Ben Rapaport

Broschiertes Buch

A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 182mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 729g
• ISBN-13: 9780764305962
• ISBN-10: 0764305964
• Artikelnr.: 22424321