(Wine) Julian Street. Civilized Drinking: The Selection and Service of Wines

Blue & red cloth, paper cover label. First Edition Thus. NY: Redbook Magazine, [1933].

Reprinted from an article in Redbook Magazine, this is a charming and instructive book on great vintages and how to serve them. Street's unique voice comes through in every sentence, such as, "It is the fate of Champagne to live gayly and die young. Champagne at ten years old is well along in life, and at twenty it is likely to be dead." Regarding red wine, Street writes, "One of the Frenchiest qualities of French wines is the dislike that many of them have for travel. The red wines often become seasick or trainsick, and must lie down and rest for a long time to recover from a journey. White wines generally stand travel better than the more robust-appearing reds, for which reason it is generally advisable to order white wines on ships and dining cars."

Name to front free endpaper (dated 1934), upper corner of front free endpaper neatly clipped, else near fine.

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