A Counter Blaste To Tobacco
by James I
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
The Rodale Press. Very Good. 1954. Hardcover. Red / brown hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. Illustration to the front cover. Very Good++ condition with a solid binding and a bright unmarked text. 9 illustrated plates through the book. Light wear to the spine ends and bottom cover edges. The DJ is in Good+ condition with a small piece missing of off the spine end bottom, and some discoloration to the covers. A small tear to the bottom of the front cover. "A Counter Blast to Tobacco was written in 1604 and stands as one of the earliest anti-tobacco publications ever written. In the treatise, James blames Native Americans for introducing tobacco to Europe, warns readers of the danger tobacco poses to the lungs, and complains about passive smoking." ; miniature books; 36 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13319
- Title
- A Counter Blaste To Tobacco
- Author
- James I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Rodale Press
- Date Published
- 1954
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Vars, Ontario
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Miniature
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- Gilt
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...