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It is important to place Mr. Dunhill in his shop; for I fancy the shop is his whole life - it, and the providing of it with pleasant things to sell. Not for him - again I am guessing - the dull business routine or the storm of quickfire buying and dealing. Keeping shop is to him a fine art. And who shall say that it is not?</q></blockquote> | It is important to place Mr. Dunhill in his shop; for I fancy the shop is his whole life - it, and the providing of it with pleasant things to sell. Not for him - again I am guessing - the dull business routine or the storm of quickfire buying and dealing. Keeping shop is to him a fine art. And who shall say that it is not?</q></blockquote> | ||
The company's growing exponentially as international tobacco and pipe‐making under his administration. In recognition of its export achievements, his sister, Mary Dunhill won the Queen's Award to Industry in 1966 and 1969. | The company's growing exponentially as international tobacco and pipe‐making under his administration. In recognition of its export achievements, his sister, Mary Dunhill won the Queen's Award to Industry in 1966 and 1969. | ||
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Alfred Henry was a scholar and sequenced his father's work. Mr. Dunhill maintained that tobacco was as rich and rewarding as wine or food, and he published several books on the subject. They included “The Gentle Art of Smoking” (1954) and “The Pipe Book,” a revised survey of the pipes of the world, first published by his father in 1926.<ref name=ahd5>The Times - (July 9, 1971). Obituary - Mr. Alfred Dunhill, Pipes, tobacco, and cigars. (P. 34). London [https://pipedia.org/images/b/b9/The_Times_1971-07-09.jpg]</ref> | |||
[[File:ADold.jpg|thumb|right|120px| Henry's father - Alfred Dunhill.]] | [[File:ADold.jpg|thumb|right|120px| Henry's father - Alfred Dunhill.]] | ||
<center>'''The Pipe Book - Foreword by Alfred H. Dunhill.'''</center> | <center>'''The Pipe Book - Foreword by Alfred H. Dunhill.'''</center> | ||