Frank Schoonmaker; Tom Marvel — The Complete Wine Book

London, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this comprehensive guide to wines around Europe as well as tips for storing, serving and drinking. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A complete overview of wines, including French, German, Spanish, Italian and other European wines, as well as a chapter on brandy and liqueurs. With descriptions of buying, serving and drinking wines and the technique of the wine-taster. Illustrated with five maps and five additional in-text figures. Collated, complete. Written by American travel guide, wine writer and merchant Frank Schoonmaker, and Tom Marvel. This book was awarded the 1935 Grand Prix Annuel of the Academie de Vin de France, the first time it has been awarded to any non-French author. In the original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With chipping to the spine head, closed tear to the middle of the spine and with bottom section detached but present. With tape reinforcement to the spine tail. With creasing and general edge wear to the wrap. Sunning to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the fore edge affecting the pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good Only.