"Anthology of Wine" - edited by Jean Mowat with a Foreword by ANDRE SIMON. Circa 1940's (there is no date of publication stated); W.H. Houldershaw; Essex, UK. The book comes with its original dust jacket, which is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap. Illustrations by William Stirling. The book is a collection of poetry and prose related to wine from writers and works such as Don Juan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Andre Simon, Charles Dickens, Longfellow, and many more.
From the dust jacket: "This is the book for those who find themselves at their best over a glass of wine, for it contains a rich selection from all that has been sung and said down the pages in praise of man's solace and inspiration. Quotations familiar and obscure are to be found here, expressing every stage of conviviality in word-pictures from the pens of our greatest poets and writers, while William Stirling's arresting illustrations depict various tranquil moods of expansive relaxation. A book which will afford the connoisseur of both wine and literature a double satisfaction for his discerning palate."