The Cigar Connoisseur: An Illustrated History and Guide to the World's Finest Cigars (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Andrew Lande (Author)

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As cigar smoking increases in popularity, some sort of a guide to cigars may be accounted most useful. Lande, director of Time World News service and executive producer of NBC and CBS, details here the history of cigars; their production; great names that are linked to cigars, such as Churchill and F.D.R.; profiles of great cigar makers; and, most important for the novice cigar smoker, a guide for the selecting and smoking of cigars. To aid the selection process, there's an illustrated guide to some of the best cigar brands. The book itself is illustrated throughout, with cigar-box, -band, and -ring art, along with photographs. There is a small error: John Rolfe, not John Smith, was the New World's first tobacco planter and the husband of Pocahontas. For pertinent collections.?Robert A. Curtis, Taylor Memorial P.L., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

An exquisitely produced introduction to the prestige item of the '90s, lavishly illustrated with rare art, covers five dozen of the best cigar brands in the world, accessories, etiquette, and more. A special double-gatefold spread shows 30 of the most popular cigar sizes. 340 full-color and 50 b&w illustrations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter (November 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517708469
• ISBN-13: 978-0517708460
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #810,855 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource and a Pleasure to leaf through, April 20, 1999

By A Customer

Wonderful interviews with the Giants of the Cigar Industry, beautiful photos of Cigars, Boxes, Bands, Tobacco plants, roller's tables, etc. A comprehensive history and primer on the origins, journeys, and incarnations of the Smoke Tube. A great addition to any Cigar Smoker's table.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, well-written , informative and comprehensive ., July 4, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Karmiel, Israel) - See all my reviews

The secret of this book's success is that it organizes and presents information already well-known to the cigar aficionado in a most appealing format. Publishers and editors of reference books would do well to see what the Landes have done in this most readable work.