Guide to California Wines
by Melville, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Carlos: Nourse Publishing Company, 1960. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Edition (stated). Yellow cloth binding, titled on the spine in green, violet, and black. Clean text; 235 pages, indexed. Light bumps to two tips and one to the top of the front board; else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is Very Good (Plus); complete (unclipped), with just hints of wear at the margins. In an archival plastic protector. [Note: due to a computer crash, this book may show up as #000690]. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005777
- Title
- Guide to California Wines
- Author
- Melville, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Nourse Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- San Carlos
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....