Wines World by Editor Andre Simon (8 results)

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

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. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First published in 1967, this is an updated copy. The contributors to this book have looked at both classic wines of long standing and at extanding newcomers at the time of the books publication. Illustrated with photographs & maps through out. This is a 'reprinted' hardback with its dustjacket in good condition-the spine of the dust jacket is a little faded & creased on the back of it slightly. (639 pages). This is a heavy book over 1.8kg, so there will be an extra postage charge. …

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.

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", page 248 Wine into Words 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 AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.…