{"product_id":"a-complete-guide-to-collecting-antique-pipes-by-schiffer-publishing","title":"A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes by Schiffer Publishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFulfilled by our friends at Schiffer Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\r\nThe 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.[AuthorName]Ben Rapaport[\/AuthorName][AuthorBio]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.[\/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]236 b\/w photos\/32 color illus.[\/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][\/CoAuthor][SubTitle][\/SubTitle][ColorPattern]236 b\/w photos\/32 color illus.[\/ColorPattern]","brand":"VYSN","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":42650426409054,"sku":"carro-15680537","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/6555\/6830\/files\/9780764305962.jpg?v=1776283747","url":"https:\/\/impossible-girls-2.myshopify.com\/products\/a-complete-guide-to-collecting-antique-pipes-by-schiffer-publishing","provider":"Impossible girl's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}