The Anatomy of Tobacco by Machen, Arthur - 1926

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Original yellow cloth, spine label, gray topstain. Label darkened, cloth faintly soiled. Lightly pencilled marginalia throughout. Firm and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186,[2] pages .

A.A. Knopf, 1926-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 9x6x1. Yellow cloth covered boards with pasted on spine title; mild edge wear; covers are soiled; spine darkened; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Pages toning along edges; small pencil marks at top of last blank page, otherwise interior clean and unmarked; 186 pages.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 186 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page shows 1926 as the published date. The dust jacket shows light edgewear and light foxing (No Chips). I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled, spine label darkened and chipped, . bookplate scar and owner stamp on front pastedown, date stamp and Gotham . Book Mart label on rear endpapers.. 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. Yellow cloth with printed paper spine label. Decorative endpapers. A revised edition containing new introduction by the author. A collection of essays about tobacco and pipe smoking. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. NF. 1926. 1st American Edition. Hardcover - Cloth. First American edition bound in yellow cloth with a blue paper title l abel on the spine. Decorated endpapers. The title page has a red decor ated border. 186 pages plus a two page ad at the rear. A near fine cop y in a very good dust jacket. The book's covers are clean and bright. Tiny rubs to the corners and spine tips. The interior is fine. The dus t jacket has small frays to the corners and spine tips. Moderate dust soiling to the panels. The spine is dusted and lightly faded. This was Machen's first book, originally published in 1884 under a pseudonym. This is the first American edition. .

UK: Alfred A Knopf, 1926. frayedjacket with partial lose to edges, spine sunned, & some tears and small holes. jacket front illus in center is intact & bright. light brown bds with gilt titles and vignettes. spine ends bumped. patterned endpapers. sticker to endpaper. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First American Edition. Small octavo; [ii], 186pp +2pp ads. Portrait dust jacket over orange-yellow boards with blue spine label. Blue topstain. Jacket is edgeworn, with shallow chips and tears along edges and at folds, general smudging and soiling to surface, and some fading to spine and along flaps. Boards rubbed at corners with some stray smudging to cloth. Spine a bit cocked and nudged at head and tail. Doodle on front free endpaper of a man holding a blank sign (possibly an unfinished ex-libris?). Binding is sound and pages unmarked. American edition of Machen's 1884 work on tobacco and pipe smoking, issued with a new introduction by the author. [GOLDSTONE 2b].

London: George Redway, 1884. First Edition of the author’s first book (preceded by a pseudonymous pamphlet): publisher’s boards; some spotting and stains; bookplate of John Quinn; bookseller’s catalogue entry pasted on the recto of the rear free endpaper; owner’s signature. Some miscellaneous receipts and cataloguing regarding this title are laid in.