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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 12mo. [2], iv, 165, [1] pp, frontis, 5 pl., ill. Contemporary quarter leather. Maroon pebbled boards. Marbled end pages. Prelims and frontis foxed. Lacking original wraps. The humorous plates depict contented smokers from around the world, and one scene of Scottish snuff-taking. Book plates of Miss Mabel Tompkins and Miss Ruth W. Tompkins to rear pastedown with respective notes to each in pen. Sabin 1414-1416.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. [Signed, fine binding by the Guild of Women-Binders] Bound in full crimson, levant morocco. All edges gilt. Marbled end pages. 12mo. [2], iv, 165, [1] pp, 6 plates engraved by Phiz. The humorous plates depict contented smokers from around the world, and one scene of Scottish snuff-taking. Engraved bookplate of Robert L. Fisher.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1839
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
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19th Century Calf Gilt Ruled. Condition: Fine. Plates & Text Illustrations (illustrator). London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. Bradbury & Evans, Printers. "Bound in England" and "Bound for J.W. Robinson Company" printed on verso of ffep. [2], iv, 165, [1] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates, and text illustrations. (12mo) 6½x4, 19th century calf gilt-ruled, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles and turn-ins, top edge gilt; original wrappers bound in at back. Very modest darkening to spine and two light stains to covers; the wrappers with some minor toning and - at the original wrappers in the back - a period gift inscription to front wrapper. Nearest Fine to Fine; in fact, judged "fine" by a respected gallery. See scans. The humorous plates depict contented smokers from around the world, and one scene of Scottish snuff-taking. The delights of tobacco, when tobacco was indeed a delight, memorialized with humor by William Andrew Chatto as Joseph Fume. History and anecdotes. Original wrappers bound in at the back. Top provenance. Serious curb appeal, as well. L-44n.