The Smokin Book Of Cigar Box Art Designs

A glimpse into a bygone era with some of the most beautiful and fascinating lithographed images ever printed on cigar box labels.

This book contains 30 of the most beautiful and fascinating lithographed images ever printed on cigar box labels. The 12 x 14.5 perforated pages tear out easily and are fit for a 16 x 20 frame with mat, so they can be hung as centerpieces.

The art of cigar box labels from the mid-1800s through the 1930s helped sell millions of cigars. Busty women, heroes, impish children, sports icons, composers, and more found their way into the advertiser's art and makers would change labels at the drop of the hat if they thought it would help sales. Over 500 of the finest labels are shown in color photographs with a description and current value.

In the highly anticipated new volume in Assouline’s bestselling Ultimate Collection, The Impossible Collection of Cigars envisions the ultimate humidor brimming with the most remarkable cigars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from the most prestigious makers. Like the pop of the Champagne cork, the flick of the lighter or the strike of the match and the first draw of the smoke are synonymous with celebration, relaxation, and comradery. A luxurious pause from the world around, an exceptional, hand-rolled cigar has cemented itself as a civilized passion and genteel hobby over the course of centuries.

The Art of the Cigar Label provides a brief history of the growth of interest in cigar labels as collector's items, and gives advice on identifying old labels, plus tips on values and collecting. Over four hundred full-colour labels are featured.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This beautiful Vintage Cigar Box Art Coffee Table Book contains 78 different full color and size matching images with a nice burgandy border so you can easily cut and frame them. Decorate a themed business or home or proudly display it in your living room. The art is amazing and timeless. The pages are one sided, 8.5" x 11". All 7 cover images are in the book.

Beautiful paper images from cigar boxes are showcased including the finest examples produced by the stone chromolithographic method between 1860 and 1910. The rich historical past that surrounds cigar manufacturing, marketing and their mystique and contemporary anecdotes, poems, and other literary cigar whimsy to amuse and educate.