Antique Matchsafe 1840-1920 Collectors Ref Guide - Silver Risque Military MORE

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Collector Bookstore
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Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
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Pocket Matchsafes: Reflections of Life & Art, 1840-1920 by: W. Eugene Sanders
ISBN:
0764303244
Book Title:
Pocket Matchsafes Reflections of Life & Art 1840-1920
Author:
W. Eugene Sanders, Jr. & Christin C. Sanders
Binding:
Soft Cover
Copyright:
1997
Pages:
183
Size:
8.5 x 11 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
Are you interested in matchsafes, breweriana, orientalia, fraternal orders, black memorabilia, Native Americans, royalty and politicians, risquthemes, sports, advertising, heraldry, gambling, and late-nineteenth and early twentieth century art forms?
One medium that has captured all the above is matchsafes, presented here as a microcosm of life and art from 1840 to 1920. Nearly 2,000 matchsafes have been captured in exquisite detail in 398 color photographs by Gordon Deas. Each is described with details of its pertinent artist, patentee, manufacturer, materials, construction, and value, all complementing the brief and conversational general text.
This definitive book is organized according to these interests to provide hours of enjoyment and a source you will return to again and again.
398 color photos
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