Smoking

The Century Co, New York . London, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: M. J. Gallagher (Michael J. Gallagher). introduction by author and chronology. The text is illustrated with full-page, vignettes and 1/4 page black-and-white woodcuts by M. J. Gallagher (Michael J. Gallagher). 1/4 brown coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 brown speckled coloured boards with black coloured illustration and titles to the... Read more about this item

Berkley, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Humour House Pty. Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Mark Wright. The text is illustrated with black and white cartoons by Mark Wright. Illustrated card cover with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A series of cartoons dealing with smokers 1980s style. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing it to the book panels. Size: Oblong 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" tall but wider. Not paginated... Read more about this item

The Bodley Head Ltd, 1984. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1984. First Edition. 329 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is bright and... Read more about this item

Feral House, 2003. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Small octavo (7 5/8 by 5 3/8 inches) New York: Published by the Author, 1883. Original First Edition. 140 pages, frontispiece, original green hardcover cloth binding, good condition (normal, mild shelf wear, printed on paper that is now aged and brittle, but intact, with no loss; and not affecting contents which are complete).

An early expose on opium and its affect on people who use it, with details of the author's experiences while visiting Chinatown, and its opium dens; with his commentary on the... Read more about this item

Small Quarto (9 1/2 X 7 inches) London: Bernard Quaritch, 1890. First Edition. 101 + (1) pages, almost 50 lithographic plates (more than 35 printed with color), quarter leather binding over cloth boards, front cover embossed with title, author, and publisher in gilt; back cover similarly embossed in gilt with "Ye Pipes of all Nations A. D. Up to Date," and gilt bust of a soldier in cap and tunic in the form of a pipe bowl. Very good condition, minimal wear to spine; age toning in margins of plates, but... Read more about this item

London, England: Bodley Head Ltd, The, 1984. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 450gms, 329 pages, blank endpapers. The 'Smoke Ring' is the ring of defences which has kept the power of the tobacco industry intact for the past twenty years in the face of evidence that its products have contributed to the deaths of millions of its consumers. Book is in good... Read more about this item