Author: Stuart L. SchneiderPublisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors w
ISBN: 9780887409523
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collector's guide to over 500 lighters. Includes a price guide. Illus., quarto.
The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters
Author: Stuart SchneiderPublisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764349751
Category : Cigar lighters
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Extraordinary cigarette lighters can be found in the strangest of places--in a garage sale, at a swap meet, perhaps even in your own basement. This convenient, revised and updated handheld guide introduces a history of lighters through a comprehensive, alphabetical presentation of styles, organized according to company name and dating from the late 1800s through the 1980s.Well-known makers such as Dunhill, Ronson, Evans, Scripto, and Zippo are included, as well as unusual lighters from lesser known companies. Never before has a book shown such variety of lighters with this much detail and color: over 800 lighters are illustrated along with current updated market values, along with over 35 new images. Whether you are a collector of lighters or interested in design, this book will give you insight into the style, beauty, and value of cigarette lighters. And once you start collecting, it may be hard to break the habit!
The Golden Age of Cigarette Lighters
Author: Ira PilossofPublisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764319365
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Here is the largest collection of vintage cigarette lighters ever assembled. These popular personal accessories were made by Dunhill, Ronson (Aronson Art Metal Works Company), Evans, Scripto, and Zippo, as well as many smaller, specialized manufacturers. It is conveniently organized by country of origin and includes essays by noted experts in the lighter collecting field. Stunningly illustrated with over 1000 color photographs, it is invaluable as a reference for collectors and antique dealers. Current values as well as detailed descriptions are included in the captions.
Collector's Guide to Cigarette Lighters
Author: James FlanaganPublisher:
ISBN: 9780891456919
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
These full-color collector's guides have hundreds of photos, complete descriptions, vintage ads, and current values. Chapters include advertising, Art Deco, military, novelty, cheesecake, animals, Occupied Japan, pocket and table lighters, and more. Book II, with over 400 color photos, is a companion volume with no repeats of Book I. Book I includes 1998 values, while Book II has 1996 values.
Cigarette Lighter
Author: Jack PendarvisPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 150130738X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Smokers, survivalists, teenagers, collectors.... The cigarette lighter is a charged, complex, yet often entirely disposable object that moves across these various groups of people, acquiring and emitting different meanings while always supplying its primary function, that of ignition. While the lighter may seem at first a niche object-only for old fashioned cigarette smokers-in this book Jack Pendarvis explodes the lighter as something with deep history, as something with quirky episodes in cultural contexts, and as something that dances with wide ranging taboos and traditions. Pendarvis shows how the lighter tarries with the cheapest ends of consumer culture as much as it displays more profound dramas of human survival, technological advances, and aesthetics. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Collecting Cigarette Lighters for Fun and Profit
Author: Phi DracoPublisher: Phi Draco
ISBN: 0974612073
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Discription and photos of over one hundred cigarette lighters from the twenties through the sixties. Profusely illustrated with patents, manufacturers, repair techniques and advertising notebook suggestions.
The Big Book of Cigarette Lighters
Author: James FlanaganPublisher:
ISBN: 9781574324099
Category : Cigar lighters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cigarette lighter collectors, here it is! The Big Book of Cigarette Lighters is the reference that you have been waiting for. This all-new hardcover, full-color book contains hundreds of new photos not included in the Collector's Guide to Cigarette Lighters, Volumes I and II, all with full descriptions and values. There are numerous chapters detailing many timeless classics from a variety of styles, including Advertising, Art Deco, Novelty, Occupied Japan, and many more. This is a 'must have' book with something for everyone. 2005 values.
Author: John PedersenMan from the South (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
Author: Roald DahlPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 1405911042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Man from the South is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. In Man from the South, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a man takes part in a very unusual bet, one with appalling consequences . . . Man from the South is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police; a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others. 'The absolute master of the twist in the tale.' (Observer ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Stephen Mangan. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Popular Mechanics
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
