Wine

# 18634

French Art Deco advertising fan for Vera Mint de Ricqlès grande liqueur de menthe verte.

Paris : Imp. Chambrelent & cie., [between 1925 and 1930]. Lithographed paper and wood, the design printed in silver and green inks on both sides, 240 x 220 mm opened (irregular); in superb condition.

# 17980

BEASTALL, William

[WINE] A useful guide for grocers, distillers, hotel & tavern-keepers, and wine and spirit dealers, of every denomination being a complete directory for making and managing all kinds of wines and spirituous liquors;

containing the most approved and valuable receipts, 1st. For making Artificial and Imitation Wines, Brandies, Rum, and Geneva. 2nd. For lowering Brandy, Rum, and Geneva down to Proof. … by William Beastall, Chemist. New York : Published by the Author, 49 Delancy-street. C. Bartlett, Printer, 1829. First edition. Duodecimo, original cloth backed papered boards (heavily …

# 17936

C. SHEEKEY

[BEER] Letterhead of The Standard Cordial Factory, C. Sheekey, Hop and Dandelion Ale Brewer, proprietor, Goulburn, New South Wales. Dated 1905.

Lithographed letterhead, 210 x 130 mm; manuscript entries dated January 11th 1905 recording receipt of payment of 10s from Miss DeLauren of ginger beer; old bill spike, short tear bottom edge.

# 17808

DIAT, Louis Felix (1885-1957)

[COOKERY] Cooking à la Ritz. (Signed by Louis Diat)

/ Louis Diat. Chef, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New York. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941. First edition, first impression. Octavo, publisher’s burgundy cloth boards with white lettering and design, in original dust jacket (top and bottom edges chipped, inner front panel detached but preserved loose inside), inscribed by the famous chef and culinary writer on the …

# 16347

LOUC, Marcel; LOUC, Roger

Cocktails et Grands Crus

Paris : Albert Moret, 1953. Small quarto, publisher’s limp red morocco with gilt lettering to front (rubbed, spine a little faded, covers slightly loosened from the contents at head), 269 pp, illustrated in colour and black and white, internally fine, a good copy of a classic cocktail book.

# 15552

[Fly Fishers' Club]

The Fly Fishers’ Club Annual Dinner : Monday, March the Ninth 1908

London : [s.n], 1908. Octavo, stiff wrappers with photograph of Lord Montagu Norman, ribbon ties, marked along spine, [pp 12]. The programme for a sumptuous annual dinner for the Fly Fishers’ Club held at the Hotel Metropole. Includes menu and wine list, with vintages served such as 1900 Krug, 1898 Louis Roederer, and 1893 Bollinger.

# 13817

FEARON, Henry B.

[LONDON’S FIRST GIN PALACE] Holborn Hill. Mr. Fearon has discontinued the sale of British spirits

for glass consumption, but single bottles, and even the smallest quantities of spirits in bottles, can be had as usual. Mr. Fearon continues precisely as heretofore, his varied and extensive Wine business, for consumption both Wholesale and Retail. All the Entrances are in the Court. London : Henry B. Fearon, [c.1836]. Broadside, 255 x 200 …

# 13853

Anon.

Manuscript poem about the non-availability of alcohol, possibly written in Changi POW Camp

[Between 1942 and 1945?]. Manuscript in ink on a rectangular piece of thickish brown paper, 108 x 155 mm; verso with later annotation in pen in spidery handwriting Changi; numerous old fold lines indicating the paper was originally folded into a tiny rough square, approximately 45 x 40 mm; some foxing and staining and a …