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1931Best.-Nr. 257645Paris: Les Éditions de France 1931. 251p. wraps 4.75x7.5 inches wraps worn pages toned spine chipped at tail else very good condition. Two leaflets laid in one an advertisment for other books offered by Les Éditions de France the other a tourism advertisment with a reader's notes on the text penned on the back. Collection "Marianne" Boisson was an associate of Guillaume Apollinaire and Hugues Rebelle with whom he wrote erotic works on flagellation and spanking under the group pseudonym "Jean de Villiot Les Éditions de France unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. WB19100New York: Longmans Green & Co 1936. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to 235 x 145 mm bound in recent red half morocco over red cloth. Printed in England at the Curwen Press this is a deluxe bound copy of one of Andre Simon's classic titles. It is considered one of the best wine dictionaries in English and written by one of the great authorities on the subject. The work is comprehensive and sweeping in scope ranging from Aargau a minor wine-producing Swiss Canton to Zucco a Sicillian dessert wine. With a short introduction on how to buy wine how to preserve wine and how to serve wine. Uneven fading to spine internally fine. Longmans, Green, & Co hardcover books
1903Best.-Nr. 45614New York: Lewis Scribner & Co 1903. Very Good. New York: Lewis Scribner & Co. 1903. First Edition. Octavo 19cm; publisher's cream pictorial wrappers; 2621416pp.; frontispiece and seventeen 17 halftone plates throughout extensive illustrated advertisements at beginning and end of the volume. Very light shelf wear textblock slightly starting to pull from binding else a fresh Very Good to Near Fine example. Brilliant example of this uncommon dime novel-format guide to dining out in turn-of-the-century New York City. The entries deal primarily with the hotels and major restaurants of Manhattan with just a couple forays into New Jersey or Brooklyn. Each entry is given two or three pages of description and frequently a photographic illustration of the dining room or the facade. Diners are reminded to visit the Waldorf Astoria during Horse Week while at the Pabst Grand Circle one can enjoy both "liquid and solid refreshments" while looking out over Central Park. At the Women's Lunch Club on West 23rd there is a strictly restricted membership limited to "fashionable shoppers" to keep the establishment from overcrowding. The many nationalities promised in the title appear to be limited to English American French and German. Lewis, Scribner & Co unknown books
1902Best.-Nr. 4684Various 1902. Duodecimo with six pamphlet volumes bound together in black cloth with handwritten spine label with titles. Texts in French and English. Printed label to preliminary blank reads "With compliments of G.S. Nicholas sole agent for U.S." ~ Six volumes - all rare - bound as one that cover topics related to viticulture oenology spirits and alcoholism. ~ 1. "Scotch Whisky." The Illustrated London News August 30th 1890. 1890. 32 pages. Illustrated black and white plates throughout. Offprint lacks wrappers. OCLC locates no copies. 2. Galtier-Boissière Dr. L'Antialcoolisme : En Histories Vraies. Paris: Librairie Larousse undated. 96 pages. Stated sixth edition. Lacks wrappers. OCLC locates no copies. 3. Blanc Leon. The Gouty at Aix-Les-Bains : Diet and Treatment. London: J. & A. Churchill 1902. 34 pages. Lacks wrappers. OCLC locates six copies. 4. De La Vergne M. Instruction pratique pour le soufrage de la vigne et resultats d'observations nouvelles sur l'oidium le soufre et les mélanges sulfureux. Paris: Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique 1863. 81 pages. Stated third edition. OCLC locates sixteen copies. 5. Mestre C. La vérité sur les vins cuivrés. Bordeaux: Imprimerie J. Pechade 1891. 12 pages. Fold-out plate 22 x 38 cm. OCLC locates one copy at the Université Bordeaux. 6. Bisset G.F. De la situation actuelle de la viticulture et des moyens d'y remédier. Montpellier/Paris: Aux Bureaux du Progrés/ Georges Masson Libraire-Editeur 1889. 43 pages. Stated second edition. OCLC locates two copies at Bibliothèque interuniversitaire Sainte-Geneviève and Bibliothèque nationale de France. ~ Black cloth with some rubbing; handwritten paper spine label; some mild foxing throughout otherwise very good. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 267136London: Thomas Worlidge n.d. ca mid-18th century. Engraved portrait of James Ashley in cartouche flanked by ornate pedestals supporting two punch bowls with engraved caption as above by Thomas Worlidge. 1 vols. 7-9/16 x 5-3/4 in. A strong impression laid down light creases from prior folding small pin hole near engraved caption. Engraved portrait of James Ashley in cartouche flanked by ornate pedestals supporting two punch bowls with engraved caption as above by Thomas Worlidge. 1 vols. 7-9/16 x 5-3/4 in. Scarce trade card of James Ashley proprietor of the London Coffee House and Punch-House 1731-1776 who was "London's leading purveyor of Punch in the eighteenth century" Wondrich Punch p. 65 and "the world's first celebrity mixologist the first man to become famous for compounding and selling a mixed drink" ibid p. 172. Ashley a former cheese merchant opened his Punch-House in 1731 in Ludgatehill London. Extensive advertising in London papers as well as the distinct ornate pedestals surmounted by iron punch bowls which flanked its entrance made the London Punch-House one of the most well-known drinking establishments in the city. Clientele included Hogarth Boswell Oliver Goldsmith and Benjamin Franklin. A large sign outside of the Punch-House echoes the caption on this trade card "Pro bono publico. James Ashley in 1731 first reduced the price of punch raised its reputation and brought it into universal esteem." Ashley did indeed reduce the price of punch - from 8 shillings for punch made from a quart of arrack to 6 shillings - but his great innovation was to offer punch in smaller portions in servings as small as two ounces. These small servings made to order for the customer were the precursor to the modern cocktail. This trade card is engraved by Ashley's friend Thomas Worlidge 1700-1766 dubbed "the English Rembrandt" who also engraved portraits of Ashley's wife and one Mrs. Graywood the bar-keep at the London Punch-House. Not in ESTC Thomas Worlidge unknown books
Best.-Nr. 267079London: Thomas Worlidge mid-18th century. Engraved portrait of James Ashley in cartouche flanked by ornate pedestals supporting two punch bowls with engraved caption as above by Thomas Worlidge. 7-9/16 x 5-3/4 in. A strong impression with very slight rubbing and discoloration. Engraved portrait of James Ashley in cartouche flanked by ornate pedestals supporting two punch bowls with engraved caption as above by Thomas Worlidge. 7-9/16 x 5-3/4 in. Scarce trade card of James Ashley proprietor of the London Coffee House and Punch-House 1731-1776 who was "London's leading purveyor of Punch in the eighteenth century" Wondrich Punch p. 65 and "the world's first celebrity mixologist the first man to become famous for compounding and selling a mixed drink" ibid p. 172. Ashley a former cheese merchant opened his Punch-House in 1731 in Ludgatehill London. Extensive advertising in London papers as well as the distinct ornate pedestals surmounted by iron punch bowls which flanked its entrance made the London Punch-House one of the most well-known drinking establishments in the city. Clientele included Hogarth Boswell Oliver Goldsmith and Benjamin Franklin. A large sign outside of the Punch-House echoes the caption on this trade card "Pro bono publico. James Ashley in 1731 first reduced the price of punch raised its reputation and brought it into universal esteem." Ashley did indeed reduce the price of punch - from 8 shillings for punch made from a quart of arrack to 6 shillings - but his great innovation was to offer punch in smaller portions in servings as small as two ounces. These small servings made to order for the customer were the precursor to the modern cocktail. This trade card is engraved by Ashley's friend Thomas Worlidge 1700-1766 dubbed "the English Rembrandt" who also engraved portraits of Ashley's wife and one Mrs. Graywood the bar-keep at the London Punch-House. Not in ESTC Thomas Worlidge unknown books