T. T. Greg — Through a Glass Lightly

[London], [J. M. Dent & Co], 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work, a special edition of this volume of essays on wine, including a letter from the author's younger brother. A vanishingly scarce special edition of this very scarce work, the first edition, in a silk binding, of which only five hundred copies were printed.The trade first edition of this work featured an Arthur Rackham title page, not featured in this special edition.Including a two-paged handwritten letter from the author's younger brother, Alec Greg, dated 15.2.47. in which he details a short life of his older brother and their family history, "when you ask who this author was you let yourself in for a course of boredom, because it gives me the opportunity of saying much on a subject which has always interested me but, I fear, couldn't interest you...The said T T G was my eldest brother: a very cultured man trained as a lawyer & living in Clifford." T. T. Greg died in 1920.'Through a Glass Lightly' is a lovely book of wine, collecting together eleven essays: "Port", "Claret", "Sherry", "Champagne", "Burgundy", "Madeira", "Cellars", "Glasses", "Butlers", "The Enemy", and "The Confession of a Water Drinker".By T. T. Greg. In the original publisher's silk binding. Externally, silk is lifting to the boards, with a small amount of loss to the extremities. Lacking the backstrip. Light marks to the boards, including a small dampstain to the tail of the rear board. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .