[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1st edition of an early American book on wine making. NY: 1846

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Spooner, Alden. THE CULTIVATION OF AMERICAN GRAPE VINES, AND MAKING OF WINE. Brooklyn, NY: A Spooner & Co. 1846. First ed. 12mo. 96pp. With 8 text woodcut figures. Orig. dark brown cloth, "Grape Vines" gilt stamped on front cover. The binding is in unusually fine, fresh condition. Text, as usual, with some foxing. Lower outer blank corner, pp. 69-90, torn away, really quite minor.                     $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
This first printing is rather scarce, the last copy in the auction record was the Crahan copy in 1984. Gabler, p. 267.

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