Andre L. Simon — Champagne

London, Constable & Co, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of Andre L. Simon's informative and entertaining guide to champagne, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A wonderful guide to champagne from André Simon, a French-born wine merchant, writer, and one of the foremost authorities on wine in 20th-century Britain. In 1933, he founded the Wine and Food Society to cultivate a broader understanding of good food and wine, shaping modern wine culture in the English-speaking world, and published the influential A Concise Encyclopedia of Gastronomy.Tipped in errata leaf.From Constable's Wine Library series, which was edited by Simon.With bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy. This appears alongside a former owner's inscription. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally fine, with inscription and bookplate to front free endpaper. Minor loss to dust wrapper back strip head, and rear wrap a touch age toned to perimeters. Small closed tear to front wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.