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Alexis Lichine's New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits / In collaboration with William Fifield, and with the assistance of Jonathan Bartlett, Jane Stockwood, and John Laird.
LIBRA - Rare TP546 .L5 1974
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lichine, Alexis, 1913-1989, author.
- Fifield, William, 1916-1987, author.
- Standardized Title:
- New encyclopedia of wines & spirits
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wine and wine making--Encyclopedias.
- Wine and wine making.
- Genre:
- encyclopedias.
- dictionaries.
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedias.
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 716, [4] pages : maps ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition, fully revised, enlarged and reset
- Manufacture:
- Forge Village, Mass. : Printed by The Murray Printing Company,
- Other Title:
- New encyclopedia of wines & spirits
- New encyclopedia of wines and spirits
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: History of Wine; Chapter 2: History of Spirits and Distillation; Chapter 3: Wine and Food; Chapter 4: Serving Wine; Chapter 5: Value and Wine; Chapter 6: Starting a Cellar; Chapter 7: Wine and Health; Chapter 8: The Vine; Chapter 9: Wine: What It Is, How It Is Made; Chapter 10: Spirit-Making
- Alphabetical Entries
- Appendixes. A. Bordeaux Wines; B. German Wines; C. Containers and Measures; D. Comparative Table of Spirit Strength; E. Conversion Tables; F. Vintage Chart; G. Pronouncining Glossary.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."--Title page verso.
- First edition published in 1967 under title: Encyclopaedia of wines & spirits; 1979 published under title: Lichine's Encyclopedia of wines & spirits.
- "The text for this book was electronically composed in Baskerville by Rocappi/Lehigh, utilizing modern computational photocomposition technology with type generated on a Fototronic cathode ray tube device. Book design by Irving Perkins with calligraphy by Alice Koeth; production supervision by Helen Barrow."--Colophon.
- Text printed in two columns.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 673-675) and index.
- Local Notes:
- TP546.L5 1974: Received form University President Sheldon Hackney, 2010 has dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0394489950
- 9780394489957
- OCLC:
- 994977
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