Smokiana

[London]: Bernard Quaritch, 1890. First Edition. Quarter-bound leather. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 101, [1]pp; quarter-bound pebbled leather and brown textured cloth, gilt-stamped spine and front board; top edge gilt; ownership in pencil and address sticker to ffep; 47 full-page color lithographed illustrations facing a page of text, some illustrations in color; light damp staining to top edge ffep, corners bumped with loss, rubbing of spine and boards, closed tear to tail of spine, light age-toning of paper; very good. Interesting walk through the historical and ethnographic world of smoking. Starting with varieties of tobacco plants, it explores the pipes and smoking instruments found around the world and includes illustrations. (Inventory #: 920)