Champagne

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. 2nd. Large green cloth quarto with illustrated dj and gold colored spine, 224 pages; color illustrations; 29 cm A tight copy with clean glossy pages. Hardcover in near fine condition. DJ condition: 1 inch clean tear to bottom rear of dj. Minor wear to dj on bottom front corner. Small crease at top edge. Slight edgewear to head and tail of spine. Near fine in very good+ jacket now housed in archival mylar sleeve. in good dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 067166672X

Signed by author ll Contains may color illustrations, photographs and maps ll Contents: The rise of champagne -- The golden ages -- Champagne today -- The wine of the muses -- What makes champagne -- An atlas of champagne -- The great champagne houses -- Vintages past and present -- The life of champagne -- Serving champagne -- Champagne and food ll Champagne (Wine) Wine and wine making -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne. Champagner. Geschichte. Geographic: France -- Champagne-Ardenne.