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This is a work in progress, and always will be--there exist so many tobacco related books and publications throughout the history of tobacco, with more being written all the time. | This is a work in progress, and always will be--there exist so many tobacco related books and publications throughout the history of tobacco, with more being written all the time. | ||
Renown author and avid collector, '''Ben Rapaport''' has over 3000 tobacco related volumes in his personal collection, and has created what is likely the most comprehensive list of tobacco related books and publications in English. It is organized by topic, although many entries cover a range of tobacco related topics. He started this list in 1987, and has been updating it as new works come to his attention. Over time we hope to integrate Ben's extensive list into this article, meanwhile the list from the Fall of | Renown author and avid collector, '''Ben Rapaport''' has over 3000 tobacco related volumes in his personal collection, and has created what is likely the most comprehensive list of tobacco related books and publications in English. It is organized by topic, although many entries cover a range of tobacco related topics. He started this list in 1987, and has been updating it as new works come to his attention. Over time we hope to integrate Ben's extensive list into this article, meanwhile the list from the Fall of 2018 is available here in PDF format: [https://pipedia.org/images/5/5e/Pipe-ReadingList-Rapaport-Fall2018.pdf A Reading List for the Pipe Smoker and Pipe Collector (Fall 2018)]. | ||
''Ben Rapaport also offers select titles through his '''Antiquarian Tobacciana''' newsletter, and can be reached at mailto:ben70gray@gmail.com'' | ''Ben Rapaport also offers select titles through his '''Antiquarian Tobacciana''' newsletter, and can be reached at mailto:ben70gray@gmail.com'' | ||
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Available used at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1580800653/thepipeshomepageA/ Amazon] | Available used at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1580800653/thepipeshomepageA/ Amazon] | ||
Hardcover: 192 pages; Publisher: Burford Books (December 25, 1998); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1580800653; ISBN-13: 978-1580800655. Check availability at Antiquarian Tobacciana, E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net<br clear="all" /> | Hardcover: 192 pages; Publisher: Burford Books (December 25, 1998); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1580800653; ISBN-13: 978-1580800655. Check availability at Antiquarian Tobacciana, E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net<br clear="all" /> | ||
[[Image:Pipe.jpg|thumb|left|50px|]]'''Pipe, by Robin Crole''' | [[Image:Pipe.jpg|thumb|left|50px|]]'''Pipe, by Robin Crole''' | ||
Available used at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0761515070/thepipeshomepageA/ Amazon] | Available used at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0761515070/thepipeshomepageA/ Amazon] | ||
Hardcover: 144 pages; Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (October 27, 1999); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0761515070; ISBN-13: 978-0761515074. Check availability at Antiquarian Tobacciana. E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net<br clear="all" /> | Hardcover: 144 pages; Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (October 27, 1999); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0761515070; ISBN-13: 978-0761515074. Check availability at Antiquarian Tobacciana. E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net<br clear="all" /> | ||
[[Image:Pleasures01.jpg|thumb|right|50px|]]'''Carl Weber's The Pleasures of Pipe Smoking, by Carl Weber''' | [[Image:Pleasures01.jpg|thumb|right|50px|]]'''Carl Weber's The Pleasures of Pipe Smoking, by Carl Weber''' | ||
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'''Weber's Guide to Pipes & Pipe Smoking , by Carl Weber''' | '''Weber's Guide to Pipes & Pipe Smoking , by Carl Weber''' | ||
Available Used at [http://www.amazon.com/Webers-Guide-Pipes-Pipe-Smoking/dp/B0007DUP3W Amazon] Paperback; Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) (June 1976); ISBN-10: 0346122392; ISBN-13: 978-0346122390. Check availability at Antiquarian Tobacciana. E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net | Available Used at [http://www.amazon.com/Webers-Guide-Pipes-Pipe-Smoking/dp/B0007DUP3W Amazon] Paperback; Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) (June 1976); ISBN-10: 0346122392; ISBN-13: 978-0346122390. Check availability at Antiquarian Tobacciana. E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net | ||
'''Museum of Tobacco Art and History Guide Book," by Ben Rapaport (1996)'''. Exquisitely photographed objects in full color once exhibited in the only U.S. museum devoted to antiquarian tobacciana located in Nashville, Tennessee. Six thousand copies (2,000 hard cover w/dust jacket and 4,000 soft cover) were printed by the best printing house in the USA, RR Donnelley & Sons, Co. The book was released as a not-for-commercial-sale book. Now out-of-print. A limited quantity of the hard cover version is available from the author at: Antiquarian Tobacciana. E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net | '''Museum of Tobacco Art and History Guide Book," by Ben Rapaport (1996)'''. Exquisitely photographed objects in full color once exhibited in the only U.S. museum devoted to antiquarian tobacciana located in Nashville, Tennessee. Six thousand copies (2,000 hard cover w/dust jacket and 4,000 soft cover) were printed by the best printing house in the USA, RR Donnelley & Sons, Co. The book was released as a not-for-commercial-sale book. Now out-of-print. A limited quantity of the hard cover version is available from the author at: Antiquarian Tobacciana. E-mail: mailto:ben70gray@comcast.net | ||
'''Bibliotheca Nicotiana: A First Catalogue of Books About Tobacco.''' Collected by William Bragge. 50 copies printed privately in 1874. | |||
'''Bibliotheca Nicotiana, A Catalogue of Books About Tobacco, together with A Catalogue of Objects connected with The Use of Tobacco In All Its Forms.''' Collected by William Bragge, F.S.A., Birmingham. This is Bragge's second Opus privately Printed in 1880. The following PDF is #133 of 200 copies. It was digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from Microsoft Corporation. Provided to Pipedia courtesy of Mark Preston. '''[https://pipedia.org/images/e/ef/Bibliotheca_Nicotiana_a_catalogue.pdf Bibliotheca Nicotiana 1880 Catalog]''' | |||
'''A Portfolio of William Bragge and His Pipes of All Peoples''' (Herts., 1991). A limited edition album of William Bragge’s drawings published by J. Trevor Barton. Ben Rapaport writes it is "A spectacular panorama illustrating the wide range of pipes that Bragge collected in his lifetime." | |||
'''Note:''' For those interested in learning more about William Bragge, Ben Rapaport wrote an article titled “A Few Good Men” for Pipes and Tobacco Magazine (November, 2003). Bragge is a major focus. It is available here by permission: [https://pipedia.org/images/c/c4/A_Few_Good_Men.pdf '''A Few Good Men'''] | |||
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=== Publications (in print) === | === Publications (in print) === | ||
[[Image:P&T.jpg|thumb|left|50px|]]'''Pipes & Tobacco Magazine''' (published since Winter 1996) | [[Image:P&T.jpg|thumb|left|50px|]]'''Pipes & Tobacco Magazine''' (published since Winter 1996. Sadly, we have just learned their last issue will be Spring 2019) | ||
[http://www.pt-magazine.com/ Pipes & Tobacco Magazine]: A quarterly magazine with articles about pipes, pipe manufacturing, custom pipes, and tobaccos. Pipes and Tobaccos, 5808 Faringdon Place ~ Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27609-3930, USA, Phone: (919) 872-5040, Fax: (919) 876-6531<br clear="all" /> | [http://www.pt-magazine.com/ Pipes & Tobacco Magazine]: A quarterly magazine with articles about pipes, pipe manufacturing, custom pipes, and tobaccos. Pipes and Tobaccos, 5808 Faringdon Place ~ Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27609-3930, USA, Phone: (919) 872-5040, Fax: (919) 876-6531<br clear="all" /> | ||
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=== Publications (out of print) === | === Publications (out of print) === | ||
[[File:PipeLovers-Jan1946-cover.jpg|thumb|The cover of the January 1946 issue of PipeLovers, courtesy Mark Preston and Leo Reyes]]'''Pipe Lovers''', '''''The Magazine for Men Who Enjoy a Pipe'''''. Pipe Lovers Magazine was published monthly by Cushman Publications, editorial and business offices located at 532 Pine Avenue, Long Beach 12, California. George W. Cushman, owner and Publisher. It was a monthly magazine from January 1946 through April 1950 circulated from Long Beach, CA. The rights of this magazine were sold to Leon Cutler, New York, who changed the name to "The American Smoker." This smaller-format monthly magazine ran from May 1950 through January 1951. '''We have recently obtained searchable PDF versions of several issues thanks to Leo Reyes, the former manager of the original Tinder Box, with an assist from Mark Preston who has scanned them for us:''' | [[File:PipeLines-Headline-Autumn1971.JPG|thumb|left|Pipe Line headline, Autumn 1971 issue]] | ||
'''Pipe Line''', Published Quartely by '''The Pipe Club of Great Britain Ltd (PCGB)'''. Following the formation of the Pipe Club of Great Britain in October 1969, the [http://pipecluboflondon.com/ Pipe Club Of London] was formed on 23 February 1970. It was the first club under the parent wing of the PCGB. The last known issue of Pipe Lines was number 57. '''We have recently obtained searchable PDF versions of two issues thanks to Leo Reyes, the former manager of the original Tinder Box, with an assist from Mark Preston who has scanned them for us:''' | |||
*[https://pipedia.org/images/2/24/Pipe_Lines_No7_Spring_1971.pdf Spring 1971] | |||
*[https://pipedia.org/images/6/68/Pipe_Lines_No_9_Autumn_1971.pdf Autumn 1971] | |||
[[File:PipeLovers-Jan1946-cover.jpg|thumb|The cover of the January 1946 issue of PipeLovers, courtesy Mark Preston and Leo Reyes]]'''Pipe Lovers''', '''''The Magazine for Men Who Enjoy a Pipe'''''. Pipe Lovers Magazine was published monthly by Cushman Publications, editorial and business offices located at 532 Pine Avenue, Long Beach 12, California. George W. Cushman, owner and Publisher. It was a monthly magazine from January 1946 through April 1950 circulated from Long Beach, CA. The rights of this magazine were sold to Leon Cutler, New York, who changed the name to "The American Smoker." This smaller-format monthly magazine ran from May 1950 through January 1951. '''We have recently obtained searchable PDF versions of several issues thanks to Leo Reyes, the former manager of the original Tinder Box, with an assist from Mark Preston who has scanned them for us, and an additional issue as noted from John Lawitzke:''' | |||
*[https://pipedia.org/images/9/9c/PipeLovers-Jan1946-smallerfile.pdf January 1946] | *[https://pipedia.org/images/9/9c/PipeLovers-Jan1946-smallerfile.pdf January 1946] | ||
*[https://pipedia.org/images/f/fe/PipeLovers-1946February.pdf February 1946], '''Courtesy John Lawitzke''' | |||
*[https://pipedia.org/images/4/4a/PipeLovers-Jul1946-smallerfile.pdf July 1946] | *[https://pipedia.org/images/4/4a/PipeLovers-Jul1946-smallerfile.pdf July 1946] | ||
*[https://pipedia.org/images/4/44/PipeLovers-Nov1946-smallerfile.pdf November 1946] | *[https://pipedia.org/images/4/44/PipeLovers-Nov1946-smallerfile.pdf November 1946] | ||
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'''Max Ridley''' published a recent journal on the physiological effect of pipe smoking in the under-thirty age group. Findings suggest that libido can be increased upto twenty percent upon regular piping although sensitivity to common household allergens can be twice increased. Number ninety-six of the five-hundred subjects, a pipe entrepreneur named Joseph Nicholas Ebb found smoking five chambers a day, manifested an increased love for cheese. One other bizarre side effect was that of increased sexual deviance. | '''Max Ridley''' published a recent journal on the physiological effect of pipe smoking in the under-thirty age group. Findings suggest that libido can be increased upto twenty percent upon regular piping although sensitivity to common household allergens can be twice increased. Number ninety-six of the five-hundred subjects, a pipe entrepreneur named Joseph Nicholas Ebb found smoking five chambers a day, manifested an increased love for cheese. One other bizarre side effect was that of increased sexual deviance. | ||
'''The following articles by Ben Rapaport are now available here in PDF''': | *'''An interesting look into tobacco related advertising circa 1910''', "'''[https://pipedia.org/images/5/5f/Tobacconists_Advertising-resource%281910%29.pdf TOBACCONISTS' ADVERTISING]''', A COLLECTION OF SELLING PHRASES, DESCRIPTIONS, AND ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISEMENTS AS USED BY SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISERS, courtesy Google Books, via Mark Preston. | ||
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'''The following articles by '''[[Ben Rapaport]]''' are now available here in PDF''': | |||
* [https://pipedia.org/images/5/5e/Pipe-ReadingList-Rapaport-Fall2018.pdf A Reading List for the Pipe Smoker and Pipe Collector (Fall 2018)], by Ben Rapaport. A related article appears in Pipes & Tobaccos magazine, Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2015 "Writers’ Blocks. A survey of pipe and tobacco literature through time." | |||
*[http://pipedia.org/docs/Reviews.pdf An Historical Review of Reviews]: Chronicling A Century of Magazines for the Pipe-Smoking Maven, by Ben Rapaport | *[http://pipedia.org/docs/Reviews.pdf An Historical Review of Reviews]: Chronicling A Century of Magazines for the Pipe-Smoking Maven, by Ben Rapaport | ||
*[ | *[https://pipedia.org/images/b/b3/Rapapot-MuseumList-2018-2019.pdf Museums With Interest In Tobacco], Compiled by Ben Rapaport (Winter 2018 -2019) | ||
*You might enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Ben on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/radio-talk-show/the-pipes-magazine-radio-show-episode-122/#more-8729 Pipes Magazine Radio Show] | *You might enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Ben on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/radio-talk-show/the-pipes-magazine-radio-show-episode-122/#more-8729 Pipes Magazine Radio Show] | ||