A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes
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Identifier
0-7643-0596-4
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Series
Schiffer Book for Collectors
Edition
2nd Edition
Edition Notes
Revised
Now with Price Guide
Now with Price Guide
Pages
254
Condition
Good
Listing Title
Antique Smoking Pipes – History Types Makers Values / Scholarly Book + Values
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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO COLLECTING ANTIQUE PIPES – 2nd Edition – Now with Price Guide by Benjamin Rapaport, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., PA, 1979/1998.
Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this book is guide provides an historical account of the evolution and development of antique pipes. “It traces pipe styles, substances and genre, the craft and the craftsmen. Antique pipes of meerschaum, porcelain, clay, assorted woods and other substances were the expressions of people who created them for visual as well as nicotine pleasures. Some pipes were exotic and exquisite works of art, others ere whimsical and fanciful. These and hundreds of others are illustrated in this book along with specimen pages of old catalogues and lithographs of pipes.” The result of this scholarly survey is “a colorful, informative and educational tool for the collector, mature or would-be, the researcher, the tobacco historian, the ethnologist or anyone who loves art in any form for the author has convincingly proved that the antique pipe is high art.”
7” x 10” softback in very good condition. 254 pages.
FREE media mail shipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for internationa
Illustrated in color and black-and-white, this book is guide provides an historical account of the evolution and development of antique pipes. “It traces pipe styles, substances and genre, the craft and the craftsmen. Antique pipes of meerschaum, porcelain, clay, assorted woods and other substances were the expressions of people who created them for visual as well as nicotine pleasures. Some pipes were exotic and exquisite works of art, others ere whimsical and fanciful. These and hundreds of others are illustrated in this book along with specimen pages of old catalogues and lithographs of pipes.” The result of this scholarly survey is “a colorful, informative and educational tool for the collector, mature or would-be, the researcher, the tobacco historian, the ethnologist or anyone who loves art in any form for the author has convincingly proved that the antique pipe is high art.”
7” x 10” softback in very good condition. 254 pages.
FREE media mail shipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for internationa
Order ID
25-06277-97278
Citation
Benjamin Rapaport, “A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes,” Wirtshafter Collection-Cannabis Museum-Athens, Ohio, accessed May 20, 2024, https://cannabismuseum.com/omeka/items/show/10951.