where noted 16 pages each and approx. 4 1/2" wide by 6 1/2".

Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 719pp. Maps, numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Handsome and tight later (7th) printing of this famed overview.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Viii, 185 Pp. First Printing, "First Published" With 1944 Date On Title And Copyright Pages. Softcover. Light Wear And Slight Browning To Covers. No Marks. Robert Balzer's Copy Although Not Marked As Such.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. Printed paper wraps. Part set of seven different sections as follows ; I Sauces 1939 ( Good - spine splitting but binding tight, sl mark to cover, some light foxing ). II Fish 1942 first reprint ( Fair - Both covers detached, lacks spine, rear cover lacks one corner, covers held to contents by clear cellotape, contents clean and tight ). III Vegetables 1941 ( similar condition to part II, small splits to rear cover edges ). IV Cereals 1943. First edition ( Near VG - Spine a little creased with small split to top, cover creased, moderately foxed. Contents clean and tight ) V. Fruit 1942 First edition ( VG - some light foxing to covers else clean and tight ) VI Birds and Their Eggs 1944 First edition. ( VG - Covers clean and sound save slight loss to spine tail, small split to rear cover edge. Contents clean, tight ) VII Meat 1945 First edition ( VG - A little creasing to covers else clean and tight, slight losses at spine ends, contents clean and tight ). All volumes have previous owners signature in prelims. Heavy lot weighing c 2000g when packed, and thus extra postage ( at cost ) will be requested to cover shortfall from default postage quotation for 1000g for both first class UK mail ( second class not affected ) and all overseas orders. Quote can be given if requested.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedVeryGood. Hardcover, in slipcase; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; white spot on spine; illustrated endpapers; otherwise in very good condition with clean text, firm binding. Slipcase shows fading and shelf wear, with chipping at edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 60 color plates, 21 maps of wine lands (illustrator). 1st Edition. large, fat 8 vo, 719 pp. [includes 22 pp. Index] Red cloth, gilt title on spine. Decorated eps match wraparound slipcase designs. No names, notations evident. Light wear on all edges. No soiling of note. A very readable reference, very informed. Slipcase bound in cloth, wear is to paper covering on open corners, bottom edge rubbed, allover Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FREE SHIPPING N CANADA,RED CLOTH,CLEAN INTERIOR,NO JACKET.

Slipcased. Condition: Very Good +. Third printing. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Illustrated with 60 full colour plates and 21 maps. In an attractive slipcase. Paper on slipcase has light ripples. Size: 4to (11" to 13"). 719 pp.

(WINE) SIMON, Andre L. (editor). WINES OF THE WORLD. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1974). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 719 pages. Later printing. There are ten sections which explore the major wine countries and regions of world. The numerous authors discuss the wines and grapes, as well as their history and their makers, their care, and their service. There are sixty col plates, an index, and a glossary. Stamp of a previous owner, clear tape and mark in red ink on verso of title page, else very good.

Condition: Very Good Plus. All books outside UK sent airmail. Paypal accepted. A Gastronomical Quarterly includes George Bellairs "Sherlock Holmes Epicure". Original printed wrappers. Slight marking at top edge.

LIMITED EDITION OF 265 COPIES 1969, THIS IS COPY NUMBER 71, SIGNED BY ANDRE SIMON AND FINELY BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF. Introduction by ANDRE SIMON. Thick 4to, approximately 270 x 180 mm, 10½ x 7 inches, 60 colour plates and 21 maps, pages: 1-719, Glossary, Bibliography and Index after page 698, full wine colour morocco with central onlay of bunch of grapes in gilt and leaves in colour to upper cover, gilt title between raised bands to spine, decorated gilt vine to inner dentelles (turn ins), marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, bookbinder's name in gilt to lower dentelles. A fine copy housed in a white cloth clamshell box as issued. Book in fine condition, the clamshell box with a few pale spots and slight rubbing at corner tips. "Andre Simon bibliophile, gourmet, wine connoisseur, historian and writer is unrivalled in his contribution to the knowledge of wines. Simon collected wine books all his life and his collection was one of the finest ever assembled", Wine into Words page 248 by James M. Gabler. Contents: Wines of France and Wines of North Africa by Andre Simon; Wines of Italy by CYRIL RAY; Wines of Germany by ANDRE SIMON, S.F. HALLGARTEN and H. ARNTZ; Wines of Portugal by H. WARNER ALLEN; Wines of Spain by GEORGE RAINBIRD; Other wines of the West by ANTHONY HOGG; Wines of Australia and New Zealand, and Wines of South Africa by ANDRE SIMON; Wines of the Americas by JOHN N. HUTCHINSON. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.