Schiffer Book for Collectors. First edition. Contents: Foreword; Historical background (Introduction; The Smoking Pipe as Art Form; Meerschaum, In the Beginning; A Perspective on the Trade; Dating and Attribution: The Metamorphosis of the Meerschaum; Expositions and Exhibitions Yesterday and Today); The Collector's Market Today (Valuation: How Much is it Worth? Searching for Holy Grails); Meerschaum Retrospective (Celebrations and Commemoration; Femmes Fatales; Of Mice and Men; Myth and Fable; Naiads, Putti, Cherubs, and Seraphim; Whimsy, Fancy Quaint, and Curious; Naïve, Suggestive, ad Erotic); Endnotes; Annex (A. Makers and Marks; B. International Exhibitions and Expositions 1851-1901; C. The Right Places for the Right Stuff); References; Price Guide; Index.