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Tobacco: It's History & Associations - Including an Account of the Plant and its Manufacture; with its Modes of Use in all Ages and Countries
by Fairholt F.S.A, F.W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Red boards with gilt illustrated cover and ornate spine, rubbing along spine with some partial chipping at head of spine and bum
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1876. Later edition [originally published by Chapman and Hall, 1859]. 332 pp. [vi]; "with 100 illustrations by the author" 32 pages of ads at rear of book. 8vo. Red boards with gilt illustrated cover and ornate spine, rubbing along spine with some partial chipping at head of spine and bump to foot of spine, bumping at corners, slightly cocked, some light foxing at edges and first few pages and ad pages bound at rear of book; overall a very good copy. Later edition [originally published by Chapman and Hall, 1859]. 332 pp. [vi]; "with 100 illustrations by the author" 32 pages of ads at rear of book. 8vo.
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- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- 338726
- Title
- Tobacco: It's History & Associations - Including an Account of the Plant and its Manufacture; with its Modes of Use in all Ages and Countries
- Author
- Fairholt F.S.A, F.W
- Format/Binding
- 332 pp. [vi]; "with 100 illustrations by the author" 32 pages of ads at rear of book. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Red boards with gilt illustrated cover and ornate spine, rubbing along spine with some partial chipping at head of spine and bum
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later edition [originally published by Chapman and Hall, 1859]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Edges
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