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Very good. Hardcover in very good condition; no dustjacket as issued. Interior is clean & bright. Pictorial boards show mild bumping to edges of spine & minor shelf wear/rubbing. 146 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very good. Inscribed by author on fep. vi, 146, [] pages. Illustrations. A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaf, rolled in a series of types and sizes, that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Ecuador Nicaragua, Panama, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canary Islands (Spain), Italy and the Eastern United States. The origins of cigar smoking are still unknown. In Guatemala, a ceramic pot dating back to the tenth century features a Mayan smoking tobacco leaves tied together with a string. Sikar, the term for smoking used by the Maya, may have inspired the name cigar. Paul B. K. Garmirian earned his Ph.D. cum laude in International Politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington DC in 1975. He lectured on Politics and International Marketing and managed his real estate firm in McLean Virginia until 1990. Paul Garmirian's passion has always resulted in the enjoyment of fine cigars. This quest has led him around the world and journals of his travels are contained in his book The Gourmet Guide To Cigars. Paul Garmirian's interest in cigars led to his 7 years of researching and 2 years of writing the Gourmet Guide To Cigars originally published in 1990. The Gourmet Guide has been re-printed ten times including the Spanish version Guia Gourmet del Cigarro which was published in 1993. The publication of his book resulted in the opportunity to work with Hendrik Kelner, President of Tabacos Dominicanos and Eladio Diaz his chief blender in Santiago, the Dominican Republic. What followed was experimentation and hard work by extremely skilled and talented Dominican artisans whose spirit and innovation fused the PG Cigar into existence. The initial release of the PG line consisted of the traditional Cuban sizes which were introduced at Georgetown Tobacco in Washington DC in November of 1990. The first PG cigars were officially released nationwide at a cigar dinner in Chicago on May 1st 1991.
This book would be mostly of interest to those who smoke Cuban cigars or Garmirian brand cigars. Pretty much an advertisement for his own cigars with a lot of outdated information and opinions. Out of the two dozen cigar books I have read this was the least interesting.
