A COUNTER-BLASTE TO TOBACCO.
by James I, King
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good dust jacket. (dj taped on inside at two 1 inch tears with some minor fading and rubbing to dj spine.)/very good
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
London:: The Rodale Press,, 1954.. Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (dj taped on inside at two 1 inch tears with some minor fading and rubbing to dj spine.). First thus. A Miniature Book. One of the first comments on the topic of tobacco smoking, by a King who disliked the habit and dirty and unhealthy. First published anonymously in 1604. Vibrant, excited language by the Monarch in his effort to persuade subjects to give up smoking. Foreword by Ann Hill. With illustrations. 36 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85670
- Title
- A COUNTER-BLASTE TO TOBACCO.
- Author
- James I, King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket. (dj taped on inside at two 1 inch tears with some minor fading and rubbing to dj spine.)
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Rodale Press,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1954.
- Keywords
- smoking,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous nonfiction;
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