Books About Port and Other Stuff

Post by **DRT** » 00:56 Tue 19 Jan 2010

Portugal its Land and its People
Author: WH Koebel
First Published: 1909
Edition: 1909
Code/Source: ASIN: B000860UY2
Pages: 405
Comments: A lovely old book which includes a large number of coloured prints and chapters on Port, Oporto, Vila Nova de Gaia and the Douro.

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Post by **DRT** » 00:57 Tue 19 Jan 2010

A Treatise on Wines
Author: JLW Thudichum
First Published: 1896
Edition: 1896 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.archive.org
Pages:
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:45 Thu 01 Apr 2010

The wine & spirit merchant's own book
Author: C. C. Dornat
First Published: 1855
Edition: 1855 PDF
Code/Source: books.google.co.uk
Pages:
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:46 Thu 01 Apr 2010

Blue Moon in Portugal
Author: William & Elizabeth Younger
First Published: 1956
Edition: 1956
Code/Source: ASIN: B0000CJE6V
Pages: 298
Comments: A very kind gift from Alex Bridgeman. Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:48 Thu 01 Apr 2010

Bibliotheca Vinaria
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1913
Edition: 1979
Code/Source: ISBN: 0 900470 96 8
Pages: 340
Comments: This book was originally produced as a catalogue of wine books for the Wine Trade Club. My copy is a reprint of Simon's personal copy, complete with additions written in his own hand, that was re-printed as a limited edition of 600 copies by the Holland Press in 1979. An assumption on my part is that this book was the insparation of Gabler's Wine into Words, published in 1985, which takes much the same format but is more up to date.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:50 Thu 01 Apr 2010

The History of Ancient and Modern Wines
Author: Alexander Henderson
First Published: 1824
Edition: 1979
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-9992057186
Pages: 396
Comments: One of the first comprehensive books on wine written in the English language and invariably features in the bibliography of any serious book about the history of wine and wine-making ever since it was written. Mine is a pristine copy of a limited edition re-print published by the Bacchus Press in 1979. If I ever have £4,000 going spare I may buy myself a First Edition!

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Post by **DRT** » 00:57 Sat 03 Apr 2010

Tables of Content: Leaves from my Diary
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1933
Edition: 1933
Code/Source: ASIN: B0027J4ZLW
Pages: 280
Comments: This book contains an account of 121 luncheons and dinners attended by the author, including details of the food and wines consumed on each occasion. Worth noting is that "The [18]'78 Croft was a remarkably good bottle: absolutely fresh and lively" at a Luncheon at 27 Clements Lane, London in the company of C. C. B. Moss and "Two Australian's whose names I did not catch" on 30 July 1931.

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Post by **DRT** » 00:58 Sat 03 Apr 2010

A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine
Author: James Busby
First Published: 1825
Edition: 1825 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 270
Comments: Full Title: A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, and the Art of Making Wine; compiled from the works of Chaptal, and other French writers, and from the notes of the compiler, during a residence in some of the wine provinces of France.

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Post by **DRT** » 00:59 Sat 03 Apr 2010

A Treatise on the Vine
Author: William Robert Prince
First Published: 1830
Edition: 1830 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 355
Comments: Full title: A treatise on the vine; embracing its history from the earliest ages to the present day, with descriptions of above 200 foreign and 80 American varieties; together with a complete dissertation on the establishment, culture and management of vineyards.

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Post by **DRT** » 00:59 Sat 03 Apr 2010

A Scrap Book
Author: George Saintsbury
First Published: 1922
Edition: 1922 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 298
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 01:02 Sat 03 Apr 2010

The Vine and its Fruit
Author: James L. Denman
First Published: 1864
Edition: 1864 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 346
Comments: Full Title: The Vine and its Fruit, more especially in relation to the production of wine; embracing an historical and descriptive account of the grape, its culture and treatment in all countries, ancient and modern, drawn from the best authorities, and incorporating a brief discourse on wine.

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Post by **DRT** » 01:02 Sat 03 Apr 2010

The Vineyards of the World
Author: The Wine Trade Club
First Published: 1912
Edition: 1912 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 54
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 01:03 Sat 03 Apr 2010

Wine and the Wine Trade
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1921
Edition: 1921 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 110
Comments: One of 64 volumes of Pitman's Common Commodities and Industries Series.

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Post by **DRT** » 01:04 Sat 03 Apr 2010

The Blood of the Grape: The Wine Trade Text Book
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1920
Edition: 1920
Code/Source: ASIN: B001P4FBHW
Pages: 302
Comments: awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 01:05 Sat 03 Apr 2010

History in a Glass: Sixty Years of Wine Writing
Author: Ruth Reichl
First Published: 2006
Edition: 2006
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-0679643128
Pages: 400
Comments: awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 02:07 Sun 04 Apr 2010

A Scrap Book
Author: George Saintsbury
First Published: 1922
Edition: 1922
Code/Source: ASIN: B000P1JAMI
Pages: 298
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 02:07 Sun 04 Apr 2010

A Second Scrap Book
Author: George Saintsbury
First Published: 1923
Edition: 1923
Code/Source: ASIN: B00085ZPHU
Pages: 371
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 02:08 Sun 04 Apr 2010

A Last Scrap Book
Author: George Saintsbury
First Published: 1924
Edition: 1924
Code/Source: ASIN: B00085SHZC
Pages: 344
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 02:09 Sun 04 Apr 2010

The Divine Law as to Wines
Author: GW Samson
First Published: 1885
Edition: 1885
Code/Source: ASIN: B00088AKR2
Pages: 613
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 02:10 Sun 04 Apr 2010

Wines, Scriptural and Ecclesiastical
Author: Norman Shanks Kerr
First Published: 1881
Edition: 1881
Code/Source: ASIN: B0008A0HP0
Pages: 138
Comments: This is a beautiful little book which, unfortunately, is about a subject that is taboo on this forum. To give you a clue as to its contents, the author is described as "Hon. Sec. to the Society for Promoting Legislation for the Control and cure of Habitual Drunkards, and to the Dalrymple Home for Inebriates."

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Post by **DRT** » 02:11 Sun 04 Apr 2010

The Vine and its Fruit
Author: James L. Denman
First Published: 1864
Edition: 1875
Code/Source: ASIN: B000WVSD6K
Pages: 518
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 09:15 Mon 05 Apr 2010

Wine and Other Drinks
Author: Rupert Croft Cooke
First Published: 1962
Edition: 1962
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-0004115061
Pages: 160
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 09:16 Mon 05 Apr 2010

Vendange: A Study of Wine and Other Drinks
Author: Andrew Durkan
First Published: 1971
Edition: 1971
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-0713116625
Pages: 327
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 16:29 Tue 06 Apr 2010

The Story of the Vine
Author: Edward Randolph Emerson
First Published: 1901
Edition: 1902
Code/Source: ASIN: B00069XRFA
Pages: 252
Comments: Awaiting delivery

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Post by **DRT** » 20:41 Tue 06 Apr 2010

Fermented Beverages: Their Effects on Mankind
Author: John Howard Moore
First Published: 1918
Edition: 1918
Code/Source: http://www.archive.org/
Pages: 64
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:42 Tue 06 Apr 2010

Sketches in Portugal During the Civil War of 1834
Author: James Edward Alexander
First Published: 1835
Edition: 1835
Code/Source: http://www.archive.org/
Pages: 328
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:43 Tue 06 Apr 2010

The Oliveira Prize-Essay on Portugal
Author: Joseph James Forrester
First Published: 1853
Edition: 1854
Code/Source: ASIN: B00086O46M
Pages: 290
Comments: This book represents an important time in the history and development of the port trade and was written by one of its most controvertial and charismatic characters. The copy I have is in reasonable condition for its age and includes a fold-out of Forrester's Map of the Wine District of the Alto-Douro. A very rare gem and a very heavy read!

A PDF of this book can be downloaded from Google Books here.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:42 Sat 10 Apr 2010

A Handbook for Travellers in Portugal
Author: John Murray
First Published: 1856
Edition: 1856
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 295
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:42 Sat 10 Apr 2010

Playboy's Book of Wine
Author: Peter Gillette & Paul Gillette
First Published: 1974
Edition: 1974
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-0600370871
Pages: 252
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:43 Sat 10 Apr 2010

The Gourmet'S Week-End Book
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1952
Edition: 1952
Code/Source: ASIN: B00194BLMW
Pages: 348
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:44 Sat 10 Apr 2010

Harrods Book of Fine Wine
Author: Joanna Simon
First Published: 1990
Edition: 1990
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-0855337889
Pages: 272
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:45 Sat 10 Apr 2010

Bottlescrew days: Wine drinking in England during the eighteenth century
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1926
Edition: 1926
Code/Source: ASIN: B00085PMWS
Pages: 273
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:46 Sat 10 Apr 2010

The Art of Good Living
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1929
Edition: 1929
Code/Source: ASIN: B000ZLM91W
Pages: 201
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:17 Sat 21 Aug 2010

A Traveller's History of Portugal
Author: Ian Robertson
First Published: 2002
Edition: 2002
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-0304362455
Pages: 240
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:18 Sat 21 Aug 2010

What the Vintners Sell
Author: Len Chaloner
First Published: 1926
Edition: 1926
Code/Source: ASIN: B0028TF6JQ
Pages: 160
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:19 Sat 21 Aug 2010

Wayward Tendrils of the Vine
Author: Ian Maxwell Campbell
First Published: 1947
Edition: 1947
Code/Source: ASIN: B000J2U932
Pages: 210
Comments: Numbered copy 118 of 750. Signed by the author.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:20 Sat 21 Aug 2010

The Worship Of Bacchus A Great Delusion 2nd Edition
Author: Ebenezer Clarke
First Published: 1876
Edition: 1877
Code/Source: ASIN: B0038YEHLS
Pages: 86
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:22 Sat 21 Aug 2010

The wine and food menu book
Author: André L. Simon
First Published: 1956
Edition: 1956
Code/Source: ASIN: B0000CJJX6
Pages: 377
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:24 Sat 21 Aug 2010

Wine, Women and Song: Mediaeval Latin Students's Song
Author: 0
First Published: 1884
Edition: 1907
Code/Source: ASIN: B000SEVCVE
Pages: 208
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:24 Sat 21 Aug 2010

Tales from the Land of Nuts and Grapes
Author: Charles Sellers
First Published: 1888
Edition: 1888 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 178
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:25 Sat 21 Aug 2010

The Wine Question in the light of the new dispensation
Author: John Ellis
First Published: 1882
Edition: 1882 PDF
Code/Source: http://www.million-books.com
Pages: 228
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:26 Sat 21 Aug 2010

A Practical Treatise of the Cultivation of the Grape Vine
Author: William Thomson
First Published: 1865
Edition: 1865 PDF
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 77
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:27 Sat 21 Aug 2010

A Practical Treatise on the Cultivationof the Vine on Open Walls
Author: Clement Hoare
First Published: 1847
Edition: 1847
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 209
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:28 Sat 21 Aug 2010

The Culture of the Grape and Wine Making
Author: Robert Buchanan
First Published: 1863
Edition: 1863
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 142
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:28 Sat 21 Aug 2010

Observations Historical, Critical and Medical on the Wines of the Ancients
Author: Sir Edward Barry
First Published: 1775
Edition: 2010
Code/Source: ISBN-13: 978-1171006817
Pages: 479
Comments: Described by Gabler as "the earliest major work in English on the wines of the Ancients, and the first book in English that discusses modern wines".

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Post by **DRT** » 20:30 Sat 21 Aug 2010

A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons. Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in the Domestic Economy. And Methods of Detecting Them.
Author: Frederick Accum
First Published: 1820
Edition: 1820 PDF
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 360
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:31 Sat 21 Aug 2010

A Treatise of the Art of Making Wine from Native Fruits
Author: Frederick Accum
First Published: 1820
Edition: 1820 PDF
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 92
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:32 Sat 21 Aug 2010

Bacchus: An essay on the nature, causes, effects, and cure of Intemperance.
Author: Ralph Barnes Grinrod
First Published: 1839
Edition: 1839
Code/Source: ASIN: B0014IC60E
Pages: 535
Comments: Dedicated to the Officers and Members of the American Tempereance Society.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:32 Sat 21 Aug 2010

Wine, as it is Drank in England
Author: James L. Denman
First Published: 1865
Edition: 1865 PDF
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 39
Comments: Not yet read.

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Post by **DRT** » 20:33 Sat 21 Aug 2010

Wine and its Counterfeits
Author: James L. Denman
First Published: 1876
Edition: 1876 PDF
Code/Source: books.google.com
Pages: 59
Comments: Not yet read.

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