THE FRENCH WINE AND LIQUOR MANUFACTURER a practical guide and receipt for the liquor merchant. de RACK, JOHN - 1950

Behrens Publishing Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fourth Edition Revised. 273 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges,, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding and boards but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with visible splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Lettering remains bright and clear.

This is an excellent copy of the very useful manual on making wines and spirits, including many sorts of technical data and equipment.  19th century recipes for the aspiring vintner or distillery adventurer.
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Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, NY. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. No date is listed but Dick & Fitzgerald were a 19th century publisher. Text has very minor pencil marking. Covers (green boards with gilt lettering on spine) show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Spine edge wear with a small tear on back strip on rear cover hinge. Binding loosening but still intact. Dick & Fitzgerald Publisher advertisements at book rear pages. Complete Instructions for Manufacturing Champagne Wine, and the Most Approved Methods for Making a Variety of Cordials, Liqueurs, Punch Essences, Bitters, and Syrups, etc, etc, Rules for Purchasing, Reducing, and Raising the Strength of Alcohol, etc. Scarce in any edition, this is the Fourth Edition. Heavily used and shows its age but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald Including Complete Instructions for Manufacturing Champagne Wine, and the Most Approved Methods for Making a Variety of Cordials, Liqueurs, Punch Essences, Bitters, and Syrups, etc, etc, Rules for Purchasing, Reducing, and Raising the Strength of Alcohol, etc. Scarce in any edition, this is the Fourth Edition, Revised and Corrected. Undated (circa 1890s). Full pebbled cloth binding, rubbed at corners. Ownership marks on front endpapers. Text all clean, clear, unmarked. 273pp., index, adverts.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.

Dick & Fitzgerald, New York. Hardcover. Good. [nd], ca 1870. Green cloth with gilt spine titles, decoration in blind to front panel. Cloth rubbed, with light general edgewear, tiny points of fraying to spine tips and fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, if issued. Textblock edges foxed. Pages lightly toned, text unmarked.