WINE IN PEACE AND WAR

First trade edition, first printing. Original pictorial boards. With two colour illustrations by Rex Whistler. A good copy, the binding square and firm, the toned and spotted boards have some chipping to the spine and corners. The contents, with heavy spotting to the pastedowns, and some toning to the paper are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps.

A slim volume on the impact of WWII on the wine trade and how to best enjoy wine in peacetime written by Waugh for the wine merchant Saccone and Speed for distribution among their customers.