A MADEIRA PARTY, by S.Weir Mitchell

THE LAST COPIES OF CORTI BROTHERS’ PRINTING OF A MADEIRA PARTY A MADEIRA PARTY, by S.Weir Mitchell, reprinted 1975 by Andrew Hoyem. Now, more than a quarter of a century ago, to celebrate our Bi-Centennial, Corti Brothers re-printed a Madeira short story published in 1895 by a noted physician, Silas Weir Mitchell, and reprinted in 1900 and 1910. It deals with a Madeira party in Philadelphia. That a physician should write such a piece only goes to re-enforce the affection of the medical profession for wine. The printing was done by one of San Francisco’s most famous fine printers, Andrew Hoyem with artwork by noted Sacramento painter, Patrick Dullanty.In 1976, it was chosen as one of the Western Books of that year by the Rounce and Coffin Club of Los Angeles.Now we are down to our last copies of A Madeira Party and with the new interest in Madeira itself, we are offering them to bibliophile minded Madeira wine lovers.A Madeira Party does not deal with the making of Madeira, but the drin