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WM. MIDA'S HAND-BOOK FOR WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, A FULL AND EXPLICIT GUIDE IN ALL REVENUE MATTERS ALSO, OTHER INFORMATION ESSENTIAL FOR DAILY USE ... by Mida, William - 1884

by Mida, William

WM. MIDA'S HAND-BOOK FOR WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, A FULL AND EXPLICIT GUIDE IN ALL REVENUE MATTERS ALSO, OTHER INFORMATION ESSENTIAL FOR DAILY USE ... by Mida, William - 1884

WM. MIDA'S HAND-BOOK FOR WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, A FULL AND EXPLICIT GUIDE IN ALL REVENUE MATTERS ALSO, OTHER INFORMATION ESSENTIAL FOR DAILY USE ...

by Mida, William

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Chicago: Published by Wm. Mida, 1884. 93pp. plus 26 interleaved pages numbered in roman. Small octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm). Printed brick- brown wrappers. Illustrations, tables and adverts (one folding). Large colored folding map. Text block uniformly browned. wrappers detached and chipped in the spine area; a delicate, yet remarkable survival. The map, apart from a couple of short breaks at the edges of a couple of folds, is fine. "Second and Enlarged Edition" of this highly significant reference. The large color folding map is a "Map of Kentucky Showing the Several Internal Revenue Collection Districts," dated 1884. It bears Mida's imprint as a "Commission Merchant, Importer's & Distiller[']s Agent." Mida emigrated to the US in 1867 from his native Poland after a career that included gun running and revolutionary acts against the Russians in Poland. In 1873 he established himself as a liquor distributor in Chicago. He foresaw the need for trade publications for the liquor trade, particularly in regard to trade-marks. He published his first Hand-Book in 1883, published a periodical, MIDA's CRITERIA, established an imprint for future publications (Criterion) and published a sequence of volumes illustrating and recording the trademarks of hundreds of distilleries and vineyards. Mida died in 1915, and his enterprises continued until the advent of prohibition under the control of his son, Lee Mida. His publications all tend to scarcity, if not rarity, in institutional collections. OCLC returns no locations for the 1883 first edition of Mida's HAND-BOOK, and only one location for this edition, at UC Davis. William Veach, "William Mida: A Forgotten Hero Of Whiskey," online at bourbonveach[dot]com. OCLC: 456117665.
A Treatise on Family Wine Making: Calculated for Making Excellent Wines from the Various Fruits...
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London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 158,(2)pp. Modern rebinding in sympathetic period style: quarter calf gilt and marbled papercovered boards, red morocco spine label gilt. Owner's name, half-title repaired, scattered foxing most pronounced on the title page, uncut, a pleasing very good copy.
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Aux amateurs de grands vins de Champagne en Belgique. [AND] An original drawing by Massonet.
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Aux amateurs de grands vins de Champagne en Belgique. [AND] An original drawing by Massonet.

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Bruxelles, J. E. Goossens, 1933. Folio (35.6 x 27.1 cm). [26] pp.; ten full colour plates. Original embossed soft boards. = A sparkling, ephemeral work, published in only 350 copies, and nicely illustrated by the Belgian artist Armand Massonet (1892-1979). The single embossment has the shape of a champagne cork. A single, original watercolour drawing by Massonet, in the same style and size, has been added with a pencilled dedication, signed by the artist. "He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels and the Ecole National des Beaux-Arts in Paris (in the studio of Fernand Cormon), where he followed the steps of Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. During World War I, Massonet served as a stretcher-bearer for the Belgian Army while working for the art section of the Army, capturing scenes of war and devastation throughout Belgium. He published an art and literary paper called Le Claque à Fond while on the front line. After the war, he taught drawing in different schools and… Read More
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Godofredi Christiani Leiseri ... Jus Georgicum, sive Tractatus de praediis, in quo universum jus...
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1741 On Farming Agriculture Bees Fishing WINE Beer Mining Leiser Jus Georgicum
'Tractatus de Praediis', or 'Treaty on Farming' is a rare 18th-century treatise on agriculture and agricultural law. Written by Gottfried Lesier, this work contains chapters on hunting, wine making and beer brewing, fishing, rafting, mining, horse breeding, hospitals and bathhouses, forestry, beekeeping, and much more.
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LEISER, Christian Gottfried
Godofredi Christiani Leiseri ... Jus Georgicum, sive Tractatus de praediis, in quo universum jus praediorum et pertinentiarum ex jure gentium, publico, feudali, Romano-Germanico, nec non e scriptoribus historicis, politicis et oeconomicis deductum, explicatum, figurisque aeneis illustratum est.

Lipsiae (Leipzig): sumptibus haeredum Lanckisianorum, 1741.
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Drunken Barnaby's four journeys to the north of England: In Latin and English metre. Wittily and...
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Drunken Barnaby's four journeys to the north of England: In Latin and English metre. Wittily and merrily (tho' an hundred years ago) compos'd; found among some old musty books ... and now at last made publick ; Together with Bessy Bell.

by BRATHWAIT, Richard

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1723 Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys Brathwait English Satire Alcohol Wine Beer

Richard Brathwait was a 17th-century English poet who is best known for his travel records of his journeys through England entitled 'Barnabae Itinerarium'. More commonly known as 'Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys', this book is a satirical, humorous work which made light of drunkenness, persuading the reader that it was "the very fountain from which all wit flowed." (Critical Review, 1805).
This 1723 edition was notable, not only for its full-page engravings, but for the inclusion of additional English notes and prefatory material, not in the previous two editions. Like other versions, this work features both English and Latin translations in verse, which contain descriptions of English towns and a vast knowledge of Latin classical works.

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[Dispute between Wine and Beer in Venetian dialect] Contrasto fra el Vin e la Birra interessante...

[Dispute between Wine and Beer in Venetian dialect] Contrasto fra el Vin e la Birra interessante per tuti gli Osti e Magazinieri

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Foglio volante (mm 385x255), stampato solo al recto. Rarissimo 'contrasto' tra il vino e la birra in dialetto veneziano, non privo di una connotazione risorgimentale.
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Los vinos en las Esposition de Viena

Los vinos en las Esposition de Viena

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Valencia: José Domenech, 1874. No Binding. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Small 4to. [20 x 14.5 cm], 32 pp. including title-page. Unbound [as issued?]. Title page lightly toned, some light foxing. Generally good. Very rare first edition, and likely a pre-journal 'off-print,' of this report on the wines presented and judged at the Vienna World's Fair of 1873, with special focus on the wines of Spain, written by the chief of the Spanish Agricultural Commission.Santos' work begins with a description of recent advances in soil science and chemistry, including the work of Ramon Torres Muñoz de Luna, a chemistry professor at the University of Madrid, and especially Justus von Liebig, the recently-dead German chemist who revealed the role of nitrogen in plant science. He continues with a roll-call of Spain's award-winning exhibitors at the Vienna World's Fair, presenting a variety of products from soap to… Read More
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Aux amateurs de grands vins de Champagne en Belgique. [AND] An original drawing by Massonet.
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Bruxelles, J. E. Goossens, 1933. Folio (35.6 x 27.1 cm). [26] pp.; ten full colour plates. Original embossed soft boards. = A sparkling, ephemeral work, published in only 350 copies, and nicely illustrated by the Belgian artist Armand Massonet (1892-1979). The single embossment has the shape of a champagne cork. A single, original watercolour drawing by Massonet, in the same style and size, has been added with a pencilled dedication, signed by the artist. "He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels and the Ecole National des Beaux-Arts in Paris (in the studio of Fernand Cormon), where he followed the steps of Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. During World War I, Massonet served as a stretcher-bearer for the Belgian Army while working for the art section of the Army, capturing scenes of war and devastation throughout Belgium. He published an art and literary paper called Le Claque à Fond while on the front line. After the war, he taught drawing in different schools and… Read More
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Every Man his Own Butler, by the author of the History and description of modern wines.
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Every Man his Own Butler, by the author of the "History and description of modern wines."

by [Redding, Cyrus]

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London: Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane; Printed by Manning and Mason, 1839. Duodecimo (18 x 11 cm.), xv, 200 pages. FIRST EDITION. A guide to the buying, storing and drinking of wine by the journalist and author, Cyrus Redding, 1785-1870. 'The chief thing in the art of drinking wine is to keep within those salutary limits which mark the beneficial from the pernicious ... This is best done by studying self-respect, and the art of saying "no".' A large collection of charming aphorisms, 'wine sayings of my uncle', completes the volume: 'Your stomach is your wine-cellar - keep the stock small and cool ... Wine of the second bottle is a bad storyteller ...' In publisher's gilt-titled and decorated brown, patterned cloth. Small chip to the head of the cloth spine; some light fading to cloth at spine, otherwise near fine. Scarce. [OCLC locates twenty-one copies; Gabler G35820].
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La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere...
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La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere de les entretenir & de les multiplier

by LIGER, Louis

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1749 Liger Rustic House Bees Beekeeping Hunting Wine Cuisine Maison Rustique 2v

Louis Liger was a prominent 17th-century French writer known for his works on flora and fauna. He is chiefly remembered for his major work 'Nouvelle Maison Rustique,' or 'The New Rustic House.' Originally titled 'General Economics of Country Goods,' this work went through dozens of editions and reissues following its initial release in 1700. This work covers all aspects of rural life in an encyclopedic form including hunting, gardening, fishing, falconry, wine and beer making, cooking, and bee keeping.

This two-volume sixth edition is filled with 34 fascinating full-page and folding plates as well as 30 in-text woodcut engravings. The 5th-10th editions of 'Maison Rustique' were edited by Henri Besnier.

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La nouvelle maison rustique, ou, Économie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere de les entretenir & de les multiplier
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Godofredi Christiani Leiseri ... Jus Georgicum, sive Tractatus de praediis, in quo universum jus...
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1741 On Farming Agriculture Bees Fishing WINE Beer Mining Leiser Jus Georgicum
'Tractatus de Praediis', or 'Treaty on Farming' is a rare 18th-century treatise on agriculture and agricultural law. Written by Gottfried Lesier, this work contains chapters on hunting, wine making and beer brewing, fishing, rafting, mining, horse breeding, hospitals and bathhouses, forestry, beekeeping, and much more.
Item number: #7662
Price: $599
LEISER, Christian Gottfried
Godofredi Christiani Leiseri ... Jus Georgicum, sive Tractatus de praediis, in quo universum jus praediorum et pertinentiarum ex jure gentium, publico, feudali, Romano-Germanico, nec non e scriptoribus historicis, politicis et oeconomicis deductum, explicatum, figurisque aeneis illustratum est.

Lipsiae (Leipzig): sumptibus haeredum Lanckisianorum, 1741.
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Mida's Compendium of Information for the Liquor Interests

by Mida William

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Wine, The Vine and the Cellar
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Wine, The Vine and the Cellar

by Shaw, Thomas George

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Octavo (9 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches) Baltimore: Bacchus Press Ltd., 1992. Facsimile of the 1864 second edition. 540 pages and 24 pages of period publisher's ads., fold out charts, numerous illustrations. Wine colored leatherette, decorative cover (the title is surrounded by grape vines which frame a charicature of a happy vintner sitting on a barrel; all done in gold). very good condition.

A faithful reproduction of a scarce work. Shaw was originally from Scotland and had much to do with lowering the duty on wine imported to England. His writing is informative and humorous. He mentions American wines and in a prophetic remark states, "California seems better adapted for producing wine."
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Great Bordeaux Wines of St Emilon, Pomrol and Fronsac
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Great Bordeaux Wines of St Emilon, Pomrol and Fronsac

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Translated from the French by Harriet Coleman & Richard Maxwell from "Les Grand Vins de St Emilion, Pomerol et Fronsac." Wear along edges and at corners. Clean interior pages. a few pages have a wrinkle along top edge. Includes a note from the publisher correcting a few typoes. Nonfiction. French agricultural history. Viniculture. Pages are number in two separate sequences. 368 pages of text. 246 pages in color. 8" X 12" X 2.25" 20.5CM X30.5 CM X 6CM- English translation includes some additional material about the difference between how the French classify soil particle sizes vs international standards and USDA standard. The book is divided into three main sections. The first part deals with the geology of the Libournais region including how it was formed, sediment deposition by rivers, and the current soil profile for each of the subregions. Part two deals wtih the history of wine making in the region with a focus on the 18th century being a transition period where the quality and terroir of a wine… Read More
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American Wines and How to Make Them

American Wines and How to Make Them

by Wagner, Philip M

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, foxing to endpapers and edges, . owner name on front free endpaper.. 1933. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with cabernet-colored printed paper labels on front boards and spine. Index xivpp, rear fold-out synopsis of instructions for making white and red wines. A Prohibition-era winemaking book, with detailed instructions for the home vintner, with interesting chapter on false and sick wines. Noling p. 427, Gabler G40410. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages .
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Atlas P.L.M. Jura, Burgundy
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Paris: J. Barreau, Imp. Edit.; Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, No Date. Quarto-sized booklet, stapled in wrappers (26.5 x 19 cm.), 19, [1] pages. Illustrated with two maps in black and red, and with two color plates, and many black and white illustrations in the text. The text is a review of towns and cities in the Jura and Burgundy, with small, inset photographic images of famous buildings in each. In illustrated beige wrappers, decorated and titled in dark green, burgundy, and gilt. Fine.
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TENDER IS THE NIGHT.
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TENDER IS THE NIGHT.

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night. Charles Scribner's Sons Revised Edition. Copyright page states 1933, 1934 L-2.67 [Col]. UNDATED, Circa 1958. With $4.50 Unclipped original white black and gold Charles Scribner's unclipped dust jacket. ALSO page count is just 315 pages, shorter than the First Edition. Used. Very Good Condition/ Very Good- Black boards with gilt titling on spine. EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS DUST JACKET. Unable to find any other copies on the net whatsoever. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Astronomer Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse by Edward...
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Astronomer Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with Accompaniment of Drawings by Elihu Vedder

by [Omar Khayyam]; Fitzgerald, Edward

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Boston; Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Company; [at the Riverside Press], 1891. Thick octavo (22 x 16 cm.), 77, [1] numbered leaves, printed rectos only; all pages bordered in red. Later printing, styled "Eighteenth American Edition". The "most famous of the poems that espouse wine as a hedonsistic or epicurean device" (Gabler, Wine into Words, page 93). Internally very clean and sound; in publisher's brown cloth, brown and gilt-titled and decorated. Fine. [OCLC locates no copies with the 1891 date, but many other HM printings of adjacent years; Gabler, page 93 (see note)].
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Etablissements Nicolas. Liste Des Grands Vins fins. 1934.

Etablissements Nicolas. Liste Des Grands Vins fins. 1934.

by Latour, Alfred, illusstrator

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Paris: Etablissements Nicolas, 1949.. Wine Menu. Color woodcut plates by Latour. 34 pp. Spiralbound.
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Bouchonnier [Wine Cork Maker]: Engraving from Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert:...

Bouchonnier [Wine Cork Maker]: Engraving from Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.

by Bénard, Robert (1734-1777)

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Paris: Chez Briasson, David & Le Breton, 1762-1767.. 39 x 25.5 cm. One plate with page of letterpress description.
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LA VIGNE ET LE VIN: Etude Generale

LA VIGNE ET LE VIN: Etude Generale

by Peyre, Docteur P. (Paul). Preface de Edouard Barthe

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Paris: Jouve, 1949. First edition. Paperback. Sunning to spine and edges, else fine. 132 pp., illustrated with 3 engraved plates, 1 photographic plate, 8vo, original printed wrappers with engraved grapevine ornament on front wrapper. A scientific study of the vine and wine by a doctor of pharmacy. 2-page errata list at front, extensive bibliography. Scarce.
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The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
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The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines

by Husmann, George

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NY: George E. Woodward. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and heavily worn, spine cracked, pages toned and some loose and chipped at edges, some soiling to pages. 1870. Later Printing. Hardcover. Purple cloth titled in gilt on spine. Wood engravings of grape varieties, casks, and other oenological subjects. Describes grape varieties, winemaking, grape culture and statistics for establishing vineyards and expected yields for a few grape varieties, including Catawba and Concord. Four page purple printed publisher's list bound in front index. Gabler p. 136, Cagle 394, Amerine 1855, Noling p. 217. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages .
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