THE VINEYARDS AND WINE CELLARS OF CALIFORNIA; AN ESSAY ON EARLY CALIFORNIA WINEMAKING, by Thomas Hardy. First Published in Adelaide, Australia, in 1885. This fine-printing edition was published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1994. First thus edition, edited by Thomas Pinney, with a Foreword by Robert Mondavi. Limited to 450 copies. From the Colophon page (the last page): This reprinting of The Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California was designed and printed in an edition of 450 copies at The Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, California. Duotone photographs and color reproductions were printed at Phelps/Schaefer Litho-Graphics, San Francisco. The book was bound by Cardoza-James Binding, San Francisco. Hardcover book, cloth covered spine and decorative paper covered boards, 9×13 inches, xxiii + 65 pages, in paper covered slipcase. Beautifully ILLUSTRATED with b&w photographs and tipped-in reproductions of early wine labels and announcements. FINE book in a FINE slipcase.