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87 pages, softcover Critically acclaimed author, blogger, pipe smoker, and collector, Mark Irwin is the voice behind such books as The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp & Peterson and The Pipes of Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes. Originally published a decade ago, Pipe Smoking in Middle Earth: The Fellowship of the Smoke Rings has been updated for a third edition. The book details the pipes and tobacco of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth and Peter Jackson's corresponding film adaptations. With expert analysis and accompanying illustrations, Mark takes readers on a journey through Tolkien's seminal works, including an index chronicling all pipe-smoking accounts, a tutorial on smoke rings, and much more. -
49 pages, softcover Of Pipes and Men by Larry Gosser and Mark Irwin overviews 25 historic pipe-smoking icons — including Jacques Cousteau, Albert Einstein, Greta Garbo, Jackie Kennedy, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien — detailing their lives and legacies in one-page summaries accompanied by individualistic illustrations. With playful prose and comic-style artwork, Of Pipes and Men tastefully and informatively combines the illustrative prowess of Larry Gosser, an illustrator whose accomplishments include work for Peterson of Dublin as well as a licensed Classic Popeye art-print series, with the literary acumen of Mark Irwin, well known pipe blogger and co-author of The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp & Peterson. It's an ideal resource for every pipe smoker, elevated by quick and easy organization, brief yet detailed biographies, quick wit, and a stylish aesthetic. -
61 pages, softcover 2nd edition by Mark Irwin. From 1939 to 1946, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce starred in a 14 film franchise that would define Sherlock Holmes and his biographer John Watson for generations of moviegoers. The pipes of Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes offers an informal guided tour of the pipes smoked by Rathbone, Bruce and a host of foes, packed with film stills from each of the films ensure to delight pipe men and devotees of the great detective. This new addition includes a special interview in the afterword with Kapp & Petersons pipe specialist Giacomo Penzo on re-creating Rathbone’s 4AB for the 2021 pipe of the year
