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The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
by Husmann, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and heavily worn, spine cracked, pages toned and some loose and chipped at edges, some
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: George E. Woodward. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and heavily worn, spine cracked, pages toned and some loose and chipped at edges, some soiling to pages. 1870. Later Printing. Hardcover. Purple cloth titled in gilt on spine. Wood engravings of grape varieties, casks, and other oenological subjects. Describes grape varieties, winemaking, grape culture and statistics for establishing vineyards and expected yields for a few grape varieties, including Catawba and Concord. Four page purple printed publisher's list bound in front index. Gabler p. 136, Cagle 394, Amerine 1855, Noling p. 217. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51564
- Title
- The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
- Author
- Husmann, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and heavily worn, spine cracked, pages toned and some loose and chipped at edges, some
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- George E. Woodward
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1870
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WINE, Grapes, WINEMAKING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking and Gastronomy; Botany and Gardening;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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