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Chatto & Windus Ltd , 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Publication of 352 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. There is gilt on the spine of the book. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Dust jacket has small tears, chips and creases at extremities. Front two board corners lightly bumped. Small dent to bottom rear board edge. Clean and unmarked.

London: Chatto and Windus , 1957. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None . The first edition of this autobiographical and historical study of smoking, with the contexts of the growth of tobacco and the various developments in its use. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven monochrome plates. Collated complete. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding.This work begins with the author's autobiographical experience of smoking, with him stating that he smoked his first cigarette at the age of four. The prologue is followed by a history of tobacco, with focuses within Europe and America. He draws fascinating pre-perceptions of smoking, such as the existence of compulsory smoking lessons in schools in Worcester in 1665. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, with slight bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is damp stained and sunned to the spine. Handling… Leer más

Chatto & Windus,, 1957. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; brown cloth, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. With the trade ticket of Bredon of Brighton on front paste-down, and a relevant cutting loosely inserted..

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.