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Cigar Aficionado's World of Cigars
by Shanken, Marvin R
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1561388009
- ISBN 13
- 9781561388004
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Courage Books: Running Press Book Publishers, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 3rd Printing From the jacket, ""World of Cigars ...the ideal armchair companion for any connoisseur. ... the people (George Burns, Tom Selleck, Whoopi Goldberg, and Linda Evangelista,) places (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico,) and accessories (humidors, cutters, lighters, carrying cases, antique bands, box labels, cigar-store Indians) that have contributed to modern cigar culture."" Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Large size 11 1/2"" tall by 11 3/4"" wide x 1/2"" thick. Interior text block clean & tight; no marking, no creases and no tears to note. Endpapers show up-close detail of tobacco leaves. Glossy pages have color and black & white photographs on just about every other of the 136 numbered pages. Dust jacket also very good with only ghost of shelf wear overall and some edge wear at bottom where there is also a 1"" closed tear at bottom front on the fold and a 1/2"" same at bottom of front spine, also on fold. Does not show in mylar jacket protector. Also, laid in is a 8 1/2"" x 3 5/8"" ""Ring Gauge Guide and Ruler"" in heavy paper.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000165
- Title
- Cigar Aficionado's World of Cigars
- Author
- Shanken, Marvin R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1561388009
- ISBN 13
- 9781561388004
- Publisher
- Courage Books: Running Press Book Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Cigars
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Gilt
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