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Merchants of wine : being a centenary account of the fortunes of the House of Gilbey

by Alec Waugh

An account of W&A Gilbey Ltd, a British wine and spirit merchant founded in 1857 after the Crimean War, tracing its rapid growth to become the largest distribution company in the United Kingdom by the turn of the twentieth century.

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