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The Gentla Art of Smoking
by Dunhill, Alfred H. Drawings By James Arnold
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. First edition, first printing, 1954. Very good on fair to good dustjacket. A history of smoking along with tobacco growing, curing and otherwise preparing for smoking, pipes, cigars, etc. illustrated with black and white plates and line drawings. Patterned brown cloth with lighter brown cloth spine, with dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with modest edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [3.75] and has some clear tape repairs, scuffing to the top couple of inches of the front panel, foxing to the white background of the rear panel, little paper loss. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046813
- Title
- The Gentla Art of Smoking
- Author
- Dunhill, Alfred H. Drawings By James Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- TOBACCO PIPES CIGARS SMOKE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature; Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Cloth
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- G
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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