The Complete Catalogue of British Cigarette Cards 1982
by Web, And Bower Company, London Cigarette Card
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0906671485
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671481
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: Webb & Bower.* Binding and cover condition: Light blue cloth, dark blue and white design and titleing to spine & logo to face. No bumps minor rubs to lower edges and to head & tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated dust wrapper showing a number of cards. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Minor creasing to top edges and to head & tail of spine. Some shelf wear in general. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Dark blue coloured end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, some tick marks to lists, no tanning, top edge slightly aged. VG+.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 223 pp. text. i pp. bibliography at rear.* Description: A list of every set of cigarette cards issued. Number and size of the cards in each set. Manufacturer, year of issue and current value. Colour illustrations of examples from over 600 sets. History of development of cigarette cards. Collecting, how and where to buy and sell cards. Since 1888, when the first cigarette card was issued in Britain, several thousand sets have been produced. This catalogue lists every set. Although primarily intended as a catalogue, this book contains much useful information on the history and development of cigarette cards, with sections on collecting and looking after your collection.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st./1st. with minor wear reducing it to VG.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 724
- Title
- The Complete Catalogue of British Cigarette Cards 1982
- Author
- Web, And Bower Company, London Cigarette Card
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0906671485
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671481
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Exeter UK 224
- Date Published
- 1981-11-30
- Size
- 29.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm
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