92 pages, softcover This book tells the story of the first 100 years of Brigham pipes, painstakingly pieced together from corporate archives, historical records, company legend and first-hand accounts from long-time staff at what is now Brigham Enterprises Inc. It is a tale of personal and professional grit, adaptation, invention and survival over three generations, two World Wars, the Great Depression and radical shifts in society’s attitude towards the tobacco industry.

The quintessential collector’s guide, this book lays out not only the chronology of Canada’s most prominent pipe-maker but also never before compiled information on the pipes themselves, including the stamps, grading schemes and pinning patterns used between 1906 and 2006. Also featured is an updated version of the Brigham Pipes Shape Chart and a full list of Limited Edition pipes.

 

345 pages, softcover The X Pipe and Other Mystagogic Stories for the pipe smoker is a blend of pipe lore, contemplative practice and academic pastiche, stoved and pressed before being sliced into seven tails of two pipe men. Mundungus and Sparks on their singular quest to uncover the truth about a miraculous pipe in the Vatican secret archives. Their search takes them on a wild ride as they bounce in time and space across the globe to travel abroad the last convict ship to Australia, smoke J.S. Bach’s pipe, discuss the sacred pipe religion of the Lakota, and eat black cake with Emily Dickinson. Along the way, they discussed the ultimate mysteries of Pipes smoking expounded in the books of the 19th century Irish Fryer and pipe carver known as Nicholai de Tabakkuk.