
Corkscrews for collectors.
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Watney, Bernard M. & Babbidge, Homer D.
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San Francisco, The wine Appreciation Guild, 1981. 4:o. 160 pp., (16) pl.-p. Illustrated. Publisher’s blue boards with illustrated unclipped ($35.00) dust jacket. Dust jacket with a short tear at lower inner corner.
250 kr
First US edition. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The simple corkscrew; Corkscrews as objets d’art; The age of invention in Europe; The age of invention in America; Pocket corkscrews; Bar corkscrews; Combinations and permutations; Antiques of the future; Glossary; Appendix: Opening an decanting vintage port with the aid of a corkscrew; Bibliograåhy; Index.



