Bernard M. Watney; Homer D. Babbidge — Corkscrews for Collectors

London & New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound limited edition of this illustrated guide to corkscrews for collectors. First edition. Limited to one hundred specially bound copies, of which this is number seventeen. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one hundred and sixty-four black-and-white images, and twenty-one colour images. A detailed guide to corkscrews for the collector, with chapters on corkscrews as objets d'art, the age of invention in Europe, the age of invention in America, pocket corkscrews, bar corkscrews, antiques of the future, and more. Written by Bernard M. Watney, an American antiquarian, and Homer Daniels Babbidge, an American historian. Bound in full blue leatherette. Externally, excellent. With the original cloth covered slip case which is very smart with light wear and fading to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .