Absinthe : history in a Bottle
by Barnaby Conrad, III
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 087701566X
- ISBN 13
- 9780877015666
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. First Edition. Tall 4to.,. pict covers, xi, 160 pages : illustrations (some color), CONTENTS: An absinthe murder -- Baudelaire, Manet, and the absinthe era -- Absinthe and the poets : Verlaine, Rimbaud, Wilde, and Dowson -- Degas takes absinthe to London -- From Montmartre to the Marquesas : Lautrec, Van Gogh, Monticelli, and Gauguin -- Jarry and Picasso : the absinthe blur of art -- The origins of ancient and modern absinthe -- The medical case against absinthe -- Absinthe and politics -- Absinthe and war -- After the ban -- Absinthe today : vive la fe´e verte -- A modern analysis of absinthe.A very good copy of a beautiful book..
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11257925
- Title
- Absinthe : history in a Bottle
- Author
- Barnaby Conrad, III
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 087701566X
- ISBN 13
- 9780877015666
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- Tall 4to.,
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Absinthe.,Drinking customs -- History -- 19th century., Drinking customs -- France -- History -- 19th century. Absinthe -- history. Alcohol Drinking -- history.Geschichte , Frankreich
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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