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| Title | Tobacco: Its History and Associations; Including an Account of the Plant and Its Manufacture; with Its Modes of Use in All Ages and Countries |
| Author | Frederick William Fairholt |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1876 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 332 pages |
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