| A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes Contributor(s): Rapaport, Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 0764305964 ISBN-13: 9780764305962 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1998 Annotation: This book considers the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pipe collectors. Fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes are shown in many styles, values, and materials including briars, corn cobs, meerschaum, porcelain, ivory, amber, silver, gold, semi-precious stones, and rare woods. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles - Technology & Engineering | Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades - Cooking |
| Dewey: 688.420 |
| LCCN: 98221598 |
| Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.97" W x 9.95" (1.56 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |