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. Here the author has assembled fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes. The accompanying text explains pipe styles, materials, and values. 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. Craftsmen have combined imagination, whim, and fantasy to create pipes of fine artistic value.
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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.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Second Edition, now with value guide. 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. Here the author has assembled fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes. The accompanying text explains pipe styles, materials, and values. 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. Craftsmen have combined imagination, whim, and fantasy to create pipes of fine artistic value. Seller Inventory # LU-9780764305962
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Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 7" x 10"; 254pages; (SC)1998 Price Guide. Mostly b&w photos. B-23. Seller Inventory # ABE-7444897006
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Paperback. Condition: New. Second Edition, now with value guide. 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. Here the author has assembled fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes. The accompanying text explains pipe styles, materials, and values. 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. Craftsmen have combined imagination, whim, and fantasy to create pipes of fine artistic value. Seller Inventory # LU-9780764305962
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Laminated Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition, Revised. Second edition, revised with a price guide, 1998, vi, pp7-254, 2pp publisher adverts, illustrated mainly with black & white photos and drawings with 8pp colour photos, laminated card covers, small price sticker to rear cover. Size: 10 x 7 Inches. Pipes. Seller Inventory # 015088
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Condition: New. Num Pages: 256 pages, 236 b/w photos/32 color illus. BIC Classification: TDP; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 732. . 1998. Revised. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780764305962
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. vi+256pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated covers, preface, intro., col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, diags., bibliog., index. An illustrated guide and historical account of the evolution and development of yesterday's pipe, now with price guide to aid the avid collector. This book traces pipe styles, substances and genres, the craft and the craftsmen. Size: Large Octavo. Book. Seller Inventory # 002851
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