Fashions & Accessories 1840-1980
Geoffrey Warren

There is an old English saying: “Manners maketh man.” One can also claim that “Accessories maketh clothes.” This new book sets out to demonstrate the variety and beauty of fashion accessories during the hundred-year period beginning in 1840. Fashion has always reflected the social, sexual, and economic spirit of its age. Clothing and accessories also express the status, aspirations, and wealth of the wearer.
Most books on fashion tend to divide clothing and accessories into decades. This book seeks find the natural shifts from one fashion theme to another. The accessories are shown with a full-length, dressed figure and explanatory text for context. This is an invaluable book for collectors, fashion historians, designers, and theatrical costumers.

Code: 0764303090
Size: 28x22 cm
Illustrations: 558 color drawings
Pages: 160
Price: 45 euro

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Glass Elephants
Myra Coe-Hixson

This beautiful and comprehensive reference is an essential tool for all collectors and admirers of ornamental glass figurines, and for elephant fanatics alike. Highlighted makers include Boyd, Co-Operative Flint, Fenton, Fostoria, Heisey, Imperial, L.E. Smith, Mosser Glass, New Martinsville, Summit Glass, and Tiara Glass; as well as a wide variety of other producers from the late 19th century until the present. Over 375 clear photographs, interesting background text, and current market values inform and inspire the search for even more appealing examples. This book is a lovely guide to the charms of elephants, their beauty, symbolism, and distinct personalities.

Code: 0764318845
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 378 color photos
Pages: 112
Price: 40 euro

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Dog Antiques and Collectibles
Patricia Robak

The first broad based survey and price guide for dog memorabilia of all breeds, Dog Antiques and Collectibles presents a remarkable array of dog-related items dating from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. From portraits to postcards, Staffordshire to celluloid, Berlin work to buttons, everything in this compendium of over 430 color photographs relates to dogs and the people who loved them. Conveniently divided into eight collecting areas—art, ceramics, metalwork, photography and paper, wood, needlework and textiles, jewelry, and miscellaneous—the antiques and collectibles clearly displayed and fully described in this enjoyable book represent accessible, affordable items for the mid-range collector. Also included is an introductory essay tracing the popularity of various dog breeds over an eighty year period. A useful bibliography for further research is paired with a detailed index, and value estimates are included for all items as well.

Code: 0764307916
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 430 color photos
Pages: 160
Price: 45 euro

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Boston Terrier Collectibles
Donna S. Baker & Paul Hiller

To know a Boston Terrier dog is to be charmed by one… so is it any wonder that images of these lively, expressive dogs have been placed on so many delightful antiques and collectibles? A wonderful assortment featuring “the American Gentleman among dogs” has been gathered in this volume, which is sure to appeal to canine aficionados everywhere. Featured are cast iron doorstops, porcelain and bronze figurines, bookends, inkwells, ashtrays, cigarette cases, salt and pepper shakers, toys, artwork, jewelry, advertising, novelties, paperweights, clocks, souvenir spoons, canes, books and comics, sheet music, and much more. The items range from tiny to life-size, from aristocratic to amusing, from antique to contemporary. Among the manufacturers and artists represented are Bing & Grondahl, Goebel, Rookwood, Bradley & Hubbard, Meissen, Rosenthal, Royal Copenhagen, Mortens Studios, Hagen-Renaker, Steiff, Chester Nicodemus, Chris Baldwin, Lowell Davis, and Morgan Dennis. Values for all items are included in the captions. This book is a tribute to the Boston Terrier breed and a treat for antique collectors and dog lovers alike.

Code: 0764318845
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: over 500 color photos
Pages: 160
Price: 45 euro

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Collectible Rabbits
Herbert N. Schiffer

This fun book brings together a wide variety of rabbit figures, both antique and modern, which can be enjoyed and collected today. Rabbits from the 1800s to the present appear through hundreds of beautiful color photographs in forms from candy containers to stuffed toys, and are made of paper, cast iron, wood, glass paper mache, ceramics, and plastics. These rabbits represent diverse international origins including Germany, America, France, England, and the Orient.
Many private collectors and dealers opened their hutches to share these rabbits with other bunny fanciers.

Code: 0887402682
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 248 color photos
Pages: 96
Price: 25 euro

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Yesterday’s Silver for Today’s Table:
A Silver Collector’s Guide to Elegant Dining
Richard Osterberg

The Antiques News, March/April 2002
Pure elegance from the first to the last page!

West Coast Peddler, March 2002
Hopefully you will get a copy of Richard’s book because the pictures are worth a thousand words.

Yesteryear, March 2002
...a very comprehensive book and a sparkling subject.

The Antiquer, September 2002
If you love silver, you’ll love this new Schiffer Publication... Pure elegance from the first to the last page!

Book Description
In his newest book, silver expert Richard Osterberg guides readers on a colorful, yet practical tour of fine antique silver. The book’s first part deals with silver flatware made circa 1875-1885, with a broad representation of patterns and forms. Next, a myriad of serving pieces are displayed, with examples of each type and function. In the third part, place settings are covered in many different patterns, showing the wide variety of pieces that were used, from the common knives, forks, and spoons to more obscure forms like individual bird knives, bird forks, and cherry forks. Finally, individual place settings are shown, together with silver, china, linen, and crystal to suggest dining as a truly stimulating visual expereince. Throughout the text value ranges are given, making it easy to look up individual prices.
Using this book can be both inspirational and educational. It is both a must for collectors wishing to identify pieces of old family silver and an essential aid to the modern host or hostess.

Silver Novelties in The Gilded Age: 1870-1910
Deborah Crosby

Maine Antique Digest, June, 2002
The full-color illustrations are clear and sharp, and the layout is attractive.

Book Description
This beautiful book showcases hundreds of figural silver items that were used for many purposes during the luxurious Gilded Age. These endearing and sometimes whimsical designs, shown in nearly 600 color photos, include accoutrements for the dining room, the writing desk, the sewing room, the nursery, and much more. Among the items shown and described are spoons, tea balls, napkin rings, inkwells, pens and pencils, matchsafes, cigar cutters, thimbles, chatelaines, belt buckles, and baby rattles. Historical background plus valuable information on manufacturing techniques and marks is also included. With values provided in the captions and an extensive bibliography, this is a wonderful book for new and experienced collectors of figural silver novelties.

Silver Curios in the Home
Dorothy Rainwater and Beryl Frank

Book Description
Antique silver objects made for specific uses often reside in curio cabinets but are little understood today. In the late 19th century, many unusual novelties were created for various purposes. In this new book, two experts of silver explain why and how they were used. Here are calling card receivers, cane handles, tussie mussies, perfumers, dresser sets, curling tongs, glove stretchers, ring trees, lorgnettes, skirt lifters... flasks, cigar cutters, mustache combs, watch stands... bodkins, sewing birds, hem gauges, needle cases, pin holders, spool knaves, thimbles... memo books, page turners, stamp boxes, bookmarks, paperweights, pen wipers, pounce pots... baby rattles, tongue cleaners, ear picks, medicine spoons... egg cups, muffineers, casters, and more. Now you can identify your curios and gain understanding of their uses.

Code: 0764308459
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 164 color and 256 b/w photos
Pages: 160
Price: 60 euro

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Great Cigar Stuff for Collectors
Jerry Terranova and Douglas Congdon-Martin

Book Description
Sit back, light up, and enjoy. Newly in vogue, people are rediscovering a relaxing pastime enjoyed for centuries. This book is a compendium of cigar related “stuff,” from the old cigars in their original wrappers still ready to smoke to the fine humidors that have kept them fresh for decades. Here is the breadth of advertising, ashtrays, matchsafes, cigar boxes, dispensers, and holders that have adorned homes and shops for 100 years and more.

This book follows the successful Antique Cigar Cutters and Lighters by the same co-authors, who herein present more than 500 items in clear, full-color photographs, with informative captions and a current price guide. This book is custom designed for cigar aficionados and those who appreciate antique advertising. It is a welcome addition to the literature of tobacciana.

The Art of the Smoke
A Pictorial History of Cigar Box Labels
Jero L. Gardner

Book Description
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” There is no better description for what the art of the cigar box label did for sales of cigars from the mid 1800s through the 1930s. Busty women, heroes, impish children, sports icons, composers, all these and more found their way into the advertiser’s art. The makers would change labels at the drop of the hat if they thought it would help sales.

This new book shows hundreds of the finest examples from the world’s largest private collection of cigar box label art, revealing the imagination and creativity of the printers and lithographers of the period. Each is shown in a beautiful, full color photograph and is accompanied by a description with a current value on the collector’s market.

This is a visual delight, sure to please cigar aficionados, but also to be much valued by collectors, designers, and students of advertising history. And it makes a great gift for the smoker in your life!

Camel Cigarette Collectibles - 1964-1995
Douglas Congdon-Martin

Book Description
For the nearly all of their first fifty years of existence, Camel Cigarettes sat at the top of the marketplace. But a shift in consumer tastes toward filter cigarettes, begining in the late 1950s, led to a slow erosion of Camel’s market share. To stem this loss, R.J. Reynolds began one of the most clever and effective campaigns in advertising history. On its 75th anniversary in 1988 a suave, new character appeared in the Camel Advertising: Joe Camel. This began the most recent chapter in a tradition of fine advertising started by R.J. Reynolds himself.

This book documents the Camel advertising from 1964 to 1995. In addition to traditional posters and signs, these years saw the introduction of hundreds of premiums and merchandise bearing the Camel logos that have found their way into collections of tobacco memorabilia around the world. Each piece is illustrated in full color and current values are given to help the collector.

Code: 0764301969
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 500 color photos
Pages: 176
Price: 45 euro

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The Collector’s Guide to Vintage Cigarette Packs
Joe Giesenhagen

Book Description
At last, here is the compendium of cigarette packs that collectors have been waiting for! Joe Giesenhagen has compiled a fantastic collection of cigarette packs dating from the 1880s to the present, in all colors, shapes and sizes. See the incredible diversity of character in cigarette packaging over the past century, and the amazing creative effort some companies exerted to make their cigarettes appear exotic, luxurious, colorful, feminine, masculine, festive, or even medicinal. This book includes color photographs of over 4000 packs of cigarettes to accompany in-depth listings of Merchants & Vendors, Factory Numbers, Merchant Code list, up-to-date pricing information, anecdotes of the industry, and much, much, more. Cigarette packs are a great field for collecting, with a huge diversity, availability, and price range. This book is an excellent ground-level entrance for anyone looking to begin a collection and a valuable resource for anyone in the process of building one.

Code: 0764309307
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 140 full page photos
Pages: 176
Price: 45 euro

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Dolls & Accessories of the 1930s and 1940s
Dian Zillner

The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, May 2002
This book will be a treasured resource for doll collectors and doll lovers everywhere.

Antique and Collectible News Service, April 2002
...one of the best doll books to come along in decades.

Book Description
This delightful, beautifully illustrated book showcases hundreds of dolls and accessories made in the United States and Canada during the 1930s and 1940s, all highly collectible today. Shown are dolls made of composition, cloth, rubber, and painted bisque, each with full descriptions and current market values. Many advertisements of the era are included to help establish dates for the dolls pictured. Company products shown include those made by Alexander, American Character, Arranbee, Dewees Cochran, Effanbee, Eugenia, Georgene Novelties, Horsman, Mary Hoyer, Ideal, Monica, Nancy Ann Storybook, Vogue, and many others. In addition, special sections feature personality, comic, character, and military dolls, as well as patterns and doll clothing made at home. This book will be a treasured resource for doll collectors and doll lovers everywhere.

Dolls and Accessories of the 1950s
Dian Zillner

Book Description
Dolls and Accessories of the 1950s contains over 590 color photographs of dolls made of hard plastic and vinyl, and accessories produced for these dolls during the 1950s. Company products pictured include those made by Alexander, American Character, Artisan, Cosmopolitan, Effanbee, Horsman, Ideal, Mary Hoyer, Nancy Ann, Richwood, Terri Lee, Vogue, and many other miscellaneous companies. In addition special sections feature personality, comic, cartoon, and advertising dolls.

This book provides a more comprehensive overview of the doll products of the 1950s than any one book has ever done. Baby dolls, little girl dolls, teen dolls, and fashion dolls are all pictured. A price guide is also included.

Doll Kitchens, 1800-1980
Eva Stille

Book Description
Doll kitchens in Germany were originally a plaything for adults and evolved, toward the end of Eighteenth century, into toys for children. In this book, Eva Stille follows the evolution of the doll kitchen and shows how the social development of “big” real kitchens influenced doll kitchens in each new era.

The manufacturers of the doll kitchens are listed as well as a wide variety of miniature furnishings, appliances and stoves that was once available to children. These items are now highly collectible and ironically have once again become the playthings of adults.

Code: 0887401384
Size: 22x14 cm
Illustrations: 269 photographs
Pages: 204
Price: 30 euro

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Jumeau
Constance Eileen King

Book Description
Of all the French dollmakers, for over half a century, Jumeau reigned supreme. Originally made as playthings, many of these dolls are, today, among the most sought after antiques, being fought-over at international auctions by some of the leading collectors.

This history book, the most complete written on the subject to date, traces the chronology of Jumeau production from its beginnings in the 1840’s through the end of the nineteenth century. Full color pictures, carefully chosen to show the beauty and different moods of the faces, are accompanied by text that provides collectors with important and interesting information. A current price guide, a special section on Jumeau marks, and a historical list of international prices and sizes are presented as important references.

Code: 0887401155
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 74 photos & drawings
Pages: 119
Price: 35 euro

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Coffee with Barbie® Doll
Sandra “Johnsie” Bryan

Book Description
Sandra “Johnsie” Bryan has amassed a collection of Barbie® dolls and her friends that will amaze and delight the casual reader. She sets them up in authentic scenes representing all aspects of this glamorous doll’s adventures, from her annual celebrations to her world travels and from her many dazzling careers to her fantasy homes. This book will take readers back to a time when being grown-up was a make-believe pastime and Barbie® doll spurred young imaginations. Is it any wonder that she’s still so popular? New Barbie® dolls are a huge marketing success and vintage dolls have skyrocketed in value as sought-after collectibles. This book of photos is a wonderful visit with an old friend that will bring back great memories for everyone who ever owned a Barbie® doll or knew someone who did.

Barbie® & © 1998 Mattel, used under license, but not otherwise affiliated with Mattel.

Code: 0764304127
Size: 28x22 cm
Illustrations: 139 color photos
Pages: 160
Price: 30 euro

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Candlewick: The Crystal Line
Myrna and Bob Garrison

Candlewick, one of the most popular lines of glass produced by the Imperial Glass Corporation of Bellaire, Ohio, was introduced in 1936 and manufactured until the company’s closing in 1984. Today this pattern, made in crystal and many lovely colors, attracts avid collectors of fine glassware. In this beautifully photographed and carefully researched book, nearly every item in the crystal line, one of the most popular of Candlewick’s many production lines, is shown and discussed. The authors have used Imperial’s factory records, catalogs, and price lists to assemble extensive background information on these exclusively crystal Candlewick pieces. Organized in easy-to-use categories, the book covers place settings, serving pieces, sets, and miscellaneous items such as ashtrays, candleholders, compotes, and vases. To further help with identification, undocumented pieces, reproductions, and similarities are shown as well. Measurements for all of Candlewick’s stem and tumbler lines are included, as well as many new facts not published before. Values are included both in the captions and in an overall price guide organized by mold number. This book is an essential reference for Candlewick collectors and all who enjoy beautiful glass.
A separate companion volume by the authors presents the colored and decorated lines of Candlewick.

Handbook for American Cut & Engraved Glass
Bill & Louise Boggess

Book Description
This practical book provides guidance in identifying and evaluating American brilliant cut glass. It is organized by patterns and illustrated with 396 color and black and white photographs. Standard, Choice, Premium, and Rare quality pieces are identified throughout, and separate value ranges for each quality of every piece are provided. Tips for recognizing non-American cut glass are given and examples are shown. Separate indexes of pattern names and manufacturers provide quick references. This is the book you want at your fingertips when on the Internet and with you in the shops and auctions when you buy cut glass. It will help you find some good buys.

Viking Glass 1944-1970
Dean Six

Over 520 color photos display the handmade modern glassware produced by the Viking Glass Company of New Martinsville, West Virginia, from 1944 to 1970, including animals, baskets, candelabras, novelties, smoking items, tablewares, and vases. Patterns, cuttings, and etchings are also displayed, including Banford, Crackle, Encore, Three Foils, and Viking Star. The text provides listings of the Viking product lines from Ancestral to Tundra. Current market values are found in the captions.

Code: 0764318594
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 524 color photos
Pages: 160
Price: 45 euro

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Generations of Jewelry
Gerhart Egger

Book Description
This beautiful history of the art form begins with a liberal discussion of fine jewelry’s ancient history as exotic amulets and symbolic ornaments, and proceeds to explain and profusely illustrate developing trends in European jewelry as symbols to the growing middle classes. The author shows jewelry examples from the Italian Renaissance, Dutch seventeenth century, Baroque, all manner of nineteenth century, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the big-name houses of Tiffany, Cartier and Philipps in the twentieth century. Also, through many historical portraits of men and women, each style is displayed as it was shown by the artists of their day.
In this one volume, more than 450 carefully selected jewelry creations display the entire history of evolving styles. This is an important reference and beautiful record of the jewelry our past generations have known.

Beer Signs for the Collector
Scott Faragher

From Alpenbrau to Zima, this engaging book features more than 450 color photos of some of the most attractive beer signs ever created and provides an in-depth look at this significant aspect of advertising art. Included are early wood and cardboard signs, animated, hanging, and wall-mounted signs, electric lanterns, and clocks—all presented in alphabetical order according to brand of beer. Special emphasis is given to electric, lighted, and animated signs from 1950-1970, the “Golden Era” of beer signs. Captions provide valuable information on dates, sizes, values, manufacturers, and manufacturing techniques. A treat for aficionados of breweriana and advertising alike!

Commemorative Coca-Cola® Bottles
An Unauthorized Guide
Joyce Spontak

Commemorative Coca-Cola Bottles are a hot subject on the collectibles market. Most of the modern hobbleskirt commemorative Coca-Cola bottles have been produced since 1991, and the miniatures only since 1993. Because they are so recent and so widely available, many people are beginning to collect them. This is the first price guide ever written on the subject that includes color photographs. More than 1,100 color photographs have been used within eleven chapters, and a brief history of the bottles in the beginning will lead you through page after page of Coca-Cola bottle collecting delight. Every bottle from the 3-inch high miniature bottles to the tall 10-ounce bottles have been covered, following their production year by year. All of the details are here, including price ranges. This book is a must for all dealers, shop owners, and bottle collectors.

Wilson’s Coca-Cola Price Guide
Revised 4th Edition
Al and Helen Wilson

This excellent reference for anyone interested in the wondrously broad range of Coca-Cola collectibles is now in its newly revised fourth edition! This book is filled cover-to-cover with approximately 2,000 bright, color pictures of the most sought-after Coca-Cola products ever made, from advertisements, trays, and bottles to haberdashery, jewelry, and amazing one-of-a-kind novelties, all with updated prices reflecting today’s market. From its earliest offerings to a modern-day selection, Coca-Cola is well represented by this definitive text, which includes many of the rarest pieces from within the Coca-Cola Company’s own archives. A useful and gloriously beautiful book!

The Encyclopedia of Coca-Cola® Trays:
An Unauthorized Collector’s Guide
Frank Laughlin

Auction Exchange & Collectors News, May 13, 2002
Photographs in this book show 517 trays, more than have ever appeared in any Coca-Cola memorabilia reference book. About 160 of these trays have never appeared in any of the nineteen reference books containing pictures or words about Coca-Cola trays...

Book Description
Beautifully illustrated and extensively researched, this is the most complete guide ever published on this popular area of Coke tray collecting. Classic trays from 1897 through the 1960s are here, as well as recent trays from the 1970s through 1999, many never before published. In addition to over 370 trays from the United States, there are over 80 Canadian trays, over 60 Mexican trays, and over 60 trays from Italy, Germany, and several other countries. Also, over 45 trays feature the wonderful Haddon Sundblom Santa Claus ads, shown with additional photos of the original magazine ads. In all, 517 Coca-Cola trays are pictured, with 65 more identified and described. Each tray description provides the name; issue date; shape and size; origin of the tray image; manufacturer, distributor, and quantity produced where known; country of issue; dollar value, and more. The book’s unique price guide incorporates up-to-date expert pricing as well as final sale prices from over 5,000 Internet auctions of Coke trays. Destined to become the “classic” volume on Coke trays, this book is a must for all collectors of Coca-Cola memorabilia.

Code: 0764313312
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 600 color photos
Pages: 176
Price: 45 euro

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Collectible Match Holders
For Tabletops and Walls
Jean & Franklin Hunting

Match Holders for Tabletops and Walls, by Jean and Franklin Hunting, is destined to be a major source of information for the collector as well as the antiques dealer. The Huntings, of Hunting House Antiques, have been in the antiques business for over twenty-five years, and have participated in major antiques shows from coast to coast. They put their years of experience and love for collecting into a much needed book on match holders. From the common kitchen tin match holder to the elaborate Victorian porcelain piece for the parlor, Match Holders for Tabletops and Walls contains 541 photographs with descriptions as well as information on the history of matches and match holders, and tables of information on United States invention and design patents and their time frames. This up-to-date value guide is an invaluable reference for those wishing to insure their collections, for dealers doing appraisals, and for the novice who is just beginning the pleasurable hobby of collecting.

Baby Boomer Toys and Collectibles
Carol Turpen

The toys of the 1950s and 1960s are currently among the most sought after collectibles, and some of the most popular examples are covered in this book. Nearly 500 beautiful color photos of over 780 toys and collectibles, and a helpful price guide make this a necessary reference for new and advanced collectors and toy dealers everywhere. Baby Boomer Toys and Collectibles covers a broad range of favorites from robots and space toys to race cars, Hanna-Barbera toys, and Beatles collectibles. Among them are The Official Lost in Space Robot, a hopping Fred Flintstone, and a rare bottle of “With the Beatles” perfume. Many pieces are shown with their original boxes as well.

Some of children’s lasting impressions are made while playing with favorite toys, and by simply looking at those toys the good feelings return like magic. Children from the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s will feel they have rediscovered old friends and recaptured wonderful memories of youth with the turn of every page of this book. Parents and grandparents of boomers will enjoy the memories this book evokes as well: that last dash to the store at Christmas for the one toy their child or grandchild had to have to make the day complete or the birthday gift that lit up that special child’s face with surprise and delight.

Promotional Cars & Trucks 1934-1983:
Dealership Vehicles in Miniature
Steve Butler

Book Description
Promotional cars and trucks are miniature vehicles used by car and truck dealerships and manufacturers to promote the sale of their vehicles. Each example was produced for one year, then discontinued when the new models came out. For this reason, and their appeal to the car lover in general, promotionals have a popularity enjoyed by comparatively few collectibles.
This new book presents a complete list of promotional cars and trucks, including manufacturer and current value, in a model-by-model chart. The charts are heavily illustrated with over 500 beautiful color photos, showing the full range of vehicles available.
This comprehensive book will appeal to promotional vehicle collectors, toy collectors, and automobile and truck buffs alike!

Jukeboxes
Michael Adams, Jürgen Lukas, and Thomas Maschke

Jukeboxes and their records, symbols of the lively days of petticoats and rock’n roll, are making a comeback. Collectors world-wide are searching them out wherever they can find them. The American chrome giants made by Seeburg, Wurlitzer, Rock-Ola, and AMI enjoy the greatest popularity in museums and collections, for they were in the witnesses of the “Golden Fifties”.

In Jukeboxes, these musical machines come to life again. Here is the history of the development, the technology, and the stars. Here also is information on the manufacturers, a photo chronicle of their evolution, and advice on collecting, maintaining and restoring jukeboxes from the ‘50s and ‘60s. An illustrated index of model numbers by manufacturer will be especially helpful to the collector.

Barber Shop: History and Antiques
Christian R. Jones

This is not your average show and tell antique picture book! If you only think you like barbershop antiques and collectibles, this book is for you! It is the first volume that covers the entire spectrum of old-time barbershop items: poles, chairs, mugs, bottles, razors and much more. Even better, it takes you on a delightful romp through the occupational history of traditional barbershops, which are fading today. By chronicling the golden years of barbering, the book is guaranteed to be both informative and fun. Every page presents what, where, why, when, and how information. More than 900 barbershop items appear in over 650 color photographs with current market prices. You need this barbershop reference for definitive information. It will be the preferred reference beacon for many years.

Antique Lamp Buyer’s Guide:
Identifying Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Lighting (Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition)
Nadja Maril

Do you own an old lamp? Are you wondering what it is, how it was originally used, how you can make it better, or how much it is worth? If so, this book is written for you! Easy to read and complete with a newly revised price guide, this book answers many of the basic questions confronting lamp collectors, from “Where do I look for a manufacturer’s signature?” to “How do I distinguish reproductions from originals?” Using a combination of color photographs and catalog illustrations, here is a wealth of information for anyone interested in buying or selling old lighting. Included also is a discussion of restoration issues like rewiring, practical uses for fixtures originally made for gas or oil, and restoring and protecting metal finishes.

Miniature Lamps
Frank R. and Ruth E. Smith

Miniature oil and kerosene lamps, some as diminutive as 2 1/2 inches high, are direct descendants of prehistoric lamps using animal fat and other oils. Since the miniatures which have been preserved are so small that they cannot have provided adequate reading light, their intended function remains somewhat obscure.

Miniature lamps might have found uses in sickrooms, for dispelling a child’s “bogeyman,” or as parlor courting lamps making a suitable compromise between the requirements of propriety and romantic aura.

Military Medals, Decorations, and Orders of the United States and Europe: A Photographic Study to the Beginning of WWII
Robert W.D. Ball , Paul Peters

At last the book on Military Medals that collectors have been anxiously awaited! Hundreds of photographs of rare, seldom seen medals, decorations and orders, as well as those awards commonly encountered, with their intricate details captured in spectacular color. Descriptions and value guide give the advanced collector, and the novice, the opportunity to indentify and grade their collections. Covered are medals from: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Imperial Russsia, Serbia-Yugoslavia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States.

Bob Ball and Paul Peters are both collectors and live in Connecticut. Bob Ball is also the author of American Shelf and Wall Clocks, and Cowboy Collectibles and Western Memorabilia (with Edward Vebell), also available from Schiffer Publishing.

A Collector’s Handbook of Miniature Perfume Bottles Minis, Mates and More
Jeri Lyn Ringblum

This handbook provides hundreds of clear color photographs and fascinating stories which reveal volumes about each fragrance, far beyond the size of the bottles.

These miniature bottles are popular collectibles today and this useful book contains information to satisfy the most discriminating taste. Fragrance names, their creators, launch dates, bottle and package designs and dimensions are all here, as well as a price guide in the captions to reflect today’s fragrance market.

Classic Miniature Vehicles
Made in Italy
Dr. Edward Force

Once again Dr. Edward Force, America’s foremost authority on miniature vehicles shares his knowledge with other avid collectors. This time he turns to Italy, where diecast miniature vehicles began to be manufactured after the end of World War II. Mercury built their first models in 1945, followed by Lima, Nigam, PM, Ra-Ro, Rivarossi, Safar and SVP. Cars from these and other Italian companies are presented in full color with informative, vital facts about the cars presented in an easy to use format.

This new volume has more models to list than any of Ed Force’s previous works, making it a jam-packed, interesting, important reference. This is an important book for the libraries of all serious miniature car collectors.

Matchbox and Lledo Toys
Edward Force

Whether you are wondering what the toy cars, and trucks at the bottom of your toychest are worth, or are a serious collector, this new book will be useful to you. Ed Force, one of America’s foremost collectors and experts on miniature toy vehicles, catalogues and shows in full color all of the latest Matchbox toys made from 1983-1987 and presents the first comprehensive look at the new world of Lledo Toys vehicles. The Matchbox toys section brings Schiffer Publishing’s coverage up-to-date, taking up where Nancy Schiffer’s Matchbox Toys stopped off and bringing the reader information and full-color photographs of the most recent models.
The Lledo Toys section introduces that company’s line of miniature “antique” vehicles, many of the horse drawn varieties, and opens up a whole new field of collecting to enthusiasts. Ed Force also provides helpful background information and history which will increase the fun of collecting them. Included in Matchbox and Lledo Toys is a current price guide, an immense help to those involved in this fast growing hobby.

Westclox®
“Wind Up”
Jim Linz

Over 790 images display hundreds of Westclox® “wind-up” clocks and watches produced between 1885 and 1970. An extensive history of the company and its employees is told through photographs, poems, letters, and anecdotes drawn from the Westclox magazine-Tick Talk. Westclox’ pioneering marketing efforts are discussed, including its move into radio advertising with the Big Ben “Dream Dramas.” The informative text also includes data on major innovations in spring clocks and watches, identifying both patents and inventors. Included are George Kern’s original patents for “Big Ben.”

Westclox spring clocks and watches spanned many design eras, including Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Mid-Century Modern. In addition to Henry Dreyfuss’ well-known redesigns of Big Ben during the 1930s and 1940s, the designers of dozens of other clocks are identified. Among the designers discussed are Joseph Steinmeier, Max Schlenker, Ellworth Danz, and Roman Szalek. Endnotes, a bibliography, and indices are included, along with current market values in the captions. Clock collectors, designers, and historians will find this book fascinating. Endnotes, a bibliography, and index are included, along with current market values in the captions. Clock collectors, designers, and historians will find this book fascinating.

Pocket Watches
Reinhard Meis

Historically and visually, this is the most exciting volume on pocket watches that every has been compiled. 915 photographs of old and newer styles show the development clearly, and the text explains the mechanisms and manufacturers. The chapters present detailed discussions of watch movements, escapements, striking movements, dials, and cases. Then, a chronological organization of examples shows pocket watches of international origins dating from about 1150 to the present models.

European Pendulum Clocks
Klaus Maurice and Peter Heuer

This volume studies, in chronological order, three types of large clocks-wall, cabinet and free-standing, with particular attention to clocks from France, England, Holland, Scandinavia and the German-speaking countries.

The emphasis is on French clocks due to recent great interest in the trade of these among collectors. The English clocks, still favored by a large group of collectors, are strongly represented here and there are several beautiful examples from Holland. The German speaking area, including Austria, Germany, and Switzerland are also well represented especially with clocks from south Germany-a delight for lovers and collectors of the Baroque and Rocco clocks.

European Pendulum Clocks is essential for the collector of clocks, dealers, auction houses, museums, and anyone awed by the beauty and craftsmanship of these fascinating timepieces.

Code: 0887401449
Size: 22x28 cm
Illustrations: 448 photos
Pages: 248
Price: 85 euro

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The Illustrated Guide to Antique Writing Instruments - Revised 3rd Edition
S. Schneider & G. Fischler

This wonderful book has become the standard pocket guide in the field. It is just what collectors need for quick and easy reference... and its newly updated prices make it invaluable. Both handy and beautiful, it shows over 500 pens and pencils in nearly full-size color photos and provides short histories of nineteen main manufacturing companies. Concise, helpful information with each photo includes a guide to the price of each pen and pencil.

Collecting Writing Instruments
Dietmar Geyer

From the flint tool to the stylus, from the quill pen to the fountain pen and felt-tip marker, this book invites one to develop anew or deepen one’s love for beautiful old writing instruments. Hundreds of contemporary engravings, illustrations, advertisements, photos, and catalog and brochure excerpts accompany the reader through the written history of the quill pen, pencil fountain pen and paper and their use.

Here editors and journalists, salespeople, architects, students, and above all, collectors of historic writing instruments, will find facts about the origin, variations, and further development of one of the most important and personal of our useful tools-the writing instrument.

Beginning with the origins of writing, Geyer covers the early writing instruments, steel pens, pencil, fountain pens, ball-point pens, and even the felt-tip marker. The greatest emphasis is on beautiful historical fountain pens. The major brands studied include Conway-Stewart, Cross, Edding, Faber-Castell, Geha, Kaeco, Lamy, Montblanc, Onoto, Parker, Pelikan, Senator, Schwan-Stabilo, Sheaffer, Soennecken, Staedtler,Swan Wahl-Eversharp, Waterman.

Commercial Perfume Bottles
Jacquelyne Jones-North

Comprehensive guide to collecting the past and present bottles used by perfumers. Beautiful color pictures of flacons made by R. Lalique, Baccarat, J. Viard, Brosse, A. Jollivet, Cristal Nancy, Wheaton, C. K. Benda, and Lucien Guillard. Figural, novelty dimestore, and bottles with the original packaging are shown. Lavishly illustrated with catalog and ad pictures. Histories of many famous perfume houses and bottle makers are included. A directory of hundreds of American and European perfumers from 1870 to the present, with the names of thousands of scents makes dating a bottle easier for the collector.

Commercial Fragrance Bottles
Joanne Dubbs Ball and Dorothy Hehl Torem

During the past one hundred years, thousands of trademarked fragrances have competed in the marketplace. Here are over 1000 examples, most of which have not appeared in previous books on the subject. From cork-stoppered, flora-scented toilette water that Victorian ladies daubed on their wrists on airless summer days to current fragrances that provide yet another avenue for individuality in the ambiance of today’s modern woman-here are commercial fragrance bottles for the most avid aficionado. Spanning early examples and every decade of the 20th century, Commercial Fragrance Bottles covers a representative assortment-from the rare to the whimsical.

Once it is published, Commercial Fragrance Bottles will become one of the standard books in the large, enthusiastic field of perfume bottle collecting.

Decorated Biscuit Tins
American, English and European
Peter Hornsby

Peter Hornsby’s Decorated Biscuit Tins tells the story of a highly successful marketing technique operated in Britain, the United States, and many other parts of the world from the Victorian period up to the second World War. Biscuit or cookie makers discovered that their products sold better and lasted longer if they were packed in tins. The first plain, simple containers were replaced by elaborately decorated printed tins, many made to represent a whole range of fascinating domestic and family objects. These colorful and novel tins helped sell the biscuits and then remained in the home to be used as storage boxes or played with as toys, until they became the source of interest for today. Thousands of designs were made by the world’s leading biscuit makers, and examples can still be discovered in trunks in Grannie’s attic, filled with seed packets in the garden shed, on a shelf in the garage, or in any number of antique shops.

Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, & Society (1760-1880)
Antigone Clarke & Joseph O’Kelly

The box represents great temptation. “Open me” it says. The human cannot resist it; its charm is overwhelming. So too, is the charm of this remarkable book, in which antique boxes and tea caddies - along with the people who inspired, made, and used them - dance gracefully through the pages. The reader is guided through the aesthetic, cultural, and social influences of the years covered, accumulating a deep understanding of the form, decoration, and purpose of eighteenth and nineteenth century boxes. The extensive text covers wooden, tortoiseshell, ivory, papier mâché, and lacquer boxes. There are chapters on Anglo Indian, Scottish, Irish, Penwork, Straw work, and Tunbridge ware boxes, as well as on boxes made for special purposes. Captions include complete descriptions, values, and circa dates for all boxes shown. The 905 images include original drawings, magnificent photographs of complete pieces, and close-ups illustrating the structure and decoration of boxes. This is an indispensable companion for box collectors and reflects fascinating information about cultural forces that shaped the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

100 Years of Bell Telephone
Richard D. Mountjoy

From the Coffin sets of the 1870s to the Princess phones of the 1960s and beyond, this book explores the technology and the history of the telephone. Because the Bell Company was the “sole source” for much telephone technology until very recently, much of the public access to this information has been quite limited. This definitive work will end much uncertainty by providing a vast amount of information never before published.
Design changes are carefully chronicled with 350 color photographs. Here is detailed information which will help identify a piece and will take the guess work out of dating equipment. For those who are restoring a telephone and would like to ensure its historical accuracy, this book will make it easy to match pieces correctly.

Telephones
Antique to Modern
Kate Dooner

The telephone you stashed away in your attic years ago is likely to be a magnificent treasure today!
Enjoy this wonderful depiction of innovative telephones in over 500 color photographs tracing the development of the telephone from Bell’s first experimental equipment. The book pictures exquisite examples of wooden box phones, vanities, upright “candlesticks,” and desk stand or “cradle” phones, including some Canadian and European models.
This volume has become an important reference for the novice and avid telephone collector alike, with full descriptions of the numerous telephone companies and manufacturers and, in this 2nd edition, an updated value guide. This is the most expansive work ever compiled on collecting antique telephones, helping it become a growing and exciting hobby.

Tinplate Toys
From Schuco, Bing, and Other Companies
Jurgen Franzke

The very popular, high quality tinplate toys of the mid-20th century from Nuremberg, Germany, are discussed in a historical setting in this delightful book. The chapters include 300 color photographs, information about the manufacturers (especially Schuco and Bing) and their markings, and essays on the past, present, and future of this special toy industry. An updated price guide provides helpful insight into the collectors’ market. Mechanical figures, automobiles, trucks, trains, machines, and associated buildings that are all presented will remind many of the best toys of their youth. Many toys shown are from superb private collections and the Toy Museum of Nuremberg.