PBA Galleries has Beer, Food & Wine book auction on tap Sept. 2
Frederick Accum’s ‘Treatise on the Art of Brewing … ’ has a hand-colored copper engraved frontispiece and illustrated title page. The first edition was published in London in 1820. It has a $1,500-$2,000 estimate. Image courtesy of PBA Galleries.
SAN FRANCISCO – PBA Galleries will sell a fine collection of nearly 230 lots of rare books on beer, wine and food at auction on Thursday, Sept. 2, beginning at 1 p.m. Pacific. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.
The auction, titled Beer, Wine & Food: The Marlene & Doug Calhoun Gastronomical Library, is highlighted by a fine selection of books on beer and brewing from the 17th through 20th centuries. It formed the core of books for a bibliography on beer that Doug Calhoun has written. Also included are significant works on viticulture, food, cookery and domestic economy.
The Calhouns have dealt in old and rare books for over 50 years. While selling at book fairs in England and Scotland, they enjoyed old taverns, pubs and the local beers. It was there Doug Calhoun decided to collect early books on brewing. Marlene Calhoun chose to collect cookbooks.
“It is entirely possible that many of the books in this auction may not appear for sale again,” writes Doug Calhoun in the sale catalog.
Leading lots include Cerevisiarii Comes by William Y-Worth, 1692, a rare early English treatise on the art of brewing (Estimate: $5,000/8,000); Abby Fisher’s Old Southern Cooking, 1881, first edition of the second cook book authored by an African American (Estimate: $7,000/10,000); an archive of account ledgers and other items pertaining to James Alexander’s breweries in Oswego and Geneva, N.Y., in the mid-19th century (Estimate: $5,000/8,000); The Practical Distiller by Samuel M’Harry, published in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1809, one of the earliest American distilling manuals (Estimate: $3,000/5,000); and Edward Barry’s Observations…on the Wines of the Ancients, 1775, a classic text on the history of wine-making through all ages (Estimate: $1,500/2,500).
For details contact PBA Galleries at 415-989-2665.
ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE
Henderson Lithographing Co., Cincinnati, printed this striking bird’s-eye-view of the Centlivre Brewing Co. in Fort Wayne, Ind. The framed lithograph, 24 inches by 37 inches, carries a $500-$800 estimate. Image courtesy of PBA Galleries.
This original French advertising poster for Diege Gentiane is mounted on linen and measures 47 inches by 31 inches. The circa 1930 poster is estimated at $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of PBA Galleries.
Sir Edward Barry’s ‘Observations … on the Wines of the Ancients and the Analogy Between Them and Modern Wines’ contains an engraved frontispiece. This first edition published in London in 1775 has a $1,500-$2,500 estimate. Image courtesy of PBA Galleries.
The ‘New and True Art of Brewing’ by Y-Worth was published in London in 1692. This rare early work on brewing carries a $5,000-$8,000 estimate. Image courtesy of PBA Galleries.
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