The Art of the Cigar Label

by Joe Davidson

Relates the history and growth of the tobacco and lithography industries and offers information on values, collecting, and identifying old cigar labels. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555214363
• ISBN13: 9781555214364
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Wellfleet
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.5" x 1.0" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Complete and engrossing

How interesting can old American cigar labels be? Enough to fill up a full color 250 page coffee table book, at least. The book is more than just a compendium of old labels from deceased brands, but a history lesson, a seminar in the materials and processes used in generating the labels, and a discussion of the various themes explored in the artwork, i.e. patriotism, women, theater, sports and gambling, cowboys & indians, you name it. Finally, there is some very informative stuff on collecting cigar art, searching for historic labels and estimating value. The book is the most complete work on the subject of this type of collectable Americana, and as such is recommended to all interested in the field.

Outstanding collection of a lost Americana art form

Any true collector will appreciate Davidson's initial edition, and followup version, "Smoker's Art". For those of us who pore over piles of stuff seaching for a winner, be it cigar labels or anything else, this book is a treasure trove of high quality art.

A superb reference of label art,clear,colorful, & detailed.

As a graphic designer this book has served me well on many projects. It is detailed with a large display of labels that are well reproduced for the viewer. The catagories add a variety subjects to the art of labels which is why many of us feel this book is like a bible. It is the most complete book so far on this subject.