This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition

This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition

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This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
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  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
  • This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition
This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition

This Smoking World, A. E. Hamilton — 1st Edition

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Publication: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928

Formatting: 8vo, pp. xvii, 178.

Condition Report: Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. The binding is exceptionally tight and square, with the golden-tan cloth boards remaining crisp and devoid of notable shelf-wear. The black blocked lettering and decorative panels on the front board and spine are sharp and wholly unrubbed. Internally, the text block is clean and bright, though there is standard, uniform age-toning to the untrimmed fore and bottom edges, as well as to the endpapers, commensurate with the paper stock of the era. The scarce original dust jacket is largely complete and unclipped, displaying only minor shelf-wear, slight darkening to the spine panel, and negligible chipping at the spine extremities; it is now protected in a removable archival sleeve.

Catalogue Note: First UK Edition. Preceded by the 1927 American edition published by The Century Co., this 1928 Methuen edition features a distinct UK binding and includes a specially commissioned introductory essay by Sir Montague Shearman. The book is presented in its striking, original illustrated dust jacket featuring an art deco grid of tobacco-related vignettes.

It is particularly scarce to find this title on the open market retaining its original dust jacket in such a highly respectable state of preservation.

An engaging, comprehensive, and delightfully idiosyncratic exploration of tobacco smoking, examining the habit from historical, physiological, psychological, and economic perspectives. Aimed at both the devoted "tobaccophile" and the staunch "fumiphobe," Hamilton’s impartial treatise delves into the origins of the practice, its societal impacts, and the various controversies surrounding the "nicotian herb."

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: A. E. Hamilton

Book Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 178

Book Publication Year: 1928

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

Book Dimensions:

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