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Pipe and tobacco catalogs
For all of you who enjoy looking at the Iwan Ries (and other retail) pipe and tobacco catalogs, have you ever thumbed through a catalog from either Dan Pipe/Danske Pipe (Hamburg)? These were folio-size, in German, and only available in Europe. I have Danske Pibe 1983 through 1990, and Dan Pipe...- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking Literature
To all those seeking suggestions about pipe books or desirous of a list of what's been published as books, I can send you mine. True, I no longer operate Antiquarian Tobacciana, but I can still offer a free service, a database of all the literature about tobacco and pipes, yesterday and today...- benrapaport
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New, Ninth, and Final Tobacco Book by Ben Rapaport
Dear Hawkeye Linus: I want to express my sincere appreciation for your kind words. Although I have already sold about half of the copies I printed, you are the first buyer to comment on its contents. Every author needs feedback, especially when writing about this arcane hobby that is rife with...- benrapaport
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New, Ninth, and Final Tobacco Book by Ben Rapaport
I am not interested in coercing you to purchase my latest book, but I thought that I would share what a recent buyer, Gene Umberger, a life-long collector of pipe and tobacco books, had to say: "Personally, I was particularly fascinated by Ben’s numerous accounts of the role of tobacco in WWI...- benrapaport
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New, Ninth, and Final Tobacco Book by Ben Rapaport
More book-ish information. The great-grandson of Gustav Fischer and I are assembling color photos of many of the carved meerschaum pipes from Gustav Fischer Sr. of Boston for a tribute album, along with detailed information of his life. It will be published sometime in early 2022. (Frankly, I...- benrapaport
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Are There Pipe Museums?
Want to know where are all the museums that have antique pipes on display, although some may be in storage? I have the database if you want a copy: ben70gray@gmail.com Ben Rapaport- benrapaport
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Pipe Museums?
Anyone interested in a list of museums around the globe that have tobacco pipes, whether on display or in storage, can contact me and I am more than willing to share my database with them: ben70gray@gmail.com.- benrapaport
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Most Expensive Pipe I've Seen
There are several recent posts referencing "the most expensive pipe," or "my most expensive pipe," and similar entries on this website." Because there is no specificity to this phrase, that is, is the pipe a contemporary briar, a valued heirloom, a recent auction, I'll offer "the most expensive...- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking In The Civil War - A New Book By Benjamin Rapaport
Hello Johnnyreb! So very pleased to know that you find my book informative and illustrative of that very special four-year conflict. I thought long and hard as to whether I ought to craft such an account -- American history is not my forte -- but seeing the number of praiseworthy comments about...- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking In The Civil War - A New Book By Benjamin Rapaport
Jitterbugdude: The best answer I can offer is to use your own words: It "touches on." I do discuss tobaccos, even mention a few companies that produced pipe and plug tobaccos, but the principal emphasis is on quoting what the soldiers wrote in letters home or discussed among fellow prisoners...- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking In The Civil War - A New Book By Benjamin Rapaport
Hello! You got my attention with the comment about GAR-specific presentation pipes. I had not looked into this particular genre when crafting my book, but the single GAR pipe I found on the Web is an ordinary bent meerschaum that has an engraved inscription on the silver rim. There is nothing...- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking In The Civil War - A New Book By Benjamin Rapaport
I am saddened that this discussion among members about a book has drifted into a rant on college students' ignorance of history. I had hoped that we would stay on message about the pros and cons of this book's price and contribution to pipe lore.- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking In The Civil War - A New Book By Benjamin Rapaport
Jon: no question that you are spot-on, but I don't believe that any of us is trying to convince that skeptical person of the reasonableness of the book's price. If he's solely, wholly, and totally someone who seeks his information on the Internet -- that is what I have concluded from what he...- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking In The Civil War - A New Book By Benjamin Rapaport
Rather than concur in the very convincing remarks from MLC and ssjones -- although I agree with both -- there are two factors they did not mention and the gentleman who questioned the retail price of my book failed to recognize. First, a self-published book, such as those from Hanna, Newcombe...- benrapaport
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Pipe Smoking In The Civil War - A New Book By Benjamin Rapaport
You can find lots of reading material on the Tobacco Pipe Artistory Blog that I manage with an associate: http://tobaccopipeartistory.blogspot.com. Search myriad subjects or the archives. If this site does not sate your reading appetite, let me know. Good hunting! Ben R.- benrapaport
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion