Download or read book The Collector's Guide to Vintage Cigarette Packs written by Joe Giesenhagen and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cigarette packaging from the 1880s to the present display the extraordinary creative effort tobacco companies have exerted to make their cigarettes appear exotic, luxurious, colorful, feminine, masculine, festive, and even medicinal. This book includes color photographs of over 4000 different packs of cigarettes and in-depth listings of merchants, vendors, factory numbers, merchant codes, up-to-date pricing information, and anecdotes of the industry. Advertising designers and tobacco collectors will be amazed.