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After much work and dedication, the first version of his book, "The Pipe Book" was published in 1924 (the same year as the 5th edition of "About Smoke"). The Pipe Book contained 262 pages in its first version, it suffered a decrease to 207 pages in the revision of 1969, although with the addition of the preface by Alfred H. Dunhill. It's a real treatise on the history of the pipes. Illustrated with 228 drawings, 30 photographs, and 3 maps containing detailed descriptions.

On November 23 (in the same year of the release), a column in The New York Times<ref name=nytc>The New York Times (23 November 1924). "Books and Authors".</ref> congratulated Alfred Dunhill for making the pipe "a gentlemanly art". Alfred was also elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1925 as a consequence of this work. The book has been available for several years in several versions. It was printed by several publishers over the years (1924 – 2011), varying between coloured or black-and-white versions, simple or sophisticated.

<blockquote>Critics, disarm! And ye, Antiquarians, Archaeologists, Ethnographers, Ethnologists, et hoc genus omne, hold back in their leashes your quivering Fountain-pens! For this is no learned Treatise, but a simple Book, and written thus. Glancing idly one day along the stout row of his Hobby-horses, Which were munching quietly in their stalls, the Author spied a Newcomer, stabled there seemingly by Chance the night before. And casting his leg across it, he rode his new Hobby afar into the countryside and into Lands unknown. There did he learn and see many Things, Which afterwards he wrote and drew in this Book. To the many, learned and simple, Who, as he rode, told the Author this and that about his Hobby that he knew not before, he hereby tenders his most grateful thanks.</blockquote><center><font size="3">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''Give a man a pipe he can smoke,<br>Give a man a book he can read,<br>And his home is bright with a calm delight,<br>Though the room be poor indeed.'''[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font><ref name=adpb>Dunhill, Alfred. The Pipe Book - Foreword (1969, Revised Edition). London: Arthur Barker Limited.</ref></center>  

Alfred retired in 1928, at the age of 56, due to health concerns<ref name=ad4>The Observer (7 April 1929). "Alfred Dunhill, Ltd" (p. 3)[https://pipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Observer_Sun_Apr_7_1929_.jpg]</ref> (there are no historical details on his possible afflictions). During his retirement, he spent most of his time in his cottage, titled "The Old Barn". He loved the sea, sailing, and fishing on the coast of Sussex on his motor yacht, Poppy, where he enjoyed hours of pleasure and relaxation. He liked music, too, and was reportedly an excellent pianist. Alfred Henry thus turns the protagonist, leaving the Dunhill company to go on without him while enjoying a seemingly private retirement. Alfred Dunhill died in a nursing home in Worthing on January 2, 1959<ref name=ad2>The Times (January 5, 1959). Mr. A. Dunhill, Pipes for the Smoker - Obituary (p. 10)[https://pipedia.org/images/b/b3/The_Times_1959-01-05-2.jpg].</ref>, and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.<ref name=ad3>Trompeter, Barbara. [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38992;jsessionid=5D96D13A3F694F9BFDCC22A433D511A6 "Dunhill, Alfred (1872–1959)"]. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.</ref>