Pipe Book

Name: Pipe Book
Price: 25.65 USD
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ISBN: 9780517161876

ISBN-10: 0517161877

ISBN-13: 9780517161876

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alfred Dunhill

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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 …

Book details

List price: $9.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Publication date: 10/3/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Preface	p. V
Foreword	p. XI
Acknowledgment	p. XIII
Why Men Smoke	p. 1
Makeshift Pipes and Tobacco	p. 12
Straight or Tube Pipes	p. 29
Mound Pipes	p. 43
Indian Pipes and Pipe Mysteries	p. 54
Smokers and Non-Smokers of South America	p. 73
Pipes of the Far North	p. 84
Some Far Eastern Pipes	p. 102
Water Pipes	p. 133
The Myriad Pipes of Africa	p. 162
The Myriad Pipes of Africa (continued)	p. 185
Clay Pipes	p. 204
Some Choice European Pipes	p. 225
The Modern Briar	p. 240
Index	p. 249
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