KAUFMAN, WILLIAM I. (TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS) — Champagne

New York: Viking Press, 1973. 0670211354. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0670211354. Illustrated by William I. Kaufman. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, gilt fleur-de-lis pattern on cover, color illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color and B&W photographs and illustrations. Includes chapters on: The History of Champagne; The Cultivation of Champagne; How Champagne is Made; Champenoise; Genesis and Characteristics of the Vine on the Three Cotes of the Marne and in the Aube; Champagne Charlie; Legends, Tales and Proverbs; A Traveler's Tale of the Champagne Villages; Traditional Recipes of the Champagne Region; Cooking with Champagne. Includes Index and Map. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The price-clipped duat jacket shows only slight shelf-wear. A large, heavy book (six pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. FINE/NEAR FINE. Photographs. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 212 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .