Haut-Brion: an Illustrious Lineage: An Illustrated Lineage
by Asa Briggs
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571169279
- ISBN 13
- 9780571169276
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber. Very Good/Very Good. 1994. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cover. 8vo 0571169279 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Neat name on ffep. Map. Colour plates. Slight darkening to pages. 258 pages clean and tight. ChateauHaut-Brion is one of the five first growths. Three of the other first growths have had books written about them, but this is the first history of Haut-Brion as such and has been written with the full co-operation and encouragement of the family. Asa Briggs, who was created a Life Peer in 1976, is one of Britain's most eminent historians and the author of many books, including one on the history of wine. He has been Chancellor of the Open Universety since 1978. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143560
- Title
- Haut-Brion: an Illustrious Lineage: An Illustrated Lineage
- Author
- Asa Briggs
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0571169279
- ISBN 13
- 9780571169276
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
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CHARLES BOSSOM
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About CHARLES BOSSOM
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