Constables Wine Library by Andre Simon (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Some fading of the cover boards, darkening to the spine. Pages crisp and clean with occasional small foxing spots in the margins.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. 1st Edition. 156 Pp. One Of A Series Published By Constable, This Title Not In List At Front Of Book; First Printing With "First Published 1933" Statement On Copyright Page. Madeira Red Cloth, Spine Gilt. A Near Fine Copy, Slight Bumping At Bottom Of Spine, Otherwise Bright, Clean, Spine Gilt Still Brilliant, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Topstain An Even Dark Pink. Dj Nearly Complete, Price 5/- Not Clipped,1/8" To 1/4" Irregular Chipping At Top And Bottom Of Spine, Removing The First Name And Final "N" In The Author's Name; 1" V-Chip At Base Of Front Panel, 1/2" Tear At Top; 3/4" Corner Chip At Upper Corner Of Rear Panel And Small Losses At Other Corners; A 1/2" X 1/4" Chip At Top Of Rear Panel.

Cloth binding, with dust jacket. 153 p. -(Dj nicked and discoloured, name in ink on the fly-leaf, edges of the block foxed.).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this volume from Constable"s Wine Library, combining André L. Simon"s authoritative study of Madeira with Elizabeth Craig"s recipes, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.First edition.part of Constable"s Wine Library, a refined series on the culture and enjoyment of wine. This volume combines André L. Simon"s expert study of Madeira"s history, production, and tasting notes with Elizabeth Craig"s practical recipes featuring the wine in cookery and desserts.André L. Simon (18771970) was one of the twentieth century"s foremost wine historians and connoisseurs, founder of the Wine and Food Society, and author of over a hundred works on wine, gastronomy, and the art of good living. Elizabeth Craig (18831980) was a celebrated Scottish journalist and cookery writer, the author of more than sixty books that helped define twentieth-century British home cooking. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, very smart. Slight fading to extremities. Very slight shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper, smart. Unclipped. Slight loss to upper perimeter of front wrap. The odd small chip, closed tear and crease to extremities. Wraps slightly age toned with the odd light spot and slight soiling. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Constable & Co Ltd 1934). First Edition hardback with unclipped dustwrapper. Brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Slightly pressed spine tips with associated creasing. Bottom edge shows slight signs of wear with bumps and discolouration. Near fine copy in very good dustwrapper. Minor loss to bottom edge of dustwrapper spine with associated creasing. Dustwrapper spine slightly discoloured. Photographs available on request.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A lovely set of six first edition works from Constable's 'Wine Library', edited by Andre L. Simon. One volume is signed by the author. A set of six first edition, first impression volumes from Constable's 'Wine Library', a comprehensive history and study on the practice of making wine, looking at madeira, sherry, claret, port, hock, and mollelle.'Claret' is signed by the author.This series, which ran to a total of eight volumes, was edited by Andre L. Simon, who also authored two of the volumes in this set. Simon was a noted gourmet and wine merchant.This set contains:'Madeira', by Andre L. Simon and Elizabeth Craig, published 1933.'Sherry', by H. Warner Allen, published in 1933. Illustrated with a folding map.'Claret', by Maurice Healy, published in 1934. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Dear Master Wright, I seek, not to instruct, but to amuse you! Maurice Healy, May 1939". Two pages of adverts to the rear.'Wine in the Kitchen', by Elizabeth Craig, published in 1934.'Port' by Andre L. Simon, published in 1934. Three pages of adverts to the rear.'Hocks and Moselles', by Hugh R. Rudd, published in 1935. Illustrated with a folding map.Bookplate of Joan Dawson to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Wine in the Kitchen'.Bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Madeira', 'Sherry', 'Wine in the Kitchen', and 'Hocks and Moselles', and to the front paste down of 'Claret'. The Finch couple founded Matthew Finch Design Consultants Limited, a graphics group which specialised in in design for print and publishing. They opened an antiquarian bookshop, Wadard Books, in 2001. In the original publisher's cloth. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth, heavier to 'Hocks and Moselles'. Spine faded 'Madeira', 'Claret', 'Wine in the Kitchen', and 'Hocks and Moselles', as is the spine and front joint of 'Port'. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper 'Madeira', 'Sherry', 'Wine in the Kitchen', and 'Hocks and Moselles'. Bookplate to the front paste down of 'Claret' and 'Wine in the Kitchen'. Bookseller's label to the front paste down of 'Madeira'. Prior owner's gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Madeira'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.