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WINE] BALZER, ROBERT LAWRENCE. CALIFORNIA'S BEST WINES. LOS ANGELES, WARD RITCHIE PRESS, 1948.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED; A FEW SMALL CHIPS); ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOARDS; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON HALF TITLE PAGE BY VINTER AND CONTRIBUTOR HERMAN WENTE: "TO MR. WILLIAM URLOVIC, WHO APPRECIATES FINE CALIFORNIA WINES, PARTICULARLY OF THE LIVERMORE VALLEY."
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: x, 153 (1) pp. First Edition, 1948. Signed by the Author on Half-Title. Scarce Title. Price clipped. 2" closed tear top edge rear panel dj with small chips along top edge rear panel, and 1 along top edge spine, with some additional minor edge wear. Lightly age-toned text block edges, else, no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 5.25" x 8.5". Pictorial cloth with red lettering to spine, and illustrated map on endpapers. Preface, 1. A Toast and A Tour; 2. Dinner in the Hearst Castle; 3. A Mecca for Bacchus; 4. Collectors' Recipes -- From Scotland to Hollywood; 5. 'Renascence' at Los Amigos Vineyards; 6. The Wine Room; 7. A Gentleman's Preoccupation; 8. Treasures of the Cellar; 9. Honor and Label; 10. Patience and a Million Dollars; 11. There's Plenty in a Name; 12. Korbl of Bohemia; 13. A Civilizing Influence; 14. Anna Held's Champagne Bath; 15. Wine for the Gods; index of recipes. Size: Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.