A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes (Schiffer Book for Collectors) - Couverture souple

Rapaport, Ben

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ISBN 10 : 0764305964 ISBN 13 : 9780764305962

Editeur : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0764305964
• ISBN 13: 9780764305962
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible