Snuff Literature

Snuff House Library
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A list of books dealing with Snuff. Feel free to give me a hint if a book is missing. English:

  1. All About Snuff and Snuff Taking, The Society of Snuff Grinders Blenders & Purveyors, €3, nice little article collection written by snuff producers, including a list of producers and their products, (+)
  2. All About Snuff and Snuff Taking, West (ed.), around 1963, (I do not own it yet)
  3. A Pinch of Snuff (read at Google Books) (do not confuse with novel by Roman von Hill), Dean Snift, 1840, (I do not own it yet)
  4. Snuff, Ursula Bourne, Shire, 1990, ISBN: 0747800898, €3.80, nice summary of Snuff history, some details about English Snuff producers and Snuff shops, (o)
  5. Snuff-Taking, Its Utility in Preventing Bronchitis, Murray, 1870, (I do not own it yet)
  6. Snuff Yesterday and Today, Shepherd, 1963, €23.00,(I have not read it yet)
  7. The Early Snuff Mills of New Jersey, Weiss, 1962, (I do not own it yet)
  8. The Old Snuff House of Fribourg & Treyer at the Rasp & Crown 1720-1920 (Ebook), Evans, 1921, €65.00,(I have not read it yet)
  9. The Snuff-Mill Story, Prentis, 1970, (I do not own it yet)
  10. The Snuff Shop, John Arlott, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1974, ISBN: 0718112474, €15.99, containing historical and more or less current information about Fribourg & Treyer, the English Snuff shop, general information about Snuff in the UK, giving a good impression about the shop and its history, (o)
  11. The Wilsons of Sharrow, M. H. F. Chaytor, 1962, (I do not own it yet)
  12. Tobacco: A cultural history of how an exotic plant seduced civilization, Iain Gately, 2002, ISBN: 0802139604, (I do not own it yet)
  13. Tobacco (including “A Pinch of Snuff” by Dean Snift), Steinmetz, 1840, (I do not own it yet)
  14. Tobacco: it’s History & Associations (Ebook), Fairholt, (I do not own it yet)
  15. Kendal Brown: The History of Kendal’s Tobacco and Snuff Industry, J. W. Dunderdale, 2003, ISBN: 0954049756, €16.00 (+)
  16. Nicotiana or the Smokers and Snuff-Taker’s Companion, Henry Meller, 1834, (I do not own it yet)
  17. Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking, Pinto, 1961, (I do not own it yet)
    German:
  18. Das Schnupf-Büchlein, Gebrüder Bernard, 1935, (I do not own it yet)
  19. Das Schnupftabakbücherl, Heidemarie Brosche, Bayerland, 2003, ISBN: 3892513309, €7.95, short summary of the history of Snuff with some facts, (o)
  20. Das Taschenbuch vom Schnupftabak, Klaus D. Hartel, Heyne, 1980, ISBN: 3453410289, €2.95, detailed informations about the history of Snuff, types of Snuff with some recipes, (+)
  21. Exkurs über das Schnupfen, den Schnupftabak, medizinische Schnupfpulver sowie das Niesen, H. J. Döring, Biomesstechnik-Verlag GmbH, 1992, ISBN: 3924638144, €10.00, academic description about sneezing caused by Sneezing Powder and Snuff with over 50 old recipes for Sneezing Powder, mostly without tobacco, (o)
  22. Handbuch des Tabakhandels, H. Aschenbrenner and Günther Stahl, Oldenburger Verlagshaus, 1950, ASIN: B0000BFY5K, €31.00, containing great information about the manufacturing of Snuff including many recipes, a must for people interested in the different Snuff types and their manufacturing methods, (o)
  23. Mißbrauch des Schnupftabaks, Cohausen, 1720, (I do not own it yet)
  24. “Schnupf, Bruder!”, Heiner Schaefer, Morsak, 1985, ISBN: 3875532295, €32,90, (I do not own it yet)
  25. Schnupftabackbrevier, Kurt Schöning, Heimeran, 1975, ISBN: 3776501995, €0.99, detailed information about the history of Snuff, famous Snuff takers with some poems and short stories, (+)
  26. Schnupftabak & Charivari, Werner Schlierf, Ludwig, 1982, ISBN: 3778732145, only three pages about Snuff, €2.98 (-)
  27. Tabakgenuss ohne Reue, G. J. Härtel und M. Rapp, GPS-Verlag, 1982, ISBN: 3923291000, €15.00, overview about the history of Snuff with some more or less interesting thoughts, (o)
  28. Tabak-Historie, ISBN: 3570091430, (I do not own it yet)
  29. Tabak seit Anno Tobak, Claus und Liselotte Hansmann, Bruckmann, 1961, ASIN: B0000BJ2QY, good summary of the history of tobacco including Snuff, nice pictures, €1.10 (+)
    Polish
  30. Tabaka na Kaszubach i Kociewiu, Jerzy Zając & Edward Zimmermann, Snuff on Kaszuby and Kociew, (I do not speak Polish)
    Magazines containing articles about Snuff: German:
  31. GEO Magazin, Die Trutzburg des starken Tobaks, Wolfgang Michal, Gruner & Jahr, 01/1996, € 1.20, nice article about Snuff with some great pictures, basically about Gebrüder Bernard, (+)
    Legend: (-) = no need to read (o) = read it if you want to (+) = recommendable to read Books reviews are linked from the title. A hint for book collectors: If you are looking for old tobacco and snuff books, not available at the common stores, I could arrange a contact to a book collector and seller. If interested, just let me know and I give you contact details. He is also fluent in German.
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A Pinch of Snuff by Dean Snift is available to read on Google books. I posted this on the Snufftalk board 1 June, but I guess that no one is checking on the board in Andy’s absence. I understand that a pdf of the book is available at that Yahoo group. http://books.google.com/books?id=gdwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA127&dq=lundy+foot’s#PPA126,M1

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E-book versions of Pinto’s “Wooden Bygones…” & Curtis’ book on snuffboxes are available at: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=snuff%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20collection%3Auniversallibrary

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Alex; you can add Fairholt’s Tobacco: it’s History & Associations to the list of e-books. Fairholt

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Snuff and Snuff Boxes: Hugh Mcausland, Batchworth Press, London 1951 The Book of Snuff and Snuff Boxes, Matoon M. Curtis, Liverwright Publishing Corporation, New York, 1935. The Mcausland is a gem but of course well out of print. The second is less readable and has a much more dated style

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Nicotiana: The Smoker’s & Snuff-taker’s Companion Another old classic available at Google, Alex.

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Snuff Yesterday and Today is available at Snufftalk: Book Link

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German Language Page "WIE UND WORAUS DER SCHNUPFTABAK GEMACHT WIRD: ODER MANCHE MÖGENS GESCHMALZEN " Entertaining short article that some of you may find interesting interesting.

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Monographia del tabacco by Giuseppe Mauro (1866) in Italian from Google Books contains a lot of information on the old Italian snuffs: Book Link

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De tabaks- en sigaren-fabrikant: leerrijke voorschriften omtrent de behandeling en bereiding van geurigen rook-tabak, derzelver kultuur en soorten kennis, het vervaardigen der beste en welriekendste sigaren, fijnste snuifsoorten, als ook van den zoogenaamden pruimtabak by Emanuel Schreiber (1867) Book Link in Dutch and looks pretty exhaustive.

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El tabaco: su historia, su estancamiento by Victoriano Felip (1854) in Spanish Book Link

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The British Perfumer: being a collection of choice receipts… by Charles Lillie (1822) Book Link I’ve been waiting for Google to make this one available for quite some time. A must read for anyone interested in the early history of snuff in England.

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No, but there is a copy available: Link

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The seven sisters of sleep: popular history of the seven prevailing narcotics of the world (Google eBook) http://tinyurl.com/3o8swsv Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, 1860) Contains a good section on tobacco & snuff.

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OT books you all might enjoy: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18096 - “The Social History of Smoking” - haven’t read this one yet… it’s been sitting on my Kindle for months http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18934 - “My Lady Nicotine” a (fictional?) story of a man and his group of friends that get together to smoke pipes in 19th century London and the little adventures they have. Highly recommended read. Both are public domain books that are free to download in a variety of formats.

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TOBACCO: ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCE, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS VARIOUS MODES OF USE, FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY UNTIL NOW. BY E. R. BILLINGS. 1875 The title pretty much tells it all, comes with a chapter devoted to snuff.

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This might have be a good read to the German speakers - http://www.buchfreund.de/covers/12879/53947.jpg