Complete Catalogue of British Cigarette Cards Tapa dura - 1988

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… Leer más

Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1981. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 224 pages, illustrated with large color plate section and black and white drawings. A wonderful collection and resource for collectors of cigarette cards. Decorative blue-green cover with white titles on front cover, blue titles on spine, navy end papers. Some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, some spotting of back cover, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated blue dust jacket with white titles on front cover and blue titles on spine shows some edge wear, curling a bit at upper edge of jacket, a little scrubbing and spotting, short tear at upper back cover fold, tiny tears along top edge, not clipped.

Webb & Bower. New in New dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0906671485 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This is a comprehensive list of the earlier cigarette card series. There are tons of reproductions of cigarette cards, both sides, front and back, with their dates and descriptions as well as a special section including trains and locomotives. It includes a list of every set of cards issued, the number and size of the cards in each set, the manufacturer and year of issue, the history and development of cigarette cards, and color illustrations of over 600 sets." ; 11.6 X 778,740,086.0 X 0.9 inches; 224 pages .

Great Britain: Webb & Bower, 1981. Hardback. First Edition. The Complete Catalogue of British Cigarette Cards. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Since 1888, when the first cigarette card was issued in Britain, several thousand sets have been produced. This catalogue lists every set of cards printed, and gives details of the number of cards in each set, the size of the cards, the yeats of issue, the manufacturer and the current value of both individual cards and complete sets. Although primarily intended as a catalogue, this book contains much useful information on the history and development of cigarette cards, with asections on collecting, and how and hwere to buy and sell cards. Examples from over 600 sets are illustrated in colour and these are arranged thematically since this is the most popular form of collecting cards. At least one page of illustrations is devoted to each theme. The subjects covered are: Natural History; Sport; Armed Forces; Transport; Entertainment; Pre-1919… Leer más