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London: Michael Joseph. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket very lightly scuffed.. 1973. 1st Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0718111176 . Grape-colored boards. Index, glossary, bibliography. "A practical and realistic wine guide" for the "newcomer to winemanship" adorned with Searle's wonderful illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages .
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The Subtle Alchemist: A Book of Wine
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The Subtle Alchemist : A Book of Wine
by Rainbird, George; Searle, Ronald
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London : Michael Joseph, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition thus. Octavo hardback. 206 pp. Black & white illustrations by Ronald Searle. Very Good + condition in Very Good+, unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.
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The subtle alchemist. A book of wine
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Uk: Michael Joseph.. Good. Hardcover. 1973. 206 pages. d/j plastic protected .
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THE Subtle Alchemist: A BOOK OF WINE.
by RAINBIRD, GEORGE & SEARLE**, RONALD:
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published in UK as 'THE POCKET BOOK OF WINE' by Evans Brothers Ltd.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj but residual evidence of a superimposed adhesive price label's partial and incomplete removal from over the publisher's original printed price on dw/djs' front inner flap.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, white background with colour pictorial artwork by Ronald Searle, illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering,rear panel also by Searle but with a b/w cartoon illustration; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - tiniest of snicks on top edges in a couple of places.Top edges with slightest of dulling and minimal marks, fore-edges brighter but both generally clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered -…
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The Subtle Alchemist, A Book of Wine
by Rainbird, George & Searle, Ronald
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London: Michael Joseph, 1973. revised edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 206pp., b/w ills., maps, glossary, bibliog., index,
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The Subtle Alchemist a Book of Wine
by George Rainbird
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London: Michael Joseph, 1973. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Ronald Searle. A superb copy of George Rainbird's expanded history and compendium of wine, comically illustrated throughout by Ronald Searle. A revised and expanded edition of George Rainbird's 'Book of Wine', a comprehensive discussion of wines from around the world.The first thus of this expanded edition.Illustrated with cartoons throughout by Ronald Searle. Searle was a leading English satirical cartoonist, best remembered for creating St. Trinian's School.In the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the spine. A couple of very faint marks to the rear board. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn with some light marks, including a ring mark to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean Fine
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The Subtle Alchemist: A Book of Wine
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Joseph. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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The Subtle Alchemist A Book of Wine
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London: Michael Joseph, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". Ronald Searle. A guide to wine by George Rainbird and illustrated by Ronald Searle. The first edition of this work. With the bookplate of Hugo Dunn-Meynell to the front pastedown. Meynell was responsible for rejuvenating the International Food and Wine Society. He was a businessman and writer who loved food and wine. This work discusses wines from around the world, with chapters on French wine; Spanish wine; Portugal and Madeiran wine; Mediterranean Wines; and wines of South Africa, Australia and the Americas. In the original full cloth binding and held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine. Some slight fading to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is price-clipped. Bumping to the head and tail of wraps. Slight age toning to the edges of wraps. Bookplate to front pastedown of Hugo Dunn-Meynell. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are…
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THE SUBTLE ALCHEMIST A BOOK OF WINE. One of 50 SIGNED copies.
by RAINBIRD, George & Ronald SEARLE.:
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London, Michael Joseph, 1973.. FIRST EDITION THUS 1973, a revised edition of the Pocket Book of Wine. LIMITED to 50 copies SIGNED by GEORGE RAINBIRD and RONALD SEARLE, the limitation is handwritten in ink on the half-title with the ink signatures below. 8vo, approximately 220 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, pages: 1-206, illustrated title page plus 15 illustrations and 2 maps, original publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering and 2 small black floral designs to spine, in dustwrapper. Binding very slightly bumped at head of spine, a touch of fading at head of spine, small pale stain to outer margin of page 178, tiny closed tear neatly repaired to outer margin of page 12, hardly noticeable, bookseller's small ticket to last pastedown. A very good copy in very good dustwrapper, price-clipped with minute chip to foot of spine, now in removable dustwrapper protector. See Gabler, Wine into Words page 216 No.G33290. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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