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COLBURN, FRONA EUNICE WAIT In Old Vintage Days...with Decorations by Dorothy Payne.
San Francisco, John Henry Nash. 1937, First Edition. Leather backed boards in slip case. Limited edition, one of 750 copies printed, this being one of 250 in this binding. This copy not numbered or signed on the limitation page. From Nell O'Day, A Catalog of Books Printed by John Henry Nash, pages 97-98: "..an interesting tale of the (18)90's set in one of the lovely vineyard districts of California. Mrs. Colburn is an authority on grape culture, her book entitled "Wines and Vines" published in 1889 heuing a source book on the subject. "In Old Vintage Days" is a colorful romance with the facts of the wine war that took place at the turn of the century, resulting in havoc to many of the California grape grower. It gives a vivid picture of the pleasant mode of living among tghe prosperous vintners which, as Mrs. Colburn say in her Foreword, will never be entirely relived." 178 pages, plujs colophon. As New.
Offered for US$ 50.00 by: Barry Cassidy Rare Books - Book number: 1092
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