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  • VINTAGE. by Baker, David.
    Baker, David.
    VINTAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book a " humorous and evocative debut novel about a food journalist's desperate attempt to save his career - and possibly his marriage - by tracking an extremely valuable bottle of wine stolen by the Nazis over half a century ago." 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501112515.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 64967
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  • THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD. by Coates, Lawrence.
    Coates, Lawrence.
    THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - A novel loosely based on the history of Paul Masson - "California's Santa Clara Valley was once home to a vigorous wine industry. The Garden of the World is the tale of a pioneer winemaking family headed by Paul Tourneau, a fiercely ambitious vintner determined to make the finest wines in California. His plans are disrupted by a phylloxera epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century, the trials of national Prohibition, and the bitter alienation of his older son. Played out against the vividly depicted seasonal rhythms of vineyard life, this is a moving saga of betrayal, loss, and the harsh consequences of unbreakable ambition."…

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    Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - A novel loosely based on the history of Paul Masson - "California's Santa Clara Valley was once home to a vigorous wine industry. The Garden of the World is the tale of a pioneer winemaking family headed by Paul Tourneau, a fiercely ambitious vintner determined to make the finest wines in California. His plans are disrupted by a phylloxera epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century, the trials of national Prohibition, and the bitter alienation of his older son. Played out against the vividly depicted seasonal rhythms of vineyard life, this is a moving saga of betrayal, loss, and the harsh consequences of unbreakable ambition." SIGNED on the title page with the word "cheers" and dated in the year of publication. 201 pp. ISBN: 9780874178708.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55353
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  • THE SAUVIGNON SECRET: A Wine Country Mystery. by Crosby, Ellen.
    Crosby, Ellen.
    THE SAUVIGNON SECRET: A Wine Country Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2011,) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Virginia winemaker Lucie Montgomery, set both in Virginia's wine country and in Northern California. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 9781439163887.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line).

    Book ID: 60307
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  • THE VIOGNIER VENDETTA: A Wine Country Mystery. by Crosby, Ellen.
    Crosby, Ellen.
    THE VIOGNIER VENDETTA: A Wine Country Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2011,) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Virginia winemaker Lucie Montgomery, SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. ISBN: 978-1439163863.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 77309
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  • THE RIESLING RETRIBUTION: A Wine Country Mystery. by Crosby, Ellen.
    Crosby, Ellen.
    THE RIESLING RETRIBUTION: A Wine Country Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in this mystery series featuring Virginia winemaker Lucie Montgomery, When a tornado rips through her fields, it not only destroys the young plants, but it unearths a skeleton. SIGNED on the title page.Maps. 261 pp. ISBN: 978-1439165997.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 77310
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  • A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery. by Dibdin, Michael.
    Dibdin, Michael.
    A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pantheon, (1998.). First edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 259 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 52508
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  • A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery. by Dibdin, Michael.
    Dibdin, Michael.
    A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Faber & Faber, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) SIGNED by the author on the title page. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-571-193412.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 70781
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  • A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery. by Dibdin, Michael.
    Dibdin, Michael.
    A LONG FINISH: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 261 pp. ISBN: 0-375-404295.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86152
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  • FLESH AND FIRE: Book One of The Vineart War. by Gilman, Laura Anne.
    Gilman, Laura Anne.
    FLESH AND FIRE: Book One of The Vineart War.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'story of fantasy and adventure, wine and magic, danger and hope.' Boldly SIGNED by the author on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 978-1439101414.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 45463
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  • NOBLE ROT. by Harriss, Will.
    Harriss, Will.
    NOBLE ROT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Edgar award winning author's third novel, a mystery set at a financially troubled winery in California's Napa Valley. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-312088655.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85865
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  • CRUSH. by Jacobson, Alan.
    Jacobson, Alan.
    CRUSH.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Vanguard, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - A psychological thriller, featuring FBI agent Karen Vail, the first female ever promoted to the elite profiling group, the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Set in California's Napa Valley wine-growing area. SIGNED on the title page. 386 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59465
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  • CRUSH. by Jacobson, Alan.
    Jacobson, Alan.
    CRUSH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Vanguard, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller, featuring FBI agent Karen Vail, the first female ever promoted to the elite profiling group, the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Set in California's Napa Valley wine-growing area. SIGNED on the title page. 386 pp. ISBN: 9781593155483.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 62030
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  • WHEN THE RIVERS RAN RED: An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America's Wine Country. by Sosnowski, Vivienne.
    Sosnowski, Vivienne.
    WHEN THE RIVERS RAN RED: An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America's Wine Country.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Palgrave Macmillan, (2009) dj. Hardcover - An account of how Prohibition affected wine-growers in California. "When Prohibition took effect in 1919, three months after one of the greatest California grape harvests of all time, violence and chaos descended on Northern California. Federal agents spilled thousands of gallons of wine in the rivers and creeks, gun battles erupted on dark country roads. . For the state's winemaking families - many of them immigrants from Italy - surviving Prohibition meant facing impossible decisions, whether to give up the idyllic way of life their families had known for generations, or break the law to enable their wine businesses and their livelihood to survive." Map, notes, bibliography, index. xx, 230 pp. ISBN: 978-0230605749.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72344
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