Alfred Langenbach — The Wines of Germany

London, Harper & Co, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce study of the wine industry in Germany, signed by the author to Andre Simon. The first edition of this scarce work.Author's presentation copy to the fellow wine-author André Simon, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "To M. André Simon, with my compliments, Alfred Langenbach".Simon was a prolific author on wine who was the President of the Wine and Food Society. A monograph on the wine industry of Germany, an in-depth exploration of the production of wine in that country from it's growing to distribution an "exhaustive and authoritative work".Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and forty-nine plates. Collated, complete. By Alfred Langenbach. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A couple of small marks to the cloth. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .