Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1896. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine. First American edition. Brick colored cloth lettered in gilt and with black, white and green Art Nouveau-design decorated front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Thee-color illustrated title page. Frontis and illustrations throughout the text by M.B. Predergast. Decorated haed- and tail-pieces. A tight, bright example, trace of rubbing at the extremities. One of Barrie's earlier and scarcer works (first published fourteen years before Peter Pan made his first appearance), a collection of humorous essays about his and his friends' days as smokers. He takes the reader on hsi personal journey from his first cigar and first pipe to "My Last Pipe". A handsome example of the late 19th century book maker's art, even for trade editions auch as this.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E22047
Title: My Lady Nicotine: A Study In Smoke
Author: J.M. Barrie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American edition
Publisher: Joseph Knight Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1896
Keywords: smoking, smokers, cigars, pipes, cigarettes, essays, humor, peter pan, illustrators, illustration,

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TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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