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The Savoy Cocktail Book
by Harry Craddock
The now-classic prohibition era cocktail book, originally published in 1930 by Savoy Hotel in London.
The World Atlas Of Wine
by Hugh Johnson
The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and (since 2003) Jancis Robinson, MW is an atlas and reference work on the world of wine, published by Mitchell Beazley. It pioneered the use of wine-specific cartography to give wine a sense of place, and has since the first edition published in 1971 sold 4 million copies in 14 languages.
The Billionaire's Vinegar
by Benjamin Wallace
BENJAMIN WALLACE has written for GQ, Food & Wine, and Philadelphia, where he was the executive editor. He lives in Brooklyn.
Wine
by Hugh Johnson
Mr. Johnson traces the entire process of wine-making from grape to bottle to table, discussing soil, vintages, the qualities that distinguish good, fine and great wines, the details of shipping and selling -- the fascinating and essential background knowledge that enables the informed wine lover to know what he is getting when he reads the label.
Art Of Making Wine
by Stanley F ; Hull, Raymond Anderson
Stanley F. Anderson founded Wine-Art in 1959, and has written four books about wine and beermaking. He lives in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada.
Napa
by James Conaway
James Conaway's remarkable bestseller delves into the heart of California's lush and verdant Napa Valley, also known as America's Eden. Long the source of succulent grapes and singular wines, this region is also the setting for the remarkable true saga of the personalities behind the winemaking empires. This is the story of Gallos and Mondavis, of fortunes made and lost, of dynasties and destinies. In this delightful, full-bodied social history, James Conaway charts the rise of a new aristocracy and, in...
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Wine & Spirits Books & Ephemera
Prohibition's Prince: The Bizarre Life of America's Millionaire Moonshiner
by Guy Graybill; Foreword by James Humes
Lemoyne: Sunbury Press, 2010. Softcover. Fine in pictorial wraps.. 4to. 284 pp. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the first page.
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SGD 103.40
Giuliano Bugialli's Classic Techniques of Italian Cooking
by Giuliano Bugialli
Simon & Schuster, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 526 Pp. Green Cloth Spine, Gilt, Beige Boards, Illustrated Endpapers. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $19.95, A Few Short Edge Tears And Small Losses.
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SGD 31.02
Making Good Wine
by Rankine, Bryce
Sydney, Australia: Macmillan, 2004. New Softcover. Rankine, Bryce. Making Good Wine: a manual of winemaking practice for Australia & New Zealand. (2nd Ed) Macmillan: Sydney, Australia 2004. 8vo (230x150mm) pict stiff card wrappers xvii,[1],318pp. (introduction by Maynard Amerine)
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SGD 34.24
The King of Vodka
by Himelstein, Linda
"The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire" by Linda Himelstein. [New York]: HarperCollins Publishers, [2009]. First edition. pp. 384, Bibliography and Index. 22 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine ( corners square, foxing to top and bottom edges, slight foxing to outer margins of text, interior is clean & unmarked). dw., unclipped (two very slight marks on cover, dust jacket is otherwise not worn or damaged).Very good condition. (Dust jacket...
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SGD 25.24
The University of California / Sotheby Book of California Wine
Includes bibliograpical references, wine glossary, and notes on contributors : ill. (some col.), col. maps, tables
Editors: Doris Muscatine, Maynard A. Amerine, Bob Thompson.
A large, heavy volume.
Editors: Doris Muscatine, Maynard A. Amerine, Bob Thompson.
A large, heavy volume.
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SGD 55.15
Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide : The Complete, Easy-to-Use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More than 8,000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions
by Parker, Robert M., Jr.; Pierre-Antoine Rovani
Simon & Schuster, 2002. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 10.11
Chef's Holiday
by JONES, Idwal
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 210pp., Illustrated. Pictorial boards very lightly soiled, else near fine in very good, moderately soiled dust jacket with a few small nicks and tears and a large dampstain covering most of the rear panel, although visible only on the interior. Ex-James Gabler. *Gabler* G25680.
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SGD 34.47
The Connoisseurs' Handbook of California Wines
by OLKEN, Charles, Earl Singer and Norman Roby
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Third edition, revised. Near fine with owner name and small stains to front endpapers, in very good dustwrapper with tears to tail of spine. A guide to the wines and wineries of California and the West Coast. From the editors of *Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine*.
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SGD 27.57
The Commonsense Book of Drinking
by ADAMS, Leon D
New York: David McKay, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 210pp. Foreword by Morris Fishbein, M.D. Faint dampstain on bottom edges of cloth, still very good in a very good dustwrapper with corresponding dampstain.
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SGD 27.57
Blithe Spirits - a toast to the cocktail
by Spalding, Jill
Alvin Rosenbaum 1st 1988 . large 4to, stamped gold titling to fr bd + spine F+/F 1695 gms.
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SGD 17.25
United States Internal-Revenue Gauger's Manual, Embracing Regulations and Instructions, and Tables, Prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue...
by United States Office of Internal Revenue
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. 523 pp. 18 x 13.5 cm. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titling to front cover, illustrated with one folded plate. Rubbing to boards and spine, with some light wear to spine ends. Bumping to corners, with two small bumps to fore edge of boards. Dark dampstaining (appears to be wine) to head of text block and head of front and rear boards. Some yellowed tape adhesive residue on front and rear endpapers from plastic cover that once was used to protect the...
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SGD 430.84SGD 344.68
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism
Hardback. New.
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SGD 101.26
The World Atlas of Beer
by Webb, Tim and Beaumont, Stephen
London: Mitchell Beazley. 2012. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected inour purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour photographs and maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 256 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 19.82
THE FINE WINES OF CALIFORNIA : A Discriminating Buyer's Guide for the Consumer and Connoisseur.
by Hannum, Hurst and Robert S. Blumberg
Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1971.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped) Uncommon signed.. First printing. An interesting picture of the California wine industry and vineyards fifty years ago. SIGNED by both authors on the verso of the front endpaper with the words "best wishes" and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated by Beverly Armstrong. Index. 311 pp.
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SGD 43.43
The Wines of Bordeaux
by ROGER, J.-R
(London): Andre Deutsch, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. 166pp. Blue tape on copyright page, faint tideline on bottom cloth edges, very good in a good only dustwrapper with dampstained edges and spine, chip on bottom edge of rear panel.
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SGD 34.47
The Savoy Cocktail Book
by Harry Craddock
London: Constable and Company, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce first edition copy of the iconic Savoy Cocktail book. Signed by Craddock to his friend and fellow bartender, with some truly unique annotations. This copy belonged to Collis-Phillips Halpin, a personal friend of Harry Craddock. Halpin worked as a cocktail bartender and dancer in London, and worked in many locations including the Regency Club in Piccadilly Circus as well as the American Bar....
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SGD 11,987.36SGD 10,788.62
Wines and Spirits: A Complete Buying Guide
by MASSEE, William E
New York: Bramhall House, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Reprint. 427pp. Drawings by Dorothy Ivens. Fine in a good dustwrapper with a tear on the spine fold, creasing, and chips on the edges. Includes prices, vintages, food and wine combination, pronunciations, ordering in restaurants, reading wine labels, charts, maps, drawings, and the most comprehensive vineyard lists ever published in one volume.
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SGD 27.57
(1877) WINE AND WINE COUNTRIES:
by Tovey, Charles
16 mo. (6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches) London: Whittaker & Co. , 1877. New Edition. 519 pages, the frontis is an original tipped-in photographic portrait of the author, illustrated title page with views of Chateau Margaux and Chateau Lafitte, 15 unnumbered lithographic plates of wineries, and scenes associated with wine production, 4 maps, a facsimile foldout of a signed wine contract, plus 7 pages of the publisher's advertisement for another title by the same author.
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SGD 758.28
Wine : a life uncorked / Hugh Johnson
by Johnson, Hugh
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson Illustrated, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 383 pages : illustrations (some color)., portraits (some color) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Wine and wine making. Winery. Wine writers. Wine tasting. Wine guidebook.
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SGD 18.12
Open by Chance & Appointment
by KINMONT, Ben
Frontis. & illus. (7 in color). 2 p.l., 23, [1] p. 8vo, color letterpress-printed wrappers, saddle-stitched, title-label on upper wrapper. Sebastopol, CA: Antinomian Press, 2015. First edition of 500 copies. "A publication documenting Ben Kinmont, Bookseller both as a bookselling business and as an artwork." In fine condition. With a printed and stamped Ben Kinmont, Bookseller envelope. ❧ Antinomian Press 157.
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SGD 68.94
An Account of Various Experiments for the Production of New and Desirable Grapes, and a Description of Forty Varieties Obtained by Hybridization
by Haskell, George
Ipswich, MA: Self Published. Very Good; Wraps toned and soiled, longitudinal crease, edges chipped.. 1877. Softcover. Original printed gray wraps. 6 x 9 inches. 1952 typed book purchase receipt laid in from Mass. Horticultural Society with offsetting to inside cover and title page. Bound in at rear is printed slip advertising Haskell’s selection of 30 grape vine cuttings for $100. The author describes his efforts to grow and hybridize grapes on his coastal Massachusetts estate, including his...
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SGD 482.54
