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The oldest work in the collection is Peter Shaw’s The Juice of the Grape, printed in 1724, which deals with the medicinal qualities of wine, whilst prose works by Evelyn Waugh and Hilaire Bellock make-up the modern contingent.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"evelyn-waugh-wine-peace-war-first-edition-signed-110689","title":"Wine in Peace and War.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eone of 100 copies - numbered \u0026amp; signed by the author\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst edition of this essay commissioned by Evelyn Waugh's London vintners Saccone \u0026amp; Speed, issued in a limited edition of only 100 copies, of which this is number 12. 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With an contemporary manuscript recipe for 'Cowslip Wine' laid down to the rear endpaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteenth edition; 8vo (19.5 x 11.5 cm); 1f. 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This book is a reprint of the \"Report on Wines and other Fermented Liquors,\" prepared by command of Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867. It deals in a very concise manner with: 1st, the wines of every country from which England has been in the habit of receiving supplies; 2nd, the wines sent to the Paris Exhibition; 3rd, trade marks and the wine trade legislation' (Simon).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScarce. 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It is a conscientious and original contribution to the study of the subject, but many of Mulder's definitions have now been proved to be quite erroneous' (Simon, p.9).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (18 x 11.5 cm); publisher's purple blind-tooled cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine and edges faded, cloth a little limp, top-edge unopened towards rear; xii, 390, [2]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MULDER, G.J.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55800502681975,"sku":"118234","price":275.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118234_bf1bc440-5c98-41ed-9dcb-54394bb92ebf.jpg?v=1780918711"},{"product_id":"william-flagg-three-seaons-european-vineyards-new-york-1869-118229","title":"Three Seasons in European Vineyards:","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eearly American account\u003c\/h4\u003eA lovely example of the first edition of William Flagg's memoir of his time spent among the vineyards of Europe in the late 1860s, with insight into the soil quality and variance in the terroir of the different wine-growing regions, notes on vine diseases, and his reflections on the viability of different grape varieties in the USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (19 x 13.5 cm); line-illustrations, publisher's ads to rear, bookseller's blindstamp to rear endpaper; contemporary half red roan, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, slightly rubbed, very good; viii, 9-332, 4[ads]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"FLAGG, William J.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55800504615287,"sku":"118229","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118229.jpg?v=1780922623"},{"product_id":"cyrus-redding-french-wines-vineyards-london-1860-118244","title":"French Wines and Vineyards;","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eimportant work on the French wine trade\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first edition of Redding's important account of the French wine trade, with detailed chapters on the variant soil qualities (terroir), production processes, and character of the different departments, and much more — including a glossary of the 'names and terms used in France in relation to wines', notes on duties, relative alcoholic strengths, and an alphabetical table of the premier vineyards in the country. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Redding was a man of letters and a journalist; he had read and travelled much, and he wrote in a simple and pleasant style far better suited to the general reading public than the more ponderous works of Barry or Henderson. Redding's History of Modern Wines was inspired by Henderson's work, but it is an improvement upon the original, and no other book written in English on the subject of wines has ever been more popular not so copiously copied from by later writers than Redding's History' (Simon).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (19.5 x 13 cm); ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, top-edge unopened to rear; publisher's purple cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, faded and a little stained, slight offsetting to title; xv, 240pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon p.109.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"REDDING, Cyrus.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55817094037879,"sku":"118244","price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118244.jpg?v=1780951972"},{"product_id":"james-richmond-hseen-wines-fermented-liquors-london-1864-118247","title":"Wines and Other Fermented Liquors;","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eauthor's presentation copy\u003c\/h4\u003eA lovely association copy of this popular guide to wine, inscribed to 'W. 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