The Cigar Book by James B. Hull, editor - 1995

Bisbee, AZ: Pequeno Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Oblong Miniature Book. 2 1/4 x 3 inches. Unpaginated. [64 including a section of 12 accordion-fold pages with illustrations] pp. Half-title, color frontispiece illustration, title page printed in black and purple inks, color illustrations through mostly of cartoons such as Little Lulu, Krazy Kat, Scrouge McDuck, and so forth, printed in black and various color inks; text clean, unmarked. Cedar boards, copper hinges at the spine and a copper clasp on the fore-edge, printed paper front cover label, printed paper rules at the bottom and top edges; binding square and tight, minor shelf wear. SIGNED by James Hull on the half-title and by Pat Baldwin on the colophon. SA1019-015. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies, this is number 6, printed in Friz Quadata and Cooper Black types on Neenah Classic Crest paper on an HP DeskJet color printer, covers are cut from cedar cigar boxes from Martinez Y Cia, Havana Blend, from the Cuban vintage crop of 1959, binding by Waterleaf Mill & Bindery, SIGNED by Pat Baldwin on the colophon. The text is an anthology of observations of famous cigar enthusiasts such as Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Sigmund Freud, among others. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1482.