Andre simon foreword (15 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very Good -. Reprinted. Some scuffs and edge tears on dust jacket; light scuffs on book; former owner's gift card taped to flyleaf. Illustrated. 192 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First English Edition. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, tape removal marks to the endpapers where the jacket was taped down; intact jacket now in a protector is edge worn with several closed tears and small chips, old price label on the rear panel. Clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. "The esteemed French chef provides a collection of recipes for a wide range of simple yet elegant meals with the average housewife in mind."--WorldCat. Referred to by the French press as "roi des cuisiniers et cuisinier des rois" ("king of chefs and chef of kings"though this had also been previously said of Carême), Escoffier was France's preeminent chef in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Alongside the recipes he recorded and invented, another of Escoffier's contributions to cooking was to elevate it to the status of a respected profession by introducing organized discipline to his kitchens. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility. …

Red Cloth, Gilt. Condición: Very Good +. First Edition. Ix, 104 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine Gilt, Red Topstain. First Printing, 1932 Date On Title Page, Clean, No Marks, Slight Usage, Gilt Bright. With A Fine Evaluation Of The Old Wine Cellar Of The Chateau De Bois Renard, Each Vintage Enumerated And Some Evaluated.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xiv, 319 Pp. White Cloth. First Printing. Near Fine, No Jacket With Postcard Flyer For Episode Of Ch. 13'S Cavalcade Of Books Featuring This Book, Addressed To Balzer. Former Owner's Signature.

Spiralbound. Condición: Very Good. Unusual collection of recipes from an assortment of 1960s British high society and celebrities for the benefit of a children's charity. Cover rubbing, mostly near edges. Several spots on back cover where the holes have broken around the spiral binding. Packed and shipped with care.…

Cloth/Boards. Condición: Good. No DJ. First American Edition. 201 pp. First American edition, usuing English sheets of the First British edition [ a revised edition was published in England also in 1930]. Worn at edges, paper covered boards frayed at all edges, cloth frayed at top and bottom of spine, front hinge cracked, white spine lettering with some losses but still readable. Signed by Andre L Simon on front endpaper. from the library of wine expert Robert L. Balzer, although not marked as such and without his usual bookplate. Frontispiece (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. "Anthology of Wine" - edited by Jean Mowat with a Foreword by ANDRE SIMON. Circa 1940's (there is no date of publication stated); W.H. Houldershaw; Essex, UK. The book comes with its original dust jacket, which is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap. Illustrations by William Stirling. The book is a collection of poetry and prose related to wine from writers and works such as Don Juan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Andre Simon, Charles Dickens, Longfellow, and many more. From the dust jacket: "This is the book for those who find themselves at their best over a glass of wine, for it contains a rich selection from all that has been sung and said down the pages in praise of man's solace and inspiration. Quotations familiar and obscure are to be found here, expressing every stage of conviviality in word-pictures from the pens of our greatest poets and writers, while William Stirling's arresting illustrations depict various tranquil moods of expansive relaxation. A book which will afford the connoisseur of both wine and literature a double satisfaction for his discerning palate." Condition: Clean covers and spine. Bright gilt on the front cover and spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with no writing, stains, foxing or tears. A few pages at the front have some very light creasing to the lower-outer corners. Tanning along the inner edge of the end papers from the jacket flaps. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original price intact on the front flap; tanning along the perimeter of the covers and the spine; clean flaps; tiny paper pieces missing at the top/bottom edges of the spine.overall the jacket is in Very Good- condition. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 94pp., b/w illus., appendix, index. Reprint. Age toned and spotted text block. Offset and foxing to the preliminaries and the terminals. Dustjacket has browned spine. Two small closed tears, moderate edge wear, rubbing and some losses.(BH) 11/2025.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. Worn and chipped dust jacket. London: The Holland Press, 1979. This Holland Press edition, limited to 600 numbered copies, is by far the BEST available (please keep reading). BRAND NEW in perfect condition (having been protected since day 1 by a plain glassine jacket which is still present but has chips and tears). NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. The best edition of the best wine bibliography. This Holland Press edition has 680 pages, double the number found in the original 1913 edition and reprints of it. This 1979 edition is the only one that is reprinted from Simon's own interleaved "office copy" which "served as a record of the author's efforts to update" the book. Over a period of more than 50 years, Simon added about 1000 new titles to the 6,500 he described in the original catalogue. Simon's handwritten notes and additions on the interleaf pages are reproduced here exactly as he put pen to paper. There is also a New Foreword by Hugh Johnson. Subtitle: "A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Dealing with Viticulture, Wine-Making, Distillation, The Management, Sale, Taxation, Use and Abuse of Wine and Spirits." Handsomely bound in the publisher's beige cloth stamped in bright gold over dark red panels on the spine and front cover. 7.75" wide by 10" tall by 1.75" thick. Gabler G36580: "This edition. is much more complete than the original 1913 edition. This work was published in a limited edition of 600 hand-numbered copies and is beautifull bound." Besterman 6548. Enlarged Edition [680 pages] Limited 600. Hardcover. New/Worn and chipped dust jacket. viii, 680pp. (including interleaves). Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Enlarged Edition [680 pages] Limited 600.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. hardback book and dust jacket in very good to near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Xiv, 319 Pp. White Cloth. First Printing. Inscribed By Robert Balzer, Dated In 1966 At Villa Fontana, To Nancy And George Parsons, Recipient's Signature On Front Pastedown. Near Fine, No Wear But Some Foxing To Covers; Dj Price Clipped, Tears At Edges, Some Very Small Losses At Edges; Two Clippings About Balzer Taped To Front Flap. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Ix, 104 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine Gilt, Red Topstain. First Printing, 1932 Date On Title Page, Clean, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant.Dust Jacket Priced 3/6, Sligjht Usage, A Little Dust, 1/8" Chipping Across Top Edge Of Spine.

SOFTCOVER. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. Quarto size (4to) in colour printed thin card covers, 42pp, plates in colour and b/w, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy (merest hint of tanning to leaves). An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

hardcover. Condición: Good.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A bright signed limited edition of Andre L. Simon's exploration of the joys of food and drink, beautifully illustrated with plates. A limited special edition of three hundred copies, of which this is numbered 112. Signed by the author to the limitation leaf. A lovely discussion on the life of a gourmand, and how to enjoys wines, and food "from hors d'oeuvre to dessert". Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Daumier, and eleven monochrome plates. Collated, complete. By French wine merchant, gourmet and writer Andre L. Simon. With a foreword by Maurice Healy. Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original vellum backed marbled paper covered boards. Back strip lightly age toned, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, generally firmly bound but with first gathering a touch weak. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Daumier (ilustrador). signed by author. book.…