Poughkeepsie, NY: The De Laval Separator Company, 1896. No. 246. Staplebound wraps. 22.5 x 14.5 cm, 28 pages. This booklet advertises the various models of De Laval Cream Separators along with the highlights of the products, their uses, and when one might consider the purchase of one of these fine..... More

London: SANDEMAN, 1972. Third revised edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 22 x 17 cm. Signed on half title page by David Sandeman. A full history of Sandeman Sherry, Capa Negra Brandy and Port. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Interior and boards crisp and clean, dust wrapper lightly rubbed at..... More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 357 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Signed on front free end paper by the author Maynard A. Amerine. This illustrated volume provides a history of the grape and its delightful products from the earliest times of Western civilization to the present..... More

New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. 125 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Societies' drinking customs and habits reflect their fabrics, tensions, and dynamics. Using historiacal methods, observational techniques, and international statistics, this book separates myth from reality and discusses modern trends. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. More

Boston: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1852. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 369 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Catherine Beecher was the eldest daughter in one of the most remarkable families of the 19th century. Catherine was the daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe..... More

Boston: Blanchard, Farrar & Co., c. 1887. Sewn binding. 12 pages. 14.5 x 8 cm. A captivating look at the broad array of wines, liqueurs, and ales available at the end of the 19th century in Boston, MA. The shop owned by David W. Blanchard and John W. Farrar stocked..... More

Racine, WI: London Depot, 1905. (1 page, 27.5 x 21 cm) A letter from the Horlick Food Company addressed to Rev. Wm. D. Mosman of New Haven, CT. The letter is typewritten and advertises the company's various milk products by offering to send samples of their Malted Milk product in..... More

New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1985. Hardcover. 299 pages. 28 x 17 cm. A comprehensive wine guide including: an introduction to each region, how wine is classified, and the hard facts about quality - price ratio of each wine. Illustrated throughout. Interior, boards and dust wrapper clean and crisp. Covered..... More

Paris: Alphonse LE SIGNE, c. 1890. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 35 x 27 cm. A romantic scene of wine drinking highlights this French sheet music. The musician, Désiré Dihau, was best known as the bassoonist and composer who was painted by Edgar Degas in L'Orchestre de l'Opéra along with cellist Louis-Marie..... More

New York: Drake Publishers Inc., 1972. Hardcover. 256 pages. 23.5 x 17 cm. Covering the drinking patterns of EVERY major nation around the world - with fascinating tidbits that inform the reader such as - the minimum drinking age in Russia, the identity of the U.S.A. city that debars you..... More

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 418 pages. 22 x 15 cm. John Ehle has traveled far and wide, visiting farms, little-known vineyards and marketplaces. A delightful book of history and lore. It is also a collection of detailed recipes and careful accounts of the actual methods..... More

Gloucestershire: Constable - In association with Christie's Wine Publication, 1983. Hardcover. 160 pages. 22 x 25 cm. In 1875, two English brothers - Walter and Alfred Gilbey - Bought from an ancient French noble family the château, vineyard and estate of Loudenne, in the heart of the Médoc. They were..... More

[Augsburg, Heinrich Streiner, 1533?]. Hardcover. 38 leaves, (6 pp. manuscript). With large and unusually detailed woodcut (10 x 12 cm.) on title-page revealing an extravagant banquet and a man vomiting, by H. Weiditz, with decorated woodcut initials. Set in schwabacher types with incidental fraktur. A treatise on the excesses of..... More