The Great Habanos Factories - A Review

[smokum]

I have this one. I sat down with it a couple months ago...the illustrations are amazing. My wife even liked it .

[anacostiakat]

All I can find is a "like new" used edition for a yard and a half! :-(

[Trevor2118]

The Great Habanos Factories

Adriano Martinez Rius - First English Edition, 2005

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The English language version of is book was published in 2005. It is a 223 page large format (290mm x 240mm) hardcover book, printed in full colour on quality paper. It contains numerous images including old lithographs.

The original Spanish Edition of this book was published in 2004. It is presumably in the same format.

Copies of the English version are currently available worldwide. Current availability of the Spanish version is unknown.

The author, Adriano Martinez Rius, was for many years (until his retirement) a consultant to the Cuban Tobacco Industry through Cubatabaco & Habanos SA. He was also the honorary consultant for Min Ron Nee's classic "An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolutionary Havana Cigars.

This book is extensively illustrated with photographs and lithograph images. While primarily concerned with the sixteen Great Habanos Factories, there are also sections on the history of cigars and the cigar industries in the Cuban provinces.

This book is as much an illustrative reference as it is a documentary reference. This, combined with the authors knowledge (as an insider), makes this a well worthwhile book to read and own.

Any updates to this review will be available on:

[link]http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/reviews/2004_Habanos_Factories.htm[/link]