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to be held on Thursday at 1pm Pacific Time.
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Sale 436 View Catalogue
Beer, Wine & Food:
The Marlene & Doug Calhoun Gastronomical Library
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Cerevisiarii Comes: Or, the New and True Art of Brewing, by William Y-Worth, 1692, first edition of this rare early English work on brewing
Estimate: $5,000/8,000
Preview:
Tuesday, August 31, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, September 1, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, September 2, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Other showings by appointment
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Sale 437 View Catalogue
Rare Books & Manuscripts:
A Private San Francisco Library
with Important Angling & Sporting Books
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Original pencil drawing of a marlin by Lynn Bogue Hunt, inscribed to Ernest Hemingway, in a copy of American Big Game Fishing, one of 56 De Luxe copies, with presentation inscription from Hemingway to his uncle-in-law.
Estimate: $15,000/25,000
Preview:
Tuesday, September 14, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, September 15, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, September 16, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Other showings by appointment
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| The practical distiller: or an introduction to making whiskey, gin, brandy, spirits, &c, of better quality, and in larger quantities, than produced by the present mode of distilling, from the produce of the United States. |
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| The Practical Distiller by Samuel M'Harry, published in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1809, one of the earliest American distilling manuals. Offered in Sale 436, Beer, Wine & Food: The Marlene & Doug Calhoun Gastronomical Library, September 2, 2010. Estimate: $3,000/5,000. |
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| The Architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building, as also the different construction of private and publick houses, highways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights. To which are added several notes and observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before; revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni... Translated from the Italian original |
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| The Architecture of Andrea Palladio, first complete edition in English and the first edition in Grand Format, 2 volumes, 1715-20, a superb copy. Offered in Sale 437, Rare Books & Manuscripts: A Private San Francisco Library with Important Angling & Sporting Books, September 16, 2010. Estimate: $20,000/30,000.
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