THE VINTAGE 

TOBACCO & SMOKING COLLECTION

 

~~~~~~~~

 

A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF 81 RARE VINTAGE BOOKS ON ONE UNIQUE DVD, INCLUDING SOME REALLY RARE TITLES COVERING EVERYTHING TO DO WITH TOBACCO – IT’S ORIGINS, CULTIVATION AND CURING READY FOR SMOKING. BOOKS ON SNUFF AND SNUFF BOXES, CIGARETTES, CIGARS, SMOKING ROOMS, PIPES AND LOADS MORE. A STUNNING COLLECTION OF OLD BOOKS - THE FULL LIST OF TITLES SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!

 

Some of the books and documents contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material for anyone with an interest in the history of tobacco, antique tobacco products and smoking!

  

This superb compilation of 81 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. 

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The full list of titles is as follows:

A disquisition on the evils of using tobacco, and the necessity of immediate and entire reformation by O. Fowler (1835)

A dissertation on the medical properties and injurious effects of the habitual use of tobacco by A. McAllister (1832)

A dissertation on the use and abuse of tobacco by A. Clarke (1812)

About tobacco and its deleterious effects; a book for everybody, both users and non-users by C. Slocum (1909)

An essay on the physical and moral effects of the use of tobacco as a luxury by A. Grimshaw (1853)

An essay on tobacco  comprising a brief history of that plant, and a view of its effects on the human constitution, when employed as an article of luxury by J. Rogers (1836)

Antique Chinese snuff bottles by E. Andrews (1922)

Bentley's acme flavors for the tobacconist by S. Bentley (1883)

Bibliotheca nicotiana; a catalogue of books about tobacco together with a catalogue of objects connected with the use of tobacco in all its forms by W. Bragge (1880)

Catechism on alcohol and tobacco by D. Mann (1893)

Cigarette papers for after-dinner smoking by J. Hatton (1892)

Cope's smoke room booklets no. 1-4 (1889)

Cope's smoke room booklets no. 5-8 (1889)

Cope's smoke room booklets no. 10, 12-14 (1889)

Cultivation of cigar-leaf tobacco in Florida by M. Floyd (1899)

Curing and fermentation of cigar leaf tobacco by O. Loew (1899)

Introduction of tobacco into Europe by B. Laufer (1921)

Le tabac et les fumeurs by E. Planat (1868)

Lyra nicotiana poems and verses concerning tobacco by W. Hutchison (1898)

Major Ragland's instructions how to grow and cure tobacco, especially fine yellow by R. Ragland (1885)

Methods of testing the burning quality of cigar tobacco by W. Garner (1907)

My lady Nicotine  a study in smoke by J. Barrie (1896)

Nicotiana; or, The smoker's and snuff-taker's companion by H. Mellor (1832)

Old French snuff boxes by C. Wertheimer (1912)

Opportunities for the production of cigar-leaf tobacco in east Texas and Alabama by M. Whitney (1904)

Pipe and quid. An essay on tobacco by B. Taylor (1891)

Pipes and smoking customs of the American aborigines, based on material in the U.S. National Museum by J. McGuire (1899)

Pipes and tobacco  an ethnographic sketch by D. Wilson (1857)

Principles and practical methods of curing tobacco by W. Garner (1909)

Responses on the use of tobacco by B. Lane (1846)

Smokiana, historical & ethnographical by R. Pritchett (1890)

Smoking a world of curious facts, queer fancies, and lively anecdotes about pipes, tobacco and cigars by G. Manson (1891)

Smoking and drinking by J. Parton (1868)

Snow's modern barn system of raising and curing tobacco by W. Snow (1895)

St. Nicotine of the peace pipe by E. Heward (1909)

Temperature changes in fermenting piles of cigar-leaf tobacco by M. Whitney (1899)

The beauties and deformities of tobacco-using, or, Its ludicous and its solemn realities by L. Coles (1857)

The Book Of Snuff And Snuff Boxes by M. Curtis

The brown god and his white imps; or, The evils of tobacco and cigarettes by T. Frech (1916)

The cigarette and the youth by E. King (1897)

The effects of cigar and cigarette smoking on certain psychological and physiological functions by R. Bates (1923)

The export and manufacturing tobaccos of the United States, with brief reference to the cigar types by E. Mathewson (1912)

The little black master by E. Webb (1891)

The mysteries of tobacco by B. Lane (1845)

The physical effects of smoking  preliminary experimental studies by G. Fisher (1922)

The planter's guide for cultivating and curing tobacco (1880)

The selection of tobacco seed plants by A. Shamel (1905)

The smokers', chewer's and snuff taker's companion, and tobacconists own book (1841)

The soverane herbe - a history of tobacco by W. Penn (1902)

The story of the cigarette by W. Young (1916)

The tobacco problem by M. Lander (1885)

The tobacco society of the Crow Indians by R. Lowie (1919)

The use and abuse of tobacco by J. Lizars (1859)

The use of artificial heat in curing cigar-leaf tobacco by W. Garner (1912)

The use of tobacco by J. Hinds (1882)

The witching weed by A. Sims (1915)

To my cigarette by M. Le Page (1913)

Tobacco  some results which follow its use by W. McElhinney (1897)

Tobacco - The effects of its use as a luxury on the physical and moral nature of man by E. Harris (1853)

Tobacco  what it is, and what it does by D. King (1861)

Tobacco and alcohol  I. It does pay to smoke. II. The coming man will drink wine by J. Fiske (1869)

Tobacco and human efficiency by F. Pack (1918)

Tobacco and its use in Asia by B. Laufer (1921)

Tobacco by B. Fink (1915)

Tobacco by B. Laufer (1920)

Tobacco by N. Bruette (1887)

Tobacco culture adpated to the northern section of the United States (1864)

Tobacco curing and resweating for quality and dark colors by C. Philips (1880)

Tobacco growing, curing, & manufacturing. A handbook for planters in all parts of the world by C. Lock (1886)

Tobacco in Virginia and North Carolina (1877)

Tobacco investigations in Porto Rico during 1903-04 by J. Ven Leehoff (1905)

Tobacco its physical, mental, moral and social influences by B. Chase (1880)

Tobacco leaf its culture and cure, marketing and manufacture by J. Killibrew (1897)

Tobacco, and its effect upon the health and character of those who use it by J. Jackson (1865)

Tobacco, from the grower to the smoker by A. Tanner (1912)

Tobacco, Insanity & Nervousness by L. Bremer (1892)

Tobaccoland  a book about tobacco, its history, legends, literature, cultivation, social and hygienic influences, commercial development, industrial processes and governmental regulation by C. Werner (1922)

Turkish tobacco culture, curing, and marketing by W. Clarke (1923)

United States directory of cigar manufacturers, leaf tobacco importers, packers and dealers by J. Krout (1902)

Use of tobacco in Mexico and South America by J. Mason (1921)

An absolute treasure trove of valuable research material - a must for anyone with an interest in the history of smoking and tobacco!

Quick Delivery – Free postage within the UK!

 

All of the files are presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

 

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if requested.

 

Please note that this is a data DVD that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer but will not work on a DVD player or audio CD player. 

* Main photo is for illustration purposes only - additional photos are example pages from the books included on the disc *

Please check our other items for lots more rare specialist book collections!

 

Our Payment Policy:

We only accept payment via paypal and immediate payment is required once the “buy it now” button has been clicked. eBay will automatically open an unpaid item dispute within 4 days if payment isn’t received prior.

Our Postage / Shipping Policy:

All items are dispatched within 24hrs of a cleared payment being received. Overseas customers please allow between 7 -14 days for international shipping.

Free postage within the UK!

SHIPPING TO CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE THE UK IS £4.00 NO MATTER HOW MANY OF OUR COLLECTIONS ON DISC YOU ORDER AT ANY ONE TIME!

Our Packaging Policy:

All DVD’s and CD’s are sealed in a protective plastic sleeve and padded jiffy bag or cardboard mailer.

Feedback:

It is our aim to deliver a fast, efficient and friendly service to all of our customers. If there are any issues at all regarding an item, please contact us via eBay’s messaging service before opening a case or leaving feedback as any issue can easily be resolved. Once positive 5 star feedback has been left it is instantly reciprocated.

Our Returns Policy:

In the unlikely event that an item is faulty we operate a 30 day returns policy. Any item that is faulty or damaged upon receipt must be reported within 24 hrs. A brand new replacement will be sent out as swiftly as possible. Please message us if there are any issues via eBay’s messaging system.

 

eBay Digitally Delivered Goods Policy

eBay’s Digital Delivered Goods Policy requires that we sell this item in a physical format only. For this reason it can only be sent via CD/DVD as advertised. We do not offer to sell this item via digital download.

We are authorised to sell this item online on all of eBay’s platforms and this is outlined in eBay’s "Digitally Delivered Goods Policy" which states we may sell it by being authorised to “sell it online by the owner, the owner's authorised agent, or the law” – under the law we are the authorised distributor, seller and Copyright owner of this product.

 

Confirmation of Copyright © under UK and US Law

The relevant UK law concerning copyright is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) – we confirm that under these laws we are the creators and Copyright owner of this product.

Under U.S. Law, (Copyright Act of 1976, codified in Title 17 of the United States Code) we confirm that Copyright in compilation applies – i.e. the individual items that make up this compilation have been specially selected and coordinated to produce, for the first time, this unique library, and as such the CD / DVD and its contents in their entirety may not be reproduced or sold on eBay or elsewhere by anyone other than ourselves. Files have been randomly watermarked with links to our ebay store to prevent resale.

 

The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) (registered non-profit organisation), can be consulted to confirm the authenticity of the copyright status of the individual components of our products and thereby verify that under Law we claim copyright protection for this unique, individual library and we assert that it is our own original creative work for which we are the authorised distributor, seller and Copyright owner.

 

rare-book-collections - “providing the world access to collections of specialist rare, antique and out-of-print books, in modern formats, allowing them to be read anytime, anywhere”