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The Subtle Alchemist / A Book of Wine - A scarce double-signed copy, numbered 50/50

By: George Rainbird [Ronald Searle]

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Michael Joseph : London: 1973

Seller ID: s200613b

Condition: Fine

1st ed., 8vo, purple cloth. 206 pp. White pictorial dustjacket. 14 b/w illusts. by Searle. 2 maps and 1 in-text illust. Signed by both Rainbird and Searle on the half-title and hand-numbered by Searle as 50/50. Aclassic guide to wine with chapters on the wines of France, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranea, South Africa, Australia, and the Americas. While the book is relatively common, we have never seen another copy of this signed, hand-numbered edition -- making it a particularly attractive copy for the Searle enthusiast. ###### Condition: Fine, in price-clipped dust-jacket with small chip ...
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ARTE MEXICANO DEL AZUCAR [First edition, 1959]

By: Maritha de Alvarado

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Encuadernacion Tecnica Editorial SA: 1959

Seller ID: k191109c

Condition: Near fine

The scarce first edition of the definitive work on the art of decorating cakes with sugar. Signed, but not numbered in a limited edition of 5000 copies with an additional inscription on the facing page. 8vo, stamped pictorial brown boards with black and gilt titles. 775pp plus another 150pp of technical inserts and index. Text in Spanish. Profusely illustrated in b/w with photos and drawings, and including several foldout plans with double-sided illustration. Some color plates. This is an illustrated treatment of Mexican confectionary or sugar art, including candy confections and cake de...
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Category: Cooking & Culinary Arts

The Subtle Alchemist / A Book of Wine - A scarce double-signed copy, numbered 50/50

ARTE MEXICANO DEL AZUCAR [First edition, 1959]