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THE SUBTLE ALCHEMIST A BOOK OF WINE. One of 50 SIGNED copies.
by RAINBIRD, George & Ronald SEARLE.:
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Michael Joseph, 1973.. FIRST EDITION THUS 1973, a revised edition of the Pocket Book of Wine. LIMITED to 50 copies SIGNED by GEORGE RAINBIRD and RONALD SEARLE, the limitation is handwritten in ink on the half-title with the ink signatures below. 8vo, approximately 220 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, pages: 1-206, illustrated title page plus 15 illustrations and 2 maps, original publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering and 2 small black floral designs to spine, in dustwrapper. Binding very slightly bumped at head of spine, a touch of fading at head of spine, small pale stain to outer margin of page 178, tiny closed tear neatly repaired to outer margin of page 12, hardly noticeable, bookseller's small ticket to last pastedown. A very good copy in very good dustwrapper, price-clipped with minute chip to foot of spine, now in removable dustwrapper protector. See Gabler, Wine into Words page 216 No.G33290. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE SUBTLE ALCHEMIST A BOOK OF WINE. One of 50 SIGNED copies.
- Author
- RAINBIRD, George & Ronald SEARLE.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Michael Joseph, 1973.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Wine imbibing drinking vines vineyards viticulture grapes signed limited
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