"Pipes - Artisans and Trademarks" is a tribute to the pipe and the fascination surrounding it. In a language at once informative and passionate, the reader is provided with an exhaustive compendium of makers, artisans, brands and their connections. Throughout the 1850 entries, it explains and enhances details, describing characteristics, materials and types of production displaying shapes, attributes and symbols. The book is, therefore, aimed at the widest possible audience: the interested and the simply curious; those who are passionate about pipes and those who are only now discovering the pleasure; scholars and collectors. A beautiful book on a beautiful object. To read and savour.
The author José Manuel Lopes was born in Lisbon in 1954. A graduate of the Lisbon School of Journalism (Escola Superior de Meios de Comunicação Social), he has been a professional journalist since 1982.
A pipe smoker and collector since he was 16 years old, he became a member of the Pipe Club of Portugal in 1995 and is currently its president. He is also Fellow Member of the International Academy of the Pipe, and regularly contributes to the various areas of the media and to Internet discussion forums specialised in pipes and tobacco, particularly the weekly magazine of the Barcelona Pipa Club/Virtual Pipa Club and the Pipalista, Fumeurs de Pipes, Pipes.org and Alt.smokers.pipes groups.
He attends international pipe exhibitions and is a frequent participant in meetings and national and international pipe smoking competitions.
Book Reviews:
“This book is by far the finest compilation of pipe maker information the world has seen to date.”
Michael J. Glukler (USA)
“The book is the most important pipe book ever published!”
Jorg Lehmann (Germany), German collector
“This book is the finest contemporary book on the subject the world have seen yet.”
“It is a great book! and the best of ever published of this kind.”
Barnabas T. Suzuki (Japan), vice-president of CIPC (International Comitee of Pipesmokers Clubs)
“C’est un monument que tout amateur de pipes se doit de posséder.”
“This is the most complete pipe book I have ever seen!”
