Magazines

Magazines & Journals

A National Cigar Museum Exclusive

A partial listing of magazines and newsletters devoted to making, selling or collecting tobacco products.

Includes select additions.

Red entries indicate additions made after the paper edition was published in 2005.

AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL Vol. IV: No. 33 (Saturday, August 22, 1835), p1. New York City. D.K. Minor (ed.). Excellent masthead illus of train carrying freight.

ANTI-TOBACCO JOURNAL. Vol. VII; No. 7 (May 1st, 1865). 16 page string-bound paper covered 5.5” x 8.5” published by the British Anti-Tobacco Society in London. Generally good condition with 2” pice of border missing on back page as a result of careless removal from scrapbook.

BRANDSTAND: VIEWING THE WORLD OF CIGARETTE COLLECTING. Labor of love journal for cigarette package collectors. Published continually since late 1970's (1978?) by Richard Elliot, now in Georgetown Mass. Many issues from mimeo to modern computer generated in color, including 1978 and other very early. A few articles, here and there, of cigar interest. Fine condition.

BURNING QUESTION, THE. (August 1915 with mailer, July 1917, January 1918, May 1918, August 1918, September 1918, October 1918, November 1918, January 1919, February 1919, March 1919, April 1919, May 1919, June 1919, January 1920, April 1920, May 1920, July 1920, August 1920, October 1920, November 1920, July 1921, October 1921, January 1922, June 1922, October 1922, December 1929, ) 6”x9” magazine published by General Cigar. Forerunner of LONG ASH. 16pp. Attractive covers. Mint condition.

_______. New smaller size: (November 1930, January 1931, June 1931, July 1931, May 1932, June 1932, February 1934) 4.5”x7” magazine published by General Cigar. Forerunner of LONG ASH. 16pp. Mint condition.

BURNING QUESTIONS, Robert Burns and Owl Edition. New York: United Cigar Manufacturers Co, August 1915. 9”x6” paper covered company publication. General Cigar Co. changed name to THE BURNING QUESTION. Own only one United edition.

CANADIAN REVENUE NEWSLETTER. NO. 56 (MARCH Very limited quantity publication. 8.5 x 11. Mint condition. 10pp. Published by Chris Ryan, Toronto.

CIGAR AFICIONADO. Slick full color lifestyle publication aimed at high end audience. Founded in early 1990’s by controversial Marvin Shanken. I’m not qualified to talk about the magazine today as I quit subscribing when it seemed to be mostly ads, rich-folks lifestyle and celebrity puff with little of interest to historians or collectors. Have most early issues unopened in original plastic bags.

CIGAR BOX, THE: A Journal for Cigar Box Manufacturers. v10:#2 (May 1929). 5”x8”. Very scarce. [Have one only]

CIGAR LABEL ART DIGEST. Basically a color price guide and sales catalog with a few articles. 8.5” x 11”. A must for the serious label collector. Copies are $10. Issue 5 dated 2007. Order from InStone, Inc, Dept. NCM, Box 231878, Encinitas, CA 92023

CIGAR LABEL GAZETTE. Lake Forest, CA: Ed Barnes. Various formats in color over the last decade. Now exclusively on web and worth checking out site at <www.cigarlabelgazette.com>.

CIGAR MAGAZINE. Slick full color publication aimed at general audience. Every issue contains worthwhile articles of interest to historians, smokers, and collectors. Founded in late 2004 by popular cigar entrepreneur Lew Rothman. Have first and miscellaneous other issues, well read and marked up.

CIGAR MAGAZINE. Vol. I: No. 1, (Spring / Summer, 1980), 44 pages. Original magazine in fine condition.

CIGAR MAGAZINE, Vol I: No. 1,2,3 (Fall, 1981, Winter 1981, Spring 1982 + some recent issues). Early issues are mint in original mailer. Miscellaneous more recent issues, often marked, underlined and well-thumbed. Generally excellent articles, well written with lots of emphasis on history and background of people and companies.

CIGAR MAKERS' OFFICIAL JOURNAL: Cigar Makers' International Union of America. Washington, DC. Long running. Have various, including September, 1925, issue covering the death of Gompers and the recent Cigar Maker’s Union convention in detail (136pp). Various other issues.

_______. Chicago: Cigar Makers' International Union of America. Vol. XXVII or XXVIII [marked both ways in run) (1903 complete). Fine condition.

THE CIGAR MONTHLY. Published monthly in Chicago by SCCM Publications. 8.5"x11" B/W clay coat paper. Have November 1994, February, April and May, 1995. Not much use.

DUKE'S MAGAZINE Vol. I: No. 8 (undated) 1880's. 5¢. VERY RARE 8 page newsprint 7.5"x10" filled with jokes and racist cartoons. Gorgeous full color center spread of railroad lines delivering tobacco.

DURHAM WHIFFS. Durham, NC: Blackwell’s Durham Tobacco Company, c1880. 6”x8.5” paper covered 8pp cartoon book with heavy child appeal, parodies of nursery rhymes, etc. Mint condition, excellent color print of school children being taught about Durham Smoking Tobacco. Genital gag. Historic treasure.

THE INTERNAL REVENUE RECORD AND CUSTOMS JOURNAL: A Register of Official Information on Internal and Customs Revenue. Vol. IV: No. 4 (Number 82: July 28, 1866), New York. 8 pages , 9.5” x 11.25” newsprint. Disbound. Fine condition. Have (Number 88: September 8, 1866) (Number 96: November 3, 1866) (Number 98: November 17, 1866).

INTERNATIONAL SEAL, LABEL AND CIGAR BAND SOCIETY NEWS BULLETIN. 8.5” x 11” mimeographed 20 page labor of love of Myron “Mickie” Freedman, late of Tucson Arizona. Filled with all sorts of articles contributed by Tom Somerville, me, and lots of other readers. Started in 1934 or 1957. Not sure of ending date in 1990’s. Have 20 issues from 1970’s, scattered other. Noted for identifying and cataloging various band shapes. Ten part series on brands of American Tobacco Company during Trust days.

LONG ASH, THE: Magazine published by General Cigar, aimed at retailers. Have (June 1937, October 1937, November 1937, January 1938, March-April 1938, October 1938, December 1938, March 1939, October 1939, November-December 1939, June 1942, Fall 1944, Winter 1944, Spring 1945, Fall 1945 and Fall 1950). 4.5” x 7”.

MY CIGAR. Boston Cigar Club, sold through American News Co, New York. Vol. I: No. 1 (Saturday, December 5, 1874), 8pp. 7"x10" newsprint. Some interesting articles including sale of first Virginia tobacco, another about cigars in 1824, another about California.

NEWS & VIEWS. Published in Leesburg, FL, by the United States Cartophilic Society "devoted to Propagating, enhancing, and preserving the hobby of cigarette and trade card collecting." Have only one copy (Number 4, March 1986).

PAST TIMES. Near complete [?] run. Antique Advertising Association of America 8-12 page club newsletter in color, founded in the early 1990’s. Interesting, with focus on tin and the goal of keeping “wordage to a minimum” as pictures are “more interesting than the prose,” the attitude of most tin collectors. I don’t agree.

PIPE SMOKER’S EPHEMERIS. Large labor of love mimeographed 50 to 100 page stapled publication founded by Tom Dunn in 1965 and shipped free for 40 years to anyone who asked. Focus on pipes, pipe makers, pipe tobacco, pipe literature and Sherlock Holmes with some cigar content. Folksy, largely written by members of Dunn’s informal The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers about their experiences and travels smoking. B/W illus.

SMOKE: Published every month by and in the interests of the Independent Cigar Dealers. Seattle. V1:#12 (December 1913) [x]

THE SMOKERS COMPANION. Vol. 1: #3 (May, 1927). New York: Companion Publishing Company, Inc. 8"x11" magazine of 128pp, Lots of interesting ads. complete and good condition. Fiction not history, alas.

SOUTHERN CULTURES. THE TOBACCO ISSUE (Summer 2006). Seven articles with emphasis on curing, cigarettes and promotion of same. 108 page, 7” x 10” perfect-bound magazine published by the University of North Carolina Press, , Chapel Hill, NC.

STONE PRESS. 8pp b/w n8.5"x11" newsletter published by Cigar Label Collectors International (Joe & Sue Davidson). Have misc issues 1994-97. Some good content.

THE TAG AND STAMP HERALD. Published by F.W. Finzer & Co., proprietors of the Old Honesty Tag Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Have only a Xerox copy of an 1887 letter from the publisher. Have no other information about the publication.

TIN TYPE. Clark Secrist, founder and editor. Vol. I Number 1 May 1971-end of run. First four volumes xeroxed, complete, or near complete, run with index. First twelve volumes are heat bound. Interesting, including some good history features on various tin manufacturers.

TOBACCIANA COLLECTORS OF AMERICA, Vol. 1: #1 & 2. Independence, MO: Glen Enloe, 1987. 8.5"x11" paper b/w litho newsletter. Original very rare publication (only 11 subscribers listed). No significant content.

TOBACCO. “The Only Paper Published Exclusively for Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Cigars, Manufactured Tobacco and Smokers’ Articles.” New York: T.H. Delano Publishing Company. Have various scattered issues around the turn of the century. 28 pages illustrated weekly news tabloid on quality paper. Lots of ads and information.

TOBACCO: A Monthly Trade Journal for the Importer, Exporter, Manufacturer, and Retailer of Tobacco. #468 (December 1, 1919). Full size British magazine (150 pp) in "Our 39th year." Near mint condition except for water stain and small tear on cover. Full of info, ads, articles.

–––––. DAILY TOBACCO. Special daily edition of the above published September 3, 1907 during the Madison Square Garden Tobacco Exposition. 7”x10” paper covered illustrated 24pp publication focussing on the show. British slant. Plenty of ads. Not known whether other other days exist today or ever. Punch cancelled at show. Small stains on cover, ink smear from being hot off press, interior excellent.

TOBACCO JAR NEWS. A quarterly bulletin of the Society of Tobacco Jar Collectors. Have a few scattered issues from early 90’s, including Vol 2 #2, others.

TOBACCO JOBBER, THE: The Only National Magazine of the Wholesale Tobacco Trade. v3:#7 (July 1928). Digest size mag. Various articles.

THE TOBACCO LEAF. “The Weekly Newspaper devoted to the progress of the Tobacco Industry in all of its branches.” 60 pager at TOC, 32 pager in the 1950s weekly illustrated news tabloid founded in 1865. I subscribed for a while in the 1950s Have various issues around TOC and mid 50s.

THE TOBACCO WORKER, THE. Louisville, KY: Jobson Printing, November 1907, Vol. II, No. 2. 25pp. semi-illustrated with advertisements. [mag]

THE TOBACCO WORLD. “Devoted to the Interests of Importers, Packers, Leaf Dealers, Tobacco and Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers.” 24 page illustrated weekly news tabloid founded in 1881. Philadelphia: Tobacco World Publishing Co. Scattered issues around the turn of the century. Lots of ads and information.

SMOKESHOP, ASHTRAY, TIN TAG publications. A few dozen 1860-1960 newspapers and magazines

TOBACCONIST: THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RTDA. Cockeysville, Maryland. Have Vol. XIV: No. 3 (June 2003). Back cover creases, otherwise fine.

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