The Ultimate Cigar Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

~ Julian Holland (Author)

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Product Description

Recent years have seen a renaissance in cigar appreciation, with specialty shops, clubs and even restaurants devoted to the pleasure of premium cigars. With over 1,000 full-color photographs, this book combines a fascinating look at the history of tobacco with a comprehensive photographic directory of the finest cigars in the world. Enthusiasts will discover how to choose a premium cigar, and to ensure it's authenticity. Premium cigars with their myriad sizes, colors, brands and boxes are portrayed. A comprehensive directory of cigars surveys over 120 major brands, from classic Havanas such as Cohiba, Bolivar and Davidoff. The cigars are listed country by country, with information on taste and manufacture and at-a-glance charts on the sizes available. This is a comprehensive resource to one of the fascinating and popular pleasures of life.

About the Author

Julian Holland is a writer, researcher and photographer who has written several books on a wide variety of subjects. Neil Millington started his career with Alfred Dunhill, and is now Manager of the Havana Club in Knightsbridge, London, renowned for its wide selection of premium Cuban cigars.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lorenz Books (October 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185967755X
• ISBN-13: 978-1859677551
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,327,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best source on cigars that I could find for a beginner., February 20, 2002

By A Customer

This is a great book! Opinions are based as a newcomer to cigar smoking. Its biggest attribute are the pictures through out; even though one of the cigars being built appears to be a counterfeit, page 35 (Cohiba). The cigar directory has just about every popular brand from every major contributing country. The pictures in this section are fabulous. Each different size is clearly shown with crisp bands. Also each brand is accompanied with a summary about itself.

The beginning of the book goes into such topics as tobacco, how cigars are made, shapes, guide to sizes, cigar quality, purchasing, counterfeits, packaging, labels, bands, cutting, and of course smoking and more. A fair sized book with 256 pages. I bought my copy off the bargain rack and to this day, I would have paid twice as much for it.

Michael

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BOOK ABOUT CIGARS, April 23, 2000

By	RODRIGO BUENO (Brasília, Brasil) - See all my reviews

It's really a great book to people who like to know everything about cigars. It has information about more than 200 cigar brands, 100 colour photos and many more! No more comments, it's really the best book about cigars!