A Few Words about Pipes, Smoking & Tobacco

New York: New York Public Library, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited to 500 copies. Near Fine. Quarter black cloth with brown paper on the boards, lightly rubbed, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a brown top stain, former owner's signature on the front endpaper and inside the front board, clean otherwise. The first entry into the Arents Tobacco Collection series, which according to the New York Public Library is "the largest and most comprehensive library in the world devoted to the history, literature, and lore of tobacco.