Books about Pipe Smoking and Tobacco?

[brownbilliard]

Forgive me if this has been discussed in previous forums. I'm new to the site and haven't had much time to look around yet. Can anyone recommend some books on pipe smoking and tobacco? Primarily i'm interested in the historical aspect - the history of pipes and pipemakers, information on famous tobacconists, the different varieties of leaf/blends and where they come from, etc. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-BB

 

[pstlpkr]

There is a wealth of knowledge/information available if you Google "history of pipes and pipemakers".

Lots of fun reading there.

 

[mikemacrdlnds]

There is always "The Ultimate Pipe Book" by Richard Carleton Hacker. He can be over the top on some things, but the book, though dated is not bad; Lots of pipe history and info on main stream pipe manufactures. There is also the quarterly magazine, Pipes and Tobaccos. Lots of pipe porn, tobacco reviews, and profiles on individual pipe carvers.

 

[fred]

Here's a list of books that I've been able to acquire over the years... For me, finding out more about Pipes, tobacco and their culture helps me appreciate this lifestyle even more.
Pipes, Public Auction; Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.; 1978.
Tobacco: It’s History and Associations, Frederick William Fairholt, Public Domain.
Meerschaum Masterpieces, Museum of Tobacco Art and History.
Golden Horn Meerschaum Pipes, Augustus/Art Advertising & Golden Horn; 1975.
Pipes et Fumeurs de Pipes, Ramazzotti; Aldo Martello; Florence; 1975.
Davidoff: Legend-Myth-Reality, Wirtz; 2006.
Meerschaum Pipes @ ebay (1999-2010), Joao Matins.
The History of the Hungarian Pipemaker’s Craft, Keszthely Balatoni Museum, 2000.
Our Pipe-Smoking Forebears, Ferenc Levardy, 1994.
Antique Pipes, Carlos Armero, 1989.
The Lausanne Pipe Museum, Priuli & Verlucca, 1989.
The Art of Pipe Smoking, Joaquin Verdaguer, The Curlew Press ,1958.
Mill River Smoke: Stries and Essays, Marc Munroe Dion, 2010.
The Pipe Smoker’s Tobacco Book, Winans, 1977.
Confessions of a Pipeman, Schrier, Briar Books Press, 2008.
The Pipe Book, Alfred Dunhill, Gramercy Books, 2000.
Stokkebye: The Life & Good Times of a Tobacco Man, Stokkebye, Selective American Marketing, 2002.
Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization, Gately, Grove Press, 2001.
Catalogue No. XX, Adolph Frankau & Co., Briar Books Press, 2009.
An Arm-Chair in the Smoking-Room, Unknown Author, Public Domain, 2009.
The Ultimate Pipe Book, Hacker, Autumngold Publishing, 1984.
About Smoke: An Encyclopaedia of Smoking, Alfred Dunhill, Briar Books Press, 2009.
The Book of Pipes and Tobacco, Ehwa, Random House, 1974.
Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes, Rapaport, Schiffer Publishing, 1999.
Museum of Tobacco Art & History Guide Book, Rapaport, Donnelley & Sons, 1996.
The Gentleman’s Auction, Guernsey-S, 1991.
La Pipe, A. P. Bastien, 1973.
Meerschaum Museum, Governor of Eskisehir Bahaeddin Guney, 1989.
1980 CAO Meerschaum Pipes Catalog
Le Pipe, Bozzini, 1995.
L’Art De La Pipe, Rhein, 1978.
Sublime Tobacco, Compton Mackenzie, 1957.
History of the Calabash Pipe, Second edition, Gary B. Schrier, 2011.
Tobacco: It's History, Varieties, Culture, E. R. Billings, 1875.
Weber's Guide to Pipes & Pipe Smoking, Carl Borromed Weber (1962)

 

[ssjones]

From a related thread a few months ago:

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/pipe-dreams#post-108889

 

[brownbilliard]

Wow! Thanks Fred! that list should keep me plenty busy :D