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Beltchev, Dr. Koitcho . DER TABAK IN BULGARIEN (signed)
Sofia 1950. Jubilaumsausgabe der firma Marco Beltchev Sohne A.G. 1880-1950. In German. Hardcover octavo., 166pp., maps and color photos of tobacco leaves, hardcover. ** Inscribed and signed by Beltchev. VG light cover wear; hinges secure and text clean, no DJ. (a13362a)
$75.00Curtis, Mattoon. THE STORY OF SNUFF AND SNUFF BOXES
NY 1935 1st LIveright. 8vo., 149pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG, no DJ. (a15824)
$23.00 Rasmusen, Hans Baggesgaard . OM BESTEMMELSE AF NIKOTIN I TOBAK OG TOBAKSEXTRAKTER EN KRITSK UNDERSOGELSE
Kobenhavn 1916. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark. In Danish. 4to., pp. 53-106, index, wraps. Unopened. Owner stamp on front wrap and title. VG browning on backstrip and around all cover edges. (a18720)
$60.00 Jimenez, Antonio Nunez . THE JOURNEY OF THE HAVANA CIGAR
Neptune City 1988. Hardcover. 4to., 122pp., color illustrations, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a37579)
$24.00 Patrey, Harry and Joseph Kolodny . SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF WHOLESALE TOBACCO DISTRIBUTION
NY 1957 Foresight. Pre-publication copy, limited to 50 copies. 4to., 672pp., photo illustrations, cloth hardcover. Signed by Patrey and Kolodny. VG in VG DJ, in VG Box. (a45469)
$80.00 Schranka, Dr. Eduard Maria . TABAKANEKDOTEN. EIN HISTORISCHES BRAUNBUCH. AUS DEN VERSCHIEDENSTEN QUELLEN IM LAUFE DER JAHRE ZUSAMMENGETRAGEN UND NACH DEN PERS�NLICHKEITEN ALPHABETISCH GEORDNET.
C�ln 1914. In German. Octavo, 302pp., illustrations, wraps. Owner signed on title page. Good, spine ends worn and chipped, wraps a bit won, light soiling. (a51321)
$28.00 Shopland, Donald R. (editor) . CIGARS - HEALTH EFFECTS AND TRENDS
1998. NIH Publication No. 98-4302, Monograph 9. Sm.4to., 232pp., printed wraps. Ink numbers on front, depository library stamp on titlepage. VG. (a54747)
$35.00 S. S. (Simon Stevenson) . REPRESENTATIONS OF THE EMBOSSED, CHASED AND ENGRAVED SUBJECTS AND INSCRIPTIONS WHICH DECORATE THE TOBACCO BOX AND CASES BELONGING TO THE PAST OVERSEERS SOCIETY, OF THE PARISHES OF ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER
London 1824 Clark. Hardcover. 4to., 11p. (text), engraved titlepage showing the tobacco box and cases, 34 fullpage engraved plates (two foldout double page plates are given two numbers each), 2 page list of subscribers, highly professional later rebinding in brown paper covered boards with ivory spine and mounted paper spine label. Near Fine. Excellent condition. Amazing decorative objects. Rare. (a58080)
$395.00 (cooperative) . A HANDBOOK ON COOPERATIVE MARKETING
Raleigh 1923. North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association and North Carolina Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association. 12mo., 64pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a67741)
$25.00 Coles, L. B. M.D. . PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH: NATURAL PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH AND CURE;OR, HEALTH AND CURE WITHOUT DRUGS; BEAUTIES AND DEFORMITIES OF TOBACCO-USING; OR ITS LUDICROUS AND ITS SOLEMN REALITIES
Boston 1853 Ticknor, Reed & Fields. Thirty Fifth Thousand. 2 titles bound in one. 12mo., 288pp., 144pp., gilt printed brown cloth hardcover. Good, occasional light soiling or spotting in text, spine ends lightly frayed, corners worn. (a69415)
$75.00(native americans). THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD BEFORE THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CORPORTATION...IN THE MATTER OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE TAXATION MOTOR FUELS AND CIGARETTES SOLD TO NON-NATIVE AMERICANS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS
Albany, New York. 1992. first edition. Hardcover,. 4to.. about 400pages. black buckram with white printed panel on front board. VG, light soiling on cover. Library name stamps on top and bottom closed page ends but no other library or owner marks. (a76587)
$90.00Levy, M. Mac. TOBACCO HABIT EASILY CONQUERED HOW TO DO IT AGREEABLY AND WITHOUT DRUGS
New York 1916 first edition. Albro Society. Hardcover. Small octavo, 157pp., maroon cloth. VG light cover wear. no dj. Scarce. (a76777)
$37.00Goldsmid, Edmund (editor). BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA. A COUNTER-BLASTE TO TOBACCO (WRITTEN BY KING JAMES I) (first edition)
Edinburgh 1884 Privately Printed. Limited to 275 copies. 12mo., 32pp., original wraps. Wraps. Near Good, some cover wear; binding secure, text clean. (a76778)
$39.00 (tobacco cards) . THE CAMERIC CIGARETTE CARD CLUB NOTES AND NEWS 39 ISSUES
H.E. Wareham, and A. E. Arnold, editor. Volume 10, No. 1 July 1955 thru Volume 13 No. 3 July-Aug 1960. Includes index volumes. Sm.8vo. VG-Fine. 39 issues. (a7742)
$45.00 Sotheby's . INEXPENSIVE WINES; FINE AND RARE WINES SPIRITS VINTAGE PORT AND CIGARS
Two auction catalogues. March and April 1980. Green wraps. square 8vo. 23p. 36p. VG. Pair: (a81013)
$20.00 Ehrlich, Richard A and William Ehrlich . 75 AROMATIC YEARS OF LEAVITT & PEIRCE IN THE RECOLLECTION OF 31 HARVARD MEN (signed)
Cambridge 1958 1st Leavitt & Peirce. Printed by Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Virginia. Famous smoke shop and student gathering place near the Harvard University Campus in Cambridge. Hardcover. Octavo, 50pp., (2), monchrome photo ilklustrations, 1/2 brown cloth with tan paper covered boards. **Signed presentation copy from Richard Ehrlich to Dean Fales dated 1962. VG plus, slight soiling on cover, 1/4 inch tear on paper on inside rear hinge (very minor). Overall excellent condition. In protective removable glassine jacket. (a82090)
$190.00 (Japanese matchbook cover collection) . TWO ALBUMS OF MOUNTED ORIGINAL COLOR MATCHBOOK COVERS MADE IN JAPAN
Two albums, each 9-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches . Each album has colorful pictorial label 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches mounted on front panel. This title label states : "Match Goshi & Co., Osaka, Japan" on one and "Made in Japan" on second album. Tiny red ink date stamp 1944 on covers (may be an acquisition date though. Matchbook artwork appears to include artwork from 1920s and 1930s.) No other ownership marks at all. Thin accordion-fold rice paper album leaves hold match box covers very neatly and carefully tipped in. Silk ribbon bindings. Covers are very pretty, very colorful. Some reproduce Japanese woodblock prints, others animals, folk characters, English slogans, Japanese words, historical portraits, etc. Labels are 2 inches x one inch in size. 380 labels in volume 1; 120 labels in volume 2. Artwork is very delicate and very beautiful. Album pages are lightly foxed throughout; labels are all VG to Fine. Album covers are stained and somewhat worn but binding is secure and pages are not torn. Unique and strangely compelling. Fine example of Japanese design aesthetic. (a87093)
$3500.00 Patrey, Harry and Joseph Kolodny . SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF WHOLESALE TOBACCO DISTRIBUTION
NY 1957 Foresight. Hardcover large 4to., 672pp., photo illustrations, black cloth with gilt lettering. VG, some spotting on fore-edges, in Good plus DJ, (dj has a few small tears, spine faded.) Encased in original printed with gilt lettering hardcover black cloth box. No ownership marks. (a9001)
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