In Balkan Smoke, Mary C. Neuburger leads readers along the Bulgarian-Ottoman caravan routes and into the coffeehouses of Istanbul and Sofia. She reveals how a remote country was drawn into global economic networks through tobacco production and consumption and in the process became modern. In writing the life of tobacco in Bulgaria from the late Ottoman period through the years of Communist rule, Neuburger gives us much more than the cultural history of a commodity; she provides a fresh perspect...
Remains of Melville B. Cox, Late Missionary to Liberia. with a Memoir
by Melville B Cox
Vintage Tobacco Advertisement Signs Stamps Label Collage Scrapbook Antique Elements Embellishments
by Beautiful Prints Media
This book is a precious small volume on precious small boxes. Most of them were used to hold snuff, powdered tobacco, and were meant to be looked and admired from a close-up. These miniature masterpieces were a key accessory for every stylish man and woman in the eighteenth century. They reflect the culture and fashion of the period. Gold is the defining material of the fifty masterpieces presented here. Therefore the most surprising aspect for those first encountering such pieces is not only t...
Tafero Vintage Collectables Catalogue - 2015 Edition
by Arthur H Tafero
The Cuban Cigar Handbook is an in-depth look at the complete history of Cuban cigars, with fascinating detours into stories of celebrated cigar aficionados from Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway to Rudyard Kipling and Winston Churchill, advice on the best Cuban rum to pair with a cigar, plus dynamic profiles of growers, hand-rollers, and producers. In this full-colour guide every element of cigar production is described in detail, from the types of tobacco used and how to choose your first humidor...
The Snuff Taker's Ephemeris Volume One
by M Hellwig, M Rimel, and R Hubbard
