Vintage Ladies Compacts: Identification & Value Guide

Gerson, Roselyn

ISBN 10: 0891456805 / ISBN 13: 9780891456803

Published by Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A., 1995

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covers have minor wear, binding tight, pages unmarked, 344 pages including glossary and index, bw and color illustrations of hundreds of compacts with brief descriptions and estimated values Size: 8.75 x 11.25. Seller Inventory # 027555

Bibliographic Details

Title: Vintage Ladies Compacts: Identification & ...

Publisher: Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

This book provides a comprehensive history, complete descriptions, and current value guide for objects that are romantic reflections of the past and present: ladies' compacts, vintage and vogue. The diversity of materials, styles, shapes, decorative techniques, and workmanship is described and shown for more than 2,000 specimens in over 1,000 full color photographs. Included are gadgetry compacts, cosmetic cases in combination with watches, compasses, music boxes, hatpins, canes, cameras, bracelets, pendants, and more. In addiiton, there are commemorative, premium, and souvenir compacts, important patent applications, original compact advertisements, dating by patent number, and a comprehensive list of American and foreign manufacturers. Included too are a glossary, bibliography, and an index. Vintage Ladies' Compacts 2nd Edition is an excellently researched picture reference guide for collectors, dealers, museums, jewelers, libraries, and students ofcostume. 2001 values. AUTHORBIO: Roselyn Gerson, known as "The Compact Lady" is the founder of the Compact Collectors Culb and editor and publisher of the newsletter, Powder Puff. She is the author of the first book written on ladies' compacts, Ladies' Compacts of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, and Vintage Vanity Bags & Purses, Vintage Ladies' Compacts, Vintage & Contemporary Purse Accessories, Vintage & Vogue Ladies' Compacts, Second Edition, and The Este Lauder Solid Perfume Compact Collection, 1967 to 2001. REVIEW: This book showcases manymore beautiful examples of ladies' compacts not shown in the author's previous edition. Updated values have been included, as well as new information not available at the time of the first edition's printing.