A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0916838226 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here the author has assembled fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes. This is the first American book to consider the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pipe collectors. The accompanying text explains pipe styles, materials, and values. Craftsmen have combined imagination, whim, and fantasy to create pipes of fine artistic value.. Besides present-day briars and corn cobs, pipes can be found made of meerschaum, porcelain, ivory, amber, silver, gold, semi-precious stones and rare woods
Ben Rapaport has been an avid pipe collector for more than twenty years and is the author of A Tobacco Source Book (1972). Included are his suggestions for repairs and restoration to pipes. . His interest has led him to acquire a great library for tobacco research, which he shares in the form of a chapter of recommended reading
Excellant Overview of Collecting Pipes and Pipe History Rough Customer I got the hardback, older 1979 first edition of this book, which is a little larger physically than the new 1998 paperback book, the hardback measures about 7.5"x10.5" and has the same 256 pages as the paperback. The book is excellant, and has mainly black and white photographs, and a section 4 pages of color plates. The information covered is the standard pipe types, clay, porcelain, metal, wood, as well a. "Neat item for my Gentlemans Parlor room" according to JoAnn Carey. Really enjoy having this.it fits right into my theme of pipes and digars. I will see about ordering again for a family member. husband my husband uses it for a collection of pipes that he got from his uncle and it has helped with there values
About the Author Ben Rapaport has been an avid pipe collector for more than twenty years and is the author of A Tobacco Source Book (1972). His interest has led him to acquire a great library for tobacco research, which he shares in the form of a chapter of recommended reading. . Included are his suggestions for repairs and restoration to pipes