DR. FAUST CIGAR LABEL- 1884-SCHUMACHER & ETTLINGER-NEW YORK-SALESMAN'S SAMPLE

Today, in the Tabacalera A Fuente factory, each Cuesta-Rey cigar is 100% handmade. This is why each cigar is made firm and solid, while still providing an easy draw. The finest Dominican and Brazilian aged long filler tobaccos are skillfully blended with specially selected mello Dominican binder. The cigars are finished with prime grade Connecticut Shade wrapper. Cuesta-Rey cigars are then placed in a special cedar aging room for 35 days. Here is where the various individual tobaccos become one smooth, compatible blend. The result is a consistently superb tasting cigar.

This collection of short-short fiction by Michael Swanwick contains more than 70 stories in fewer than 100 pages. Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always entertaining, these are prime examples of a recently resurrected literary form. The title piece is a five-minute condensation of a classic of Western literature, featuring a cigar-cutter as Mephistopheles, a box of matches in the roles of Helen of Troy, an Angel of the Lord, the Light of Ontology, and a cigar as Faust himself. Swanwick's bravura imagination has resulted in a separate story for every letter of the alphabet and another set of tales for every planet in the solar system. Additionally, there is a clutch of alternate autobiographies, a novella of decadence and corporate politics in a future Venice that has been boiled down to 416 words, Picasso and Philip K. Dick as existential heroes, and a rhyme for orange.

Today, in the Tabacalera A Fuente factory, each Cuesta-Rey cigar is 100% handmade. This is why each cigar is made firm and solid, while still providing an easy draw. The finest Dominican and Brazilian aged long filler tobaccos are skillfully blended with specially selected mello Dominican binder. The cigars are finished with prime grade Connecticut Shade wrapper. Cuesta-Rey cigars are then placed in a special cedar aging room for 35 days. Here is where the various individual tobaccos become one smooth, compatible blend. The result is a consistently superb tasting cigar.

  (Paperback edition now out of print). A comprehensive exploration of Dr. Faust, the man who sold his soul to the devil, and those who dared to tell his tale.Volume I includes:* Insights into the life and times of the historical Dr. Faustus, the notorious occultist who declared the devil was his 'brother-in-law'.* A detailed study of the Faust books and popular folk tales.* Original discussions on Marlowe's drama and his 'atheistic' rendition of the Faustian myth, including a unique and controversial analysis of the A and B texts.*The days of the Faust puppet plays.*Lessing's unfinished Faust drama. Volume II features: *An in-depth account of J.W. von Goethe, his Faust, Parts One and Two, plus an examination of the early sketches of his classic drama.*Unique, informative exposition of the chronological composition of Goethe's drama in connection with his biography showing every creative influence step by step.* Includes revelations of Goethe's hidden symbolism in the text, his interest in history and science, the occult, alchemy, Freemasonry and his warnings to future generations.       "As a compendium of useful facts, there's not likely to be a replacement any time soon. Bucchianeri pursues every avenue of Faustian analogue with a dogged persistence that would win accolades from Ahab. ... Bucchianeri's unceasing search for source materials brings together in one place the many texts that build the Faust legend from the late Middle Ages onward, ..." - Dr. K.A. Laity, College of Saint Rose, Journal of Folklore Research        "... two large-format volumes is sure to provide enterprising readers with a lavish diet of documentary matter, commentary, and conjecture on the Faust tradition from its medieval origins to the 'almost unapproachable zenith' which it attained in the year of Goethe's demise. ... Bucchianeri investigates each controversial incident in turn, drawing parallels with historical figures, Dante's Divine Comedy, Arthurian and other late medieval legends, and citing sources which range from the Bible to Copernican astronomy. ... The distinctive quality of Bucchianeri's commentary lies in tireless contextualization, with each incident in Faust's career related to specific historical events, cultural phenomena, or to background circumstances; ... In Volume II, key stages of Goethe's career are graphically recounted with the help of over two thousand footnotes ... there is no denying the near-boundless enthusiasm with which Bucchianeri approaches even the most recondite passages of Faust II." - Dr. Osman Durrani, University of Kent, Modern Language Review

Cigar Box Labels: Portraits of Life, Mirrors of History pays tribute to cigars and the pictorial glory of Victorian-era cigar box labels, a unique form of commercial advertising that flourished in the business place a century ago and helped drive cigars to widespread prominence in American society. Those who fancy these stunningly beautiful paper images as a hobby are in the midst of the hottest area of antique tobacco advertising collecting today. Showcased here are some of the finest and most desirable examples produced by the old stone chromolithographic method between 1860 and 1910. This book also explores some of the rich historical past that surrounds cigars-their manufacture, marketing, and, most of all, their mystique. Also featured is a potpourri of contemporary anecdotes, poems, and other bits of literary whimsy designed to amuse, educate, and titillate the imagination.

Cigar box labels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were not only amusing and beautiful to admire, they were a testament to the printing process of chromolithography and an important precursor to today’s methods of product advertising. Labeling America: Cigar Box Designs as Reflections of Popular Culture showcases the unique collection of John Grossman which covers 90 years of cigar box labels and bands printed by four generations of George Schlegel Lithographers. What makes this archive unique is that the Schlegel Company kept meticulous sample albums and files showing an unbroken record of American graphic style evolution. The work of many other lithographers of that era either destroyed or irreversibly dispersed their work.  Now housed at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, the carefully cataloged Grossman collection gives a glimpse into life at the turn of the century, when over 5 billion cigars were being sold in the United States via boxes with colorful labels depicting everything from women, animals, and sports icons to actors, heroes, and political figures. This book takes these beautifully printed slices of American culture and combines them with the history of chromolithography into an interesting story of America’s changing tastes and graphic standards.

89 miniature works of art from cigar boxes depicting lovely ladies associated with such brands as Blue Belle, La Coqueta, and Madame Butterfly; portraits of Tom Mix, Sherlock Holmes, and other celebrities; as well as pictures of cowboys, sailors, racehorses, and more. All lend themselves to a variety of royalty-free applications.

Admired for their fine detail and decorative flourishes, the labels that once adorned cigar boxes were masterpieces of early commercial art. The high-quality, royalty-free graphics in this CD-ROM and book set include 89 of these attractive designs, among them images of lovely ladies, cowboys, sailors, dogs, eagles, racehorses, and other miniature works of art.