Wine

# 45939

TOMES, Robert

The Champagne country

New York : George Routledge, 1867. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (boards a little marked, slight bumps to head and foot of spine), pp. xv; [blank]’ 231; [blank]; (8 – advertisements), slight edge wear to pp. xiii-xiv, else a fine copy, internally clean. The first book in English on Champagne. A charming guide to the Champagne region …

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# 46333

SOUTH AUSTRALIA. GOVERNMENT.

[WINE] Adelaide grapes – 5 bunches, total weight 67 lbs.

[Adelaide, SA : Government of South Australia, c.1905]. Lithographic postcard, 88 x 138 mm, verso imprinted ‘South Australia Post Card’ and with a handwritten message; in fine condition.

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# 46161

ADAMS, Tate

The first vines : with 42 wood-engravings by Tate Adams

Melbourne : Macmillan, and Brisbane : The State Library of Queensland, 2006. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth with pictorial inlay to upper board, illustrated endpapers, pp. 95, illustrated. Preface by John Olsen. As new copy. Tate Adams produced the 43 wood-engravings of pioneering Australian wineries over the six years leading up to the nation’s bicentenary celebrations in …

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# 45967

Anon.

Young’s Wine Catalogue

Circa 1930. Gouache on board, 235 x 160 mm, mounted on a later backing sheet and framed; fine condition. Original design for a wine merchant’s catalogue.

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# 45636

BARRY, Edward, Sir (1696-1776)

Observations historical, critical, and medical, on the wines of the ancients.

And the analogy between them and modern wines. With general observations on the principles and qualities of water, and in particular those of Bath. London : T. Cadell, 1775. First (and only) edition. Quarto, full tree calf (joints expertly reinforced), flat panelled spine ruled in gilt, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, armorial bookplate …

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# 45147

[CURCIER & ADET]

[WINE] Commercial letter to Curcier & Adet, Bordeaux wine merchants, concerning an Australian shipment. May, 1871.

Manuscript letter, 1 1/2 pages, quarto, on the letterhead of shipping brokers Constantin, Boisson & Co., Rochefort, addressed to Messieurs Curcier & Adet, Bordeaux, dated 21 May 1871; the letter concerns correspondence that has been received from Curcier & Adet’s Melbourne office re. a claim for payment that has been made by Constantin, Boisson & Co. …

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# 44635

AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY [LIND, James P.]

[WINE] Front view of a colonial cottage showing rows of neatly planted grape vines. Melbourne (or Beechworth?), 1869-70.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 64 x 103 mm (mount); recto of mount inscribed in ink at top edge: ‘William’s cottage’; verso with the imprint of ‘American and Australian Photographic Company. Melbourne Office, 73 Little Collins St. East’; both print and mount are in excellent condition. The American & Australian Photographic Company was …

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# 44491

McWILLIAM'S WINES PTY. LTD.

Wine guide.

Pyrmont, NSW : McWilliam’s Wines Pty. Ltd., [1968]. Small oblong quarto (210 x 260 mm), colour pictorial wrappers, pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and b/w; a very good copy.

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# 44160

"AGRICOLA" (ANGAS, George Fife, 1789 - 1879).

Description of the Barossa Range and its neighbourhood, in South Australia.

By “Agricola”. Illustrated with maps and coloured plates, from original drawings made on the spot, by George French Angas. London : Smith, Elder, & Co., Cornwall, 1849. Quarto, recent half-calf over original embossed cloth-covered boards, original gilt-lettered title label to upper board; marbled endpapers, pp. 20, with six fine hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue guards, …

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# 34720

[VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE]

[TASMANIA; WINE] Licence issued to Messrs. Henty & Company, Launceston, in pursuance of An Act for the Licensing of Wholesale Dealers in Wine and Sprituous Liquors. January 1842.

[Hobart Town : s.n.], 1842. Foolscap folio, 330 x 200 mm, letterpress printed recto only on laid paper with Britannia watermark; the manuscript entries record the successful application by Messrs. Henty & Co., Launceston, for a licence ‘to be a Dealer, under the said Act, In Wine and in Brandy, Rum, Gin, Whiskey, Cordials, and …

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# 34709

[LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR ARTHUR]

[TASMANIA; ALCOHOL] Licence to keep an Inn or a Public House, circa 1836.

[Hobart Town : s.n., circa 1836]. Foolscap folio, 315 x 200 mm, letterpress printed recto only on laid paper with watermark ‘W. Warren 1836’; a colonial Government licence ‘to keep an Inn or a Public House … and to sell and retail therein Ale, Beer, and other Malt Liquors, and Wines, Cider, Ginger Beer, Spruce …

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# 24992

[BANKS, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820]

[WINE FROM THE ENDEAVOUR] A Catalogue of a Small Cellar of Curious Old Wines of the Late Joseph Steavenson, Esq. which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Lahee … No. 23, Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square, on Tuesday, the 31st day of March, 1840, …

[London] : s.n., 1840. Octavo (225 x 143 mm), [4] pp; contemporary ink annotation beside lot 11 “East India”; a couple of small closed tears, light foxing. Apparently unrecorded, this unassuming little catalogue is a record of the sale by auction of wines from the deceased estate of London wine and brandy merchant, Joseph Steavenson. A …

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# 40961

PEAKE, Andrew Guy

Gardens, Orchards and Vines: The Histories of Wilson, Neilson and Townsend Families of Penola, South Australia

Adelaide : Tudor Australian Press, 2014. Quarto, cards with plastic cover, pp. 160, illustrated. New copy. ‘Traces the descendants of William Wilson (1816-1891) who emigrated with his family from Scotland on the Agincourt in 1850. He became a shepherd on sheep runs round Penola. After a trip to the Victorian goldfields, he was able to …

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# 40359

PONTISSALIENNE (PARIS)

[ABSINTHE] Catalogue Général … Distillerie Pontissalienne … Fabrique d’Absinthe Supérieure.

Pontarlier, Doubs: Distillerie Pontissalienne, [circa 1900]. Small octavo (150 x 105 mm), maroon faux crocodile-skin textured stiff card wrappers, gilt lettering to the front; 20 pp, chromolithographic pastedowns with Art Nouveau designs by the celebrated lithographers A. Waton of St. Etienne, title page and text in red and black, double-page halftone plate at centre; a superb …

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# 39758

AMERO, Constant

[QUEENSLAND; ABORIGINES; KELLY GANG] Les squatters et l’Australie nouvelle

Paris : Didot, [1894]. Octavo, red cloth with ornate black and gilt decoration, (rebacked, endpapers replaced), 108 pp, all edges gilt, illustrated. A very good copy. An account of contemporary life in the outback and regional centres of eastern Australia, which interweaves historical episodes into the narrative. It includes accounts of Chinese immigrants in Cooktown, …

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# 37996

[MEUX'S BREWERY CO. LTD.]

[BEER] Meux’s Original London Stout. Established 1764.

… Facsimile of bottle label. [London : Meux’s Brewery Co. Ltd.], [ca. 1910?]. Large chromolithographic poster, 100 x 62 cm, linen-backed and folding to 25 x 15.5 cm (a few minor tears at junctions of folds, otherwise superb); contained in the original royal blue buckram portfolio, 26.2 x 16.7 cm (some light staining). Meux’s Brewery …

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