C. E. Hawker — Chats About Wine

London, Daly & Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of essays on wine from author C. E. Hawker. First edition. Very scarce work. A collection of essays or "chats" about wine, with titles including: wine merchants - and wine merchants, doctors and wine, wines at hotels and restaurants, the cellar and treatment of wines, and brandy, amongst others. A well regarded study on the topic of wine. Written by C. E. Hawker, a British author best known for this work. In the original patterned cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Light spotting and age toning to the endpapers. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .