"An Arm-Chair in the Smoking-Room: or Fiction, Anecdote, Humour, and Fancy for Dreamy Half-Hours" - with Notes on Cigars, Meerschaums, and Smoking, from Various Pens. There is no date of publication stated, but there is an inscription to a Civil War Captain on the half title page dated 1884. Stanley Rivers and Co.; London.
The book contains 26 sketches - here are a few examples:
* Flirtations
* Chess Gossip
* The Story I He ard in the Smoking-Room
* The Ethics of Love Affairs
* Thoughts over good a Picture and a Pipe
* Bridesmaids, Wedding-Breakfasts, and Wedding-Speeches
* The Gullibility of Man
* A Pipe of Tobacco
* Smoking Strictly Prohibited
* Concerning Cigars: How to Select Them
Condition:
Light soiling to covers; bumped corners. Crack at front hinge. Light foxing throughout. A few pages at the front of the book have some pencil lines in the outer margins. Inscription in pen on half title page to a Civil War soldier - "Captn C.M. [Charlie] Callahan, 4th Cavalry, Fort McDowell, 1884"
Product code: C. 1880's An Arm-Chair in the Smoking-Room, Fiction, Anecdote, Humour, Cigars Pipes Smoking good