(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Armagnac) Abel Sempé. La Grande Messe de l'Armagnac

Illus. with color photographs throughout. 8.75x7.5", pictorial black boards. First Edition. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1988.

In French. An important work on Armagnac. Sempé began his professional career in Aignan as a winegrower. There, in 1934, he founded Armagnac Sempé, operating as a merchant. His involvement in the Resistance, specifically with the Armée Secrète during the Second World War earned him the Croix de Guerre.

Robert Laffont was best known for publishing books by the new rock stars of nouvelle cuisine, but her occasionally published books on beverages as well, this being one of them. 

Fine.