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The Story of Snuff and Snuff Boxes
by Mattoon M. Curtis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Liveright Publishing Company, 1935 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Curtis M. Mattoon's richly illustrated guide to the history of snuff and snuff boxes. The first edition of Mattoon's guide.Illustrated with 119 images of snuff and snuff boxes on fifty-nine plates. Collated, complete.A guide to the history of snuff and snuff boxes, with chapters devoted to subjects including tobacco in aboriginal America, European opposition to tobacco, and modes of snuff production and consumption.Rebound in half morocco, with endpapers renewed.With the bookplate of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to the front pastedown. William Foyle founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex. Beeleigh housed his library, one of the largest private libraries in England. Rebound in half morocco, with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to back strip head, with further instance of rubbing to centre of rear joint. Tail of front hinge strained, but firmly held. Morocco bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 912F15
- Title
- The Story of Snuff and Snuff Boxes
- Author
- Mattoon M. Curtis
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- w a foyle beeleigh abbey snuff smoking beeleigh abbey
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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