THE BRADY BOOK: Selections from ROY BRADY'S UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS ON WINE. Edited with an Introduction by Thomas Pinney.

Published by NOMIS PRESS, Santa Rosa, California, in association with the Wine Librarians Association, Healdsburg, California, 2004. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED to only 250 copies, this being copy number 205, as stated on the Colophon Page (the last page). This book was quickly sold out upon publication.

SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and Inscribed on the title page by the Editor, and noted wine authority, THOMAS PINNEY, to the MASTER SOMMELIER GILLES DE CHAMBURE. "To Gilles de Chambure / from / Thomas Pinney / Stoney Hill Winery / 3.10.04".

Hardcovers, cloth covered boards, gilt design on front cover, gilt titling on spine, 7x10 inches. Pagination: lix, 199 pages. Laid in are 2 copies of the 4-page, single-fold prospectus.

Contains 24 illustrations, including 14 TIPPED-IN REPRODUCTIONS OF WINE LABELS and a tipped-in "Collection of ROY BRADY" bookplate on the page facing the Colophon page.

NEAR FINE condition: Light foxing and some tiny spots to the top page edges (page edges of the closed book), slight bump to the upper corner tip of the rear cover, otherwise fine, sharp, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

SCARCE, especially so with Thomas Pinney's inscription to Gilles de Chambure and the bookplate of Roy Brady.

From the Publisher: . ******In 2004, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Wine Librarians Association, Nomis Press produced and published a special, limited edition book in tribute to Roy Brady, a man of many wine talents: The Brady Book: Selections from Roy Brady's Unpublished Writings on Wine. With an Introduction by Thomas Pinney. 199pp, 250 copies, presented in a handsome two-color format, with 14 tipped-in color reproductions of wine labels from the Brady Collection.******