A COMPLETE LIST OF WINES, SPIRITS AND LIQUEURS, with Names and Addresses of 2,510 Agents in the United Kingdom.
by GILBEY, W. & A.:
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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London, printed and published by W. & A. Gilbey, at their Printing Works Poland Street, Oxford Street, W., 1889.. 1889. Slim 4to, 275 x 215 mm, 11 x 8½ inches, coloured frontispiece of Cabernet Sauvignon Grapes with tissue guard, 6 engraved plates on cream tinted ground showing stores, distilleries of Gin and Whiskey, bringing in the wine, Chateau Loudenne, the various departments in the Camden headquarters, a few small views and illustrations of bottles in the text, plus a map of the Medoc, pages: [1]-49, last page blank, bound in the original publisher's cloth backed illustrated boards with a total of 4 vignette illustrations of Gilbey buildings in London, Dublin, Edinburgh and Medoc on upper cover, and 11 depictions of vineyards and wine making on the lower cover. Boards have scattered pale foxing and are slightly dusty, corners slightly worn with board just showing at tips, title page has pale age-browning, last blank age-browned, tip of one lower corner missing and slightly ragged, seems a paper fault, not near text, 1 margin has a slight pale mark, not affecting text, otherwise a very good clean copy of a scarce publication on the wines and spirits imported by a major British firm in the late 1800s. Each section is preceded by informative text on the particular wines or spirits. Not listed in James Gabler's Wine into Words, A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Lanquage. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47373
- Title
- A COMPLETE LIST OF WINES, SPIRITS AND LIQUEURS, with Names and Addresses of 2,510 Agents in the United Kingdom.
- Author
- GILBEY, W. & A.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, printed and published by W. & A. Gilbey, at their Printing Works Poland Street, Oxford Street, W., 1889.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- wines whiskey whisky gin sherry port Germany France Champagne Sicily Madeira Canary Islands Hungary Australia Brandy Liqueurs
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