Author: Cole, E. W.
Title: The Blessing and the Curse of Tobacco and the Substitution of a Healthy Apple-Eating Habit for an Unhealthy Tobacco-Smoking Habit [Apples and Tobacco, No 1].
Description: Melbourne E. W. Cole, Book Arcades, 1910. Paperback small octavo, good condition, cancelled EX-LIBRARY, stapled, colour photos tipped in covers, black cloth spine repair, covers little creased, corner tips covers missing (small edge tears, some archival tape repairs), pages lightly toned, edgewear. 64 + 48 pp. A scarce self-help pamphlet written and published by the iconic and eccentric Melbourne bookseller. Provides heavy criticism of tobacco smoking (64 pages), and the value of substituting eating apples (48 page insert). A longer book is to be published soon. Colour photos of an apple tipped in on front & rear covers, and inside both covers. (Estimated date, about 1900 to 1920. Cancelled stamp of the State Library of New South Wales, dated 15 Feb, 1977.).

Keywords: self-help, addiction, smoking, tobacco, cooking, fruit, apples, australian history, collectible, collectable


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