Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Staples Press, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good in Fair-Good jacket. 292 pages. Moderate wear, some yellowing to edges; solid book. The dj is discolored, some wear to edges; unclipped. The jacket says "Current medical research has found a relationship between the incidence of certain diseases and the smoking of tobacco, especially of cigarettes. The extent of the connection is, however, still a matter for conjecture....Part I of the book places tobacco in its historical perspective....Part II of the book deals with present day medical ... read more
Description: Acceptable. London: Staples Press Limited, [1955]. 1st Edition. 292pp. Small octavo. Tan cloth with gilt-stamped spine. A veryg good copy with library bookplate. 15.0 ounces = 427 grams. 8.8 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches = 22 x 14 x 2.7cm. read more
Description: Very Good. London: Staples Press Limited, [1955]. 1st Edition. 292pp. Small octavo. Tan cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Sheets a bit browned, else a very good copy. 15.0 ounces = 427 grams. 8.8 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches = 22 x 14 x 2.7cm. read more
Edition: First British Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Staples Press Limited, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Bright clean brown boards. Tight clean & intact copy. Illustrated tobacco smoking pipes. DJ protected in a mylar cover. Diseases & smoking. How the use of tobacco has spread. Health; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 292 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Staples Press, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good+/Good. B0000CJA95 cover is ripped at the ends of the spine and cover. minor shelf wear to the cover. there is a black sticker on the back of the catalogue page. pages are bright and tight, some age spotting to the page block. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Staples Press, London
Description: [1955], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 292pp. Photographs, tables, illustrations, bibliography, index. Minor marginal pen marks. (Addictions, Smoking, Tobacco) read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Staples Press Limited, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Fine in Very Good dj. 8vo. 292pp. Very light bumping to spine ends. Sunning to dj spine, wear to dj head of spine, & front cover at head of joint. History of tobacco smoking w/ 50's medical knowledge of its effects on health. read more
Description: Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. pp: 292. Some spotting to edges of text block. Sticker ghost to front panel of dust jacket. read more
Description: First UK edition. Tan boards. 292 pp. Ink name & date to front free endpaper, else fine. Jacket has slightest of tanning to spine, else fine. "Current medical research has found a relationship between the incidence of certain diseases and the smokin g of tobacco, especially of cigarettes. The extent of the connection is, however, still a matter for conjecture. "-dust jacket. Part I treats the history of tobacco and its use throughout the world. Part II treats the state of medical knowledge at ... read more
Description: Koskowski, W. THE HABIT OF TOBACCO SMOKING. London 1955, dw, 292pp. Fine. First edition. *** This book includes a valuable historical survey of smoking. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Staples Press, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Octavo, 292 pages plus 13 plates. Papered boards; bottom corners bumped; light surface loss (cause by erasure) to the flyleaf; neat light ownership stamp; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little bumped, spine-sunned and the bottom edge very slightly torn with trifling loss. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Staples Press, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Fair to Good in Well Worn jacket. Interesting study of the history of tobacco with medical findings. Part I: Historical Review. Part II: The Action of Tobacco and its Compounds on the Human Organism. 2 Part Bibliography. 13 illustrations (pipes, snuff boxes, etc.(.292 pp. Objective review. Areas of pencil underlining. read more
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