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.

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.

Rare Smoke

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

Book Description

Weber's Guide to Pipes and Pipe Smoking

Author: Carl Weber
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781438288512
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
The road to true pipe smoking pleasure is neither long nor hard. A good pipe properly filled with carefully selected tobaccos, and smoked with care and skill, will reward its owner with unmatched taste and aroma. The pipe smoker never seeks stimulation through inhaling. On the contrary, the very act of lighting the pipe and smoking it will take his mind off his troubles and induce a relaxed frame of mind. The sole purpose of this book is to help the smoker achieve these rare moments of serenity, which are increasingly hard to come by in the accelerating pace of the modern world.

The Pipe Book

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

Book Description

The European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe

Author: Ben Rapaport
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764346460
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Here is the first illustrated retrospective of the storied evolution and continental acceptance of the porcelain pipe. The history of these beautiful pipes is covered in over 145 brilliant photos and detailed, informative text, from their revolutionary introduction as early objets d'art to their eventual eclipse as twentieth century kitsch. While the history, manufacture, and use of clay, meerschaum, and briar tobacco pipes have been thoroughly documented, the authors have now crafted a chronicle about porcelain tobacco pipes. This pipe originated with an eighteenth-century, European design developed in France and in Germany and its production spanned roughly 250 years. Porcelain pipes for student life, sporting coats of arms, commemorating military campaigns, adorned with a wide range of flora and fauna, and much more are illustrated and described. Whether you are a pipe smoker, pipe collector, or someone who appreciates antique and vintage porcelain objects, this vivid narrative is a fascinating read.

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.

Waterstone's Guide to Books

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

Book Description

European Pipes

Author: Fresco
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780718825355
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Collecting small antiques can be of absorbing interest, partly because the items are easy to display and partly because they can be found in a great variety of places, including antique shops, public auctions, bric-a-brac stalls, garage sales and flea markets. Each title in this series is written by an expert in his or her chosen subject...with a wealth of practical advice to help the novice over any initial hurdles, guidance on prices and over 100 illustrations to help with identification.

The Art of Opium Antiques

Author: Steven Martin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Explores an aspect of opium that has largely been ignored--the art and accoutrements associated with opium smoking that reached a pinnacle in nineteenth-century China and in Chinese communities abroad, from Saigon to Singapore to San Francisco.