Brattleboro: Company of Amateur Brewers, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 14 cm. 159 pages. "Privately printed in 1932 for the Members of The Society." A captivating look into beer making in the last years of Prohibition. This association was made up of men in the Brattleboro, Vermont area, including... More about BEER] [BREWING] Proceedings of The Company of Amateur Brewers; Dulce est desipere in loco

Windsor, VT. Cards. 15 x 8 cm. "I HAD TWELVE BOTTLES OF WHISKY..." Progressive intoxication is the premise responsible for the compositional technique of the following classic account. Some say it dates back to the 1940's in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - others claim the scalpel-tongued satirist/bad boy of radio, Henry... More about HUMOR] Higher Mathematics; Compliments OSGOOD'S Windsor, VT

San Juan: Ronrico Corporation, 1946. Staplebound. 44 pages. 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Illustrated throughout. More about The Rum Connoisseur; Chico presents food and drink recipes using famous Ronrico Rum

New York: Horizon Press, 1961. First American Edition. Hardcover. 304 pages. 22 x 15 cm. A scholar and journalist, Warner brings to life the greatest wines beginning in the Golden Age in the classical Greek and Roman periods; next through the fifteen centuries following the fall of the Roman Empire... More about A History of Wine; Great Vintage Wines from The Homeric Age to The Present Day

Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 62 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Remarkable period graphics. Clean, crisp copy. More about Peter Pauper's Drink Book - A Guide to Drinks and Drinking; Illustrated by Ruth McCrea

Paris: Deterville/Libraire de la Faculte de Medecine et des Hospices, 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. 581/206 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Two titles bound together, text in French. Five fold-out plates (1 in first volume, 4 in second - second lacking one). The Art of Making Wine & The Art of... More about L'Art De Faire le Vin & L'Art De Faire Les Eaux-De-Vie

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1981. Hardcover. 142 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Fisher, an all time favorite food writer, enchants the reader with her foray into her collection of "odd and old receipts to cure the ills of people and animals." Dust wrapper price clipped but clean, interior crisp and clean. More about A Cordiall Water; A Garland of Odd & Old Receipts To Assuage The Ills Of Man Or Beast

Sydney: McGraw Hill, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 143 pages. 21 x 29 cm. Profusely illustrated wine book covering the past and (1979) present of Australia's Hunter Valley Wine country including vineyards, wineries, and the people involved in this lush part of the world. Signed by both authors as well as... More about The Wines & History of The Hunter Valley

Berlin: Francken & Lang, 1927. Cards. 28.5 x 18 cm. Color lithograph mini-poster, most likely taken from Die Deutsche Werbe-Graphik, by Dr. Walter F. Schubert. The title, Kein Tisch Ohne Munchener Lowenbrau translates: No Table Without Munich Lowenbrau. Bright and clean. More about Lowenbrau Beer (mini poster

Cleveland: American Greetings Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 16 x 16 cm. From the team (Brant Parker & Johnny Hart) that gave us "The Wizard of Id" cartoon, a lighthearted cocktail book incorporating cartoons, color photos, and recipes of our favorite bar drinks. Black and white 'Wizard of Id' illustrated end... More about The Wizard's Formulas For Better Drinking

Chicago: n.d., but 1936. Hardcover. 103 pages. 15.5 x 12 cm. Limited edition - 44 of 500. Inscribed and signed by author - "For Lee & Stella with much love from George E. Scott 3/9/36." Privately printed. Pencil notes (shopping list?) for wines. Clean, crisp copy. More about Wine

Florence: Il Bisonte - Edizioni d'arte, 1974. Cardboard covers. 103 pages. 25 x 31. Copy 69 of 100. Volume VI. Published in the summer of 1974 by the Consorzio del Vino Classico, two thousand copies, 1500 in Italian and 500 in English, numbered 1/1-100 to xx/100-100. Roman numerals correspond to... More about Chianti Country; twenty-seven plates presented by Carlo Betocchi - Historical Introduction by...

Baltimore: Bacchus Press, nd (1992). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 211 pages. A very attractively bound facsimile edition of the 1880 first edition printed on acid-free paper. One of 500 copies. Vizetelly was Wine Juror for Great Britain at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 and in 1877 he visited Portugal, Madeira and... More about Facts About Port and Madeira