The Art of the Smoke

A Pictorial History of Cigar Box Labels

Jero L. Gardner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

1998
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7643-0630-3 (ISBN)

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"A picture is worth a thousand words." There is no better description for what the art of the cigar box label did for sales of cigars from the mid 1800s through the 1930s. Busty women, heroes, impish children, sports icons, composers, all these and more found their way into the advertiser's art. The makers would change labels at the drop of the hat if they thought it would help sales. This new book shows hundreds of the finest examples from the world's largest private collection of cigar box label art, revealing the imagination and creativity of the printers and lithographers of the period. Each is shown in a beautiful, full color photograph and is accompanied by a description with a current value on the collector's market. This is a visual delight, sure to please cigar aficionados, but also to be much valued by collectors, designers, and students of advertising history. And it makes a great gift for the smoker in your life!

The author's enchanted pursuit of these beautiful pieces of Americana has endured for over 30 years

Zusatzinfo	500+ color photos
Verlagsort	Atglen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	279 x 216 mm
Gewicht	962 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design
ISBN-10	0-7643-0630-8 / 0764306308
ISBN-13	978-0-7643-0630-3 / 9780764306303
Zustand	Neuware