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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.Rappaport, Benjamin is the author of 'Complete Guide to Collected Antique Pipes' with ISBN 9780916838225 and ISBN 0916838226.
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