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1890réf. 007068Paris: Lemercier 1890. First Edition. Stab binding. String ties. Very Good. N.d. circa 1890. Oblong 13 by 17 cm. Unpaginated 16 leaves of card stock each featuring a chromolithographed color plate of children playing sports and games including hoops bouncing a ball a raquet game called "Le Volant" trotting jump rope swings or alternatively imitating adults such as pretending to perform a baptism or a wedding play-acting as a doctor or merchant and as a photographer back when photographic equipment was far more daunting than that of the 20th century we are more familiar with or simulation a carriage ride in the park. The promotion of the company's product in these illustrations was occasional and subtle with a sign in the background or a bottle of wine here or there. The coloring is very rich and bright. Cover is illustrated with cherubs carrying the flags of ten European nations and marching in a procession. At the head of the parade is a cherub satyr playing a flute while to the side is a cherub atop a barrel holding a scepter and laurel of grape leaves. Posada was an Iberian wine house based in Paris with branches in Lille Nice and Trouville. Scarce with no institutional holdings evidenced on OCLC First Search. Condition: Leaves or plates loose at bottom with the binding holding almost entirely by the top ribbon hole. Scattered light soiling never disconcerting. Plates as already indicated are bright and vivid. Lemercier unknown books
1958réf. 203391958. Meaker Marijane writing as Vin Packer and Ann Aldrich; Torres Tereska; Marchal Lucie; Christian Paula. Lesbian pulp novels 1958-1961. These works document lesbian representation in midcentury pulp fiction through novels written by women a distinct subset of the genre that offered alternative portrayals of same-sex relationships during a period of widespread censorship and medicalization of homosexuality. Issued within commercial paperback publishing these texts present narratives centered on identity emotional experience and interpersonal relationships providing evidence of how women authors approached lesbian subject matter with greater emphasis on character interiority and in some cases less punitive narrative outcomes. The material supports research into LGBTQ literary history gender and authorship and the development of lesbian-focused narratives in mid-twentieth-century print culture. Five mass market paperback volumes published between 1958 and 1961 each approximately 200 pages and measuring about 4.75 x 7 inches. 1 Packer Vin Marijane Meaker. The Evil Friendship. Greenwich Conn: Fawcett Publications 1958. First printing. Follows two teenage girls exploring romantic attachment marketed as "Vin Packer's latest study of the tragedy of forbidden love." 2 Torres Tereska. The Dangerous Games. Greenwich Conn: Fawcett Publications 1961. Second printing. Centers on a married woman in Paris entering a polyamorous relationship and recognizing same-sex desire promoted as "The unorthodox love experiences of a young French woman." 3 Marchal Lucie. The Mesh. New York: Bantam Books 1959. New Bantam edition. Translation of a French novel depicting a relationship between two women with cover text describing "strange hidden passions. women living in a forbidden world." 4 Christian Paula. Another Kind of Love. Greenwich Conn: Fawcett Publications 1961. First Crest printing. Set in Hollywood following a writer and an actress in a same-sex relationship framed as "Women in Love with each other." 5 Aldrich Ann Marijane Meaker. We Too Must Love. Greenwich Conn: Fawcett Publications 1958. First printing. A nonfiction-inflected narrative drawing on lived experience introduced by the author as "the whys and wherefores of Lesbian life in New York City-as I have known it." These publications emerged within a pulp marketplace that relied on sensational marketing while operating under restrictions on explicit representation shaping how lesbian relationships could be depicted and circulated. Women authors such as Marijane Meaker writing under multiple names contributed to a shift toward more self-directed portrayals of lesbian identity while other writers expanded geographic and thematic scope across American and European settings. The presence of multiple works by women in a single grouping highlights a less dominant but significant strand of authorship within the genre. Together these texts provide primary evidence for the study of lesbian representation publishing practices and readership in the decades preceding broader public visibility of LGBTQ communities including developments associated with the Stonewall Riots. Light wear to covers with minor rubbing; textblocks tight and interiors clean. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1715réf. 21224London 1715. Broadsheet 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Disbound. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Upper margin trimmed close with slight loss to first line of text. Two-inch closed tear in body of text. Small portion of inner margin excised with no loss to text. Minor foxing. A early political leaflet petitioning on behalf of tobacco and wine merchants for relief from interest on duties owed during the War of the Spanish Succession. The document is among the earliest examples of commercial lobbying literature which first began proliferating during the major changes in British government in the mid-1710s. ESTC records only two copies at the British Library and Harvard. Hanson 2065. unknown books
1860réf. 9034New York: Lith. of W. Faust 105 Nassau St 1860. Broadside wine list 25.5 x 15.5 cm. 1 page. Porcelain card decorated in chromolithograph with text in blue and red. A very early wine list from an important New York hotel and dining establishment. The hotel was at the corner of Broadway and Eleventh Street across from Grace Church and Rectory. Both the hotel and the church were designed by the architect James Renwick Jr. Named for its original owner Denis Julien the St. Denis Hotel opened in 1853 just in time for the Crystal Palace Exhibition. The building was leased to William Taylor in 1875 who incorporated the Taylor Saloon into the facility. The list features Clarets from Finke Merman of Bordeaux mostly from 1847 and 1848. And French whites including 1847 Latour Blanche and 1847 d'Yquem. Champagne Sherries and Madeiras are also included. A solid piece of printing from a firm more known for fruit labels. Verso contains an unattributed primitive pencil drawing of a horse. Some darkening to the top edge of the recto. Lith. of W. Faust, 105 Nassau St unknown books
1819réf. 259502Paris: Deterville 1819. Deuxième édition" i.e. third edition. Folding plate by J.E. Thierry at rear showing distillation process. xvi 381 1 pp. 8vo. Unopened in original publisher's rose wrappers with yellow paper spine and paper spine label with manuscript title. Some wear and creasing to wrappers and spine soiling and light foxing to front and back matter. Deuxième édition" i.e. third edition. Folding plate by J.E. Thierry at rear showing distillation process. xvi 381 1 pp. 8vo. The third edition of this French manual on wine production first published in 1801 followed by a second edition in 1807. Here in its original rose paper wrappers uncut and unopened. Chaptal 1756-1832 was an important figure in the application of chemistry to modern industry. He invented the process of chaptalization by which sugar is added to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation. Cagle 131a first ed.; Simon p. 18 1807 edition; Vicaire p. 164 noting this is in fact the third edition Deterville unknown books
1864réf. 24078Philadelphia / New York: Flentje L 1864. First only Edition. Stitched as issued in plain paper wrappers. Good; some browning; spotted; old small institutional stamp on one side of the wrapper - no other accessioning. 8vo iv 1 - 76 pp. The text is in German. A most interesting pamphlet based on English continental and American sources according to the author to produce various fruit wines. OCLC locates a single copy Boston mis-identifying the author it is attributed to Steiger who in fact is the printer. Flentje is recorded as holding the copyright. In addition to directions for all kinds of fruit wines there are instructions for "root" e.g. parsnip wines and a section devoted to wild grapes and unripe grapes. Preservation and storage is also addressed. Absent from the histories of the subject consulted. The author wrote at least two other works in the 1870s on "vitalist" medical philosophy. [Flentje, L] unknown books
1903réf. 3754Various 1903. Octavo with eleven pamphlet volumes mostly in original wrappers bound together in blue cloth with handwritten spine label featuring seven of the eleven titles. Text is predominately in French with two volumes in English. These are rare volumes that cover topics related to viticulture and oenology specifically wine production but also include a report on federal protection to American commerce and a French price guide to historic coins and medals. Blue cloth with some rubbing small white mark to the cover and mild foxing to the end pages otherwise very good. ~ 1. Manning J.F. Federal Protection to American Commerce. New York: Evening Post Job Printing Office 1882. 48 pages. Lacking back wrapper. 2. "Congrès de Reims Les 23 24 25 et 26 Juillet 1903". Bulletin de l'Association des Chimistes No. 3-Tome XXI Septembre 1903. 1903. 27 pages paginated 145-172. With fourteen illustrated figures. Text in French. Because this is just a section of the bulletin there are no wrappers. 3. Salleron J. Notice sur les Instruments de Précision Appliqués A l'Oenologie. Paris: Chez L'auteur 1887. xvi 182 pages. Second edition. Illustrated with numerous figures and two plates. Text in French. Lacking back wrapper. 4. Duclou Georges. De l'Epamprement ou Écimage de la Vigne en Gironde: Effets qu cette opération semble produire sur le cep et le vin. Paris/Bordeaux: Les Libraires Associes/Feret et Fils 1896. 8 pages. Text in French. In orange wrappers. OCLC locates one copy at UC Davis Shields Library. 5. Barbet M.E.A. Concours Relatif a la Rectification des alcools. Paris: Imprimerie Noizette 1892. 19 pages. Illustrated with figures. Text in French. In heathered blue wrappers. OCLC locates no copies 6. Bouffard A. La Loi Griffe et le Platrage. Montpellier: Aux Bureaux du Progrès agricole et viticole 1890. 12 pages. Text in French. In blue wrappers. OCLC locates no copies. 7. Marès M.H. Du Prix de Revient Des Vins dans Le Departement de l'herault. Montpellier: Imprimerie Typographique de Gras 1866. 18 pages. Text in French. In blue wrappers. OCLC locates just one copy at Bibliothèque nationale de France. 8. Andrieu Pierre. Nouvelle Mèthode de Vinification de la Vendange par sulfitage et Levurage: Ses application en 1900 et 1901 dans diverses contrees viticoles de la France. 1902. 22 pages. Text in French. In blue wrappers. OCLC locates one copy at the University of Chicago Library. 9. Salleron J. Notice ser les Instruments de Précision appliqués a l'oenologie. Paris: Chez L'auteur 1882. 82 pages index. Illustrated throughout. Text in French. Lacking front wrapper. OCLC locates no copies of this edition. 10. Administration des Monnaies et Médailles. Catalogue et Prix de vente des Medailles de la Monnaie: Prix de vent des Medailles de administrations de l'etat: Tarif des frappes sur coins particuliers des inscriptions en creux et end relief etc. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1902. 31 pages. Text in French. In green wrappers. OCLC locates no copies of this edition. 11. Grazzi-Soncini G. Appendix E to the Biennial Report of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners for 1891-92: Wine. Classification-Wine Tasting-Qualities and Defects. Translated by F.T. Bioletti. Sacramento: State Office 1892. 57 pages. Lacking wrappers. OCLC locates no copies of this edition. hardcover books
1887réf. 2649New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Company Successor to Dick & Fitzgerald 1887. Paperback. Yellow wraps. Near Fine. 130 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. Thomas considered the "the father of American mixology" originally wrote this seminal work on cocktails in 1862. A first for the United States this guide codified what was then an oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails. This Third edition includes all of the high points in mixology including Thomas' signature drink the "Blue Blazer" which involved lighting whiskey afire and passing it back and forth between two mixing glasses creating an arc of flames. Also notable for the addition of the Martinez accepted by cocktail aficionados as the early Martini. Attractive softcover with light cover edgewear attractive spine initials in pencil at top right corner of cover and title page. Rear board with lightest smudging. Scarce in extremely good condition. Fitzgerald Publishing Company Successor to Dick & Fitzgerald paperback books
réf. 259507New York ca. late 19th century. 8vo. Bound in full pebbled black cloth paper spine label with manuscript label. 8vo. Includes a run of very rare wine auction catalogues from the firm of Draper & Co 112 Pearl St. New York auctioning the stock of wine merchant W.H. Starin. WINE AUCTION John H. Draper & Co. Will Sell on Wednesday March 15th 1882 . by Order of Mr. W.H. Starin and Without any Reserve Whatever His Extraordinary Collection of Sherries Comprising Finos Amontillados Olorosos and East-Indias also Alto-Douros. 17 pp. 103 lots WINE AUCTION Price Current of a Collection of Old and Rare Sherry Wines Consisting of Soleras . Olorosos. Amontillados. Twenty-five to Sixty Years in Wood and Glass. W.H. Starin 40 Beaver St. New York. May 15th 1878. 12 pp. Light dampstaining to margins. WINE AUCTION John H. Draper Auctioneer. The Starin Collection of Sherry Wines . the Whole to Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. J.H. Draper & Co. Friday Dec. 19 1879 . at Their Store 112 Pearl Street New York. iv 12 pp. 29 lots. Light dampstaining to margins. Prices realized in pencil WINE AUCTION Townsend & Montant Auctioneers. 87 & 89 Leonard St. N.Y. City. 3-10 pp. 33 lots. Prices realized in pen. The Ketletas Sale 1902 HAYNE Arthur P. Olives. Pickling Processes . Proximate Analyses of Olives. By George E. COLBY. Sacremento: A.J. Johnston Superintendent State Printing 1895. 37 pp WINE AUCTION John H. Draper Auctioneer. The Starin Collection of Sherry Wines Consisting of Olorosos Amontillados east Indias Etc. The Whole to Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. J.H. Draper & Co. Friday Dec. 15 1880 . at Their Salesroom 85 Front Street New York. ii 14 pp. 40 lots. Some prices realized in pencil WINE AUCTION A Cabinet of Curiosities. The Starin Collection of Sherry Wines . The Whole to Be Sold by Auction at the Clinton Hall Sale Rooms . April 25 . Geo. A. Leavitt & Co. Auctioneers. ii 7 1 12 pp. Some contemporary manuscript notes in pen CADET C.A. Mémoire Sur la Fermentation acéteuse et sur l'art du vinaigrier. 35 pp. Foxed OCLC 457222451: 1 copy BNF The Tintometer. New York: E.B. Meyrowitz ca. 1895 2 editions. 20 pp & 26 pp. unknown books
1833réf. 1714281833. VEVEY. Fête des Vignerons 1833. Continuous panorama scroll containing 30 consecutive lithographs numbered 1-30 from the 1833 Festival of the Vignerons at Vevey hand-coloured at the time of publication backed with linen and conjoined to form a continuous scroll of 14.4 meters long. Plate size: oblong folio 170 x 470 mm. in a new cloth folding box. Lausanne: Lithographie de Spengler & Cie 1833. An extremely rare complete copy in contemporary hand-colouring of this remarkable series of plates in scroll format depicting the 1833 Festival of the Vingerons at Vevey Switzerland -- since 1791 this ancient festival has been celebrated five times per century. The scroll shows the entire procession in panorama format; the procession moved in three groups: Herds and Flocks plates 1-8 the Harvest plates 9-18 and Winemakers plates 19-30. The festival celebrates the vineyards and wine production in the Vevey area. The artist of the work was Christian Gottlieb Steinlen 1779-1847 a resident of Vevey who acted as the official artist for the 1833 Festival see Thieme-Becker. Sources for the Festival of the Winegrowers are unusually diverse: besides Greco-Roman gods such as Bacchus Plates 20 & 22 there were representations of Judeo-Christian myths such as the story of Noah first winegrower in the Bible -- see Plate 27. OCLC records only the copy at Getty Center in the U.S. Vicaire 270. Brunet I 616. Lipperheide 2870. Ruggieri 1142. Vinet 787. Brun Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon IV p. 415. Thieme-Becker XXXI pp. 574-5. hardcover books
1792réf. 65431792. 59 leaves enumerating the names of grapes cereal crops and oils and their prices for nearly two centuries. Small folio 273 x 178 mm. 18th-cent. vellum over boards tail of spine defective two of four ties lacking. Burgundy: 1622-1792. A fascinating and rare survival which details the precipitous rise in the prices of Burgundian wine and the emergence of a hierarchy among regions and vintages over a 170-year period. This document consisting of three gatherings 28; 28; 3 leaves bound together and written in several legible hands provides a wealth of information on grain harvests in the region which varied greatly from year to year and indicates years with disastrous harvests. The present manuscript constitutes a unique history of agriculture in Burgundy especially pertaining to the evolving market for Côte de Nuits wine. “Burgundy had no experience like the boomtime of 18th-century Bordeaux. No new wines were invented no new districts planted. The Bordeaux picture is all expansion and creation; the Burgundy one of evolving tastes and techniques of new market forces and overall of slowly progressing definition: a more precise notion of the character style and value of the wine from each corner of the Côte…In the Côte de Nuits the notion of the ‘cru’ was further advanced…The vineyards were generally less overcrowded and by now planted with cuttings rather than layers; hence more deep-rooting. Increasingly in the 18th century owners of the most prestigious crus selected their best grapes to make separate cuvées the best vat being called the ‘tête de cuvée’.”–Hugh Johnson Vintage 1989 pp. 267 & 272. The motivation for compiling this record-book may have come from the introduction of a law in 1622 that outlawed the sale of Lyonnais and Beaujolais wines as Burgundian. The records of the first three decades consist mostly of grains and oil from the region but in the early 1670s wines begin to predominate and the lists for each year become increasingly long. It is very likely that at this point landowners would have shifted to using any arable land for vastly more lucrative grapes. By the 1690s dozens of grape varietals are noted from communes such as Auvilliers Les Cailles Chambolle Chorey Comblanchien Corgoloin Côte de Beaune Gilly Magny Saint Georges Saint Julien Les Cailles Vaucrains Pouilly Prissey etc. Prices for wine rose enormously from the 1690s and experienced peaks in 1701 1733 and 1770. Wines are increasingly categorized by the mid-18th century according to vineyard and in some cases cru. The name “de Bays” appears several times in the manuscript and the signature of “de Bays” is found at the end of the year 1771. Very few comparable documents survive and the present manuscript provides a vast amount of data on the prices for wine grapes and grains in the 17th and 18th centuries. A couple leaves browned. unknown books
