The Anatomy of Tobacco
by Arthur Machen
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First American Edition. Small octavo; [ii], 186pp +2pp ads. Portrait dust jacket over orange-yellow boards with blue spine label. Blue topstain. Jacket is edgeworn, with shallow chips and tears along edges and at folds, general smudging and soiling to surface, and some fading to spine and along flaps. Boards rubbed at corners with some stray smudging to cloth. Spine a bit cocked and nudged at head and tail. Doodle on front free endpaper of a man holding a blank sign (possibly an unfinished ex-libris?). Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
American edition of Machen's 1884 work on tobacco and pipe smoking, issued with a new introduction by the author.
[GOLDSTONE 2b].
American edition of Machen's 1884 work on tobacco and pipe smoking, issued with a new introduction by the author.
[GOLDSTONE 2b].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26848
- Title
- The Anatomy of Tobacco
- Author
- Arthur Machen
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
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