The Smoking Rector. An illuminating composition, true to fact and experience in real life and of vital import in its striking contrasts in relation to the spiritual and non-spiritual influence in individual life as affecting humanity as a whole
by Pease, Charles G
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Restoration Publishing Company, 1936. Hardcover. 232p., boards. Portrait of the author tipped in on page 8. In Good dust jacket, chipped along the edges and at head and tail of spine; soiled. Cloth covers Very Good. Anti-tobacco novel by the New York city dentist, public health reformer, and lecturer who also crusaded against candy, chocolate, alcohol, tea, vinegar, corsets, etc. Rare in jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312199
- Title
- The Smoking Rector. An illuminating composition, true to fact and experience in real life and of vital import in its striking contrasts in relation to the spiritual and non-spiritual influence in individual life as affecting humanity as a whole
- Author
- Pease, Charles G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Restoration Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1930S; Social control; Social welfare; welfare; Tobacco;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...