A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes

Author: Benjamin Rapaport
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780916838225
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
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.

Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes

Author: Ben Rapaport
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764307652
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Antique meerschaum pipes and tobacciana are presented in text and nearly 300 color photos, from diminutive cigarette holders to massive sculptured pipes, many made over 150 years ago. No wonder pipe collectors are passionate about these exceptional works of art!

Collector's Guide to Indian Pipes

Author: Lar Hothem
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
This unique value guide showcases highly personal, well-made smoking instruments. Informational sections on how pipes were made, what to look for and what to avoid when collecting pipes. Other pipe facts and finds are also included. Over 1,000 color photos.

The Pipe Book

Author: Alfred Dunhill
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black
ISBN:
Category : Pipe smoking
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description

Claude Raguet Hirst

Author: Claude Raguet Hirst
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9780918881540
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
This is the first publication devoted to Hirst's oils and watercolors and her transformation of the still life painting through the creation of works that appeal to both men and women, contrasting with her male contemporaries who painted primarily for a male audience. 72 colour& 29 b/w illustrations

Waterstone's Guide to Books

Author: Waterstone & Co
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951258989
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1760

Book Description

The Pipe Book

Author: Alfred Dunhill
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517161876
Category : Pipe smoking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In 1907, in London, Alfred Dunhill, a young man in his early 30s, opened his first tobacconist's shop. It was an instant success, custom blending individual tobaccos as well as carrying smokers' accoutrements. Dunhill began to develop a collection of pipes from around the world, which was then catalogued. From this emerged, in 1924, THE PIPE BOOK, which has rarely been out of print since that date. With black and white photographs as well as line drawings of the vast variety available up to that time, this is a remarkable reference work. Included are: , Primitive makeshift, mound, and earthen pipes , Modern briars, cobs, and meerschaums , Water pipes, Far Eastern, Indian, and African pipes , Pipe mysteries, histories, and rituals As entertaining as it is informative, THE PIPE BOOK is a unique treasure.

Clay Tobacco Pipes and the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains

Author: Michael A. Pfeiffer
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0978908317
Category : Clay tobacco pipes
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Clay tobacco pipes are a unique form of artifact that has been recovered from the earliest colonial period sites to those of the early twentieth century. Archaeologists have found this artifact category useful for interpretive purposes due to their rapid technological and typological change, decoration, and maker's marks. Lack of adequate reporting in older site reports precludes a wide range of interpretive values intrinsic to this artifact category. A detailed study of tobacco pipe assemblages from the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains, in an 1800 to 1890s time frame, demonstrates the interpretive value of this category on an intrasite, regional, and interregional basis. The detailed analysis given the pipes and pipe assemblages provides a historical background that encompasses the artifacts, the manufacturers, the sites, the relationships of the sites, and their place in the development of these regions. These tobacco pipes reflect the marketing and trade histories of these regions as well as many of the cultural subgroups.

Rare Smoke

Author: Richard Carleton Hacker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931253102
Category : Tobacco pipes
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Collectible Pipes

Author: Jean Rebeyrolles
Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
This volume features pipes from all over the world, carved and molded in a vast array of forms, including classical models, some depicting human faces, others animals, arms, legs, shells, and a wide selection of out of the ordinary examples.