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C &B Weiser
Books for the Discriminating
Button Collector
CBWeiser Catalog
By
Connie and Bud Weiser$ 4.00 *
Item # BOK00005
All new 3rd edition
8 1/2 x 11, 60+ Pages
See our catalog for 169 patterns of Deluxe Display Cards, Drawn Cards, Supplies, Reference Books, Studio Artists and Imported Russian Buttons
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Buttons
By
Sally C. Lucsomb$ 24.95 *
Revised 6th Edition with Price Guide
Over 3000 Buttons
7 1/4 x 10 1/4, 242 Pages
Clear and Colored Glass Buttons
By
Jean Longo$8.00*
Item # BOK00011
A complete classification
Third Revised Edition 2002 By Jean Longo 6 x 9 Spiral Bound, Soft Cover
Bridal Rosettes Two Centuries of Equine Adornment
By
Helene Sage$ 70.00 *
Item # BOK00010
Hardback 8-3/4 x 11-1/4 colored pics 256 pages
Several in stock new not used
Guidelines For Collecting China Buttons
50
Item # BOK00014
Blue cover hardback out of print in hardback 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 151 pages
All black and white images better than paperback hard to find.
We try to keep one in stock all of the time.
OUT OF PRINT used
The Book of Buttons A Practical and Creative Guide
By
Joyne WhittemoreCall for availablity used not new
Item # BOK00015
8-3/4 x 11-1/4 all color hardback 73 pages
We try to keep a copy in our inventory
Buttons The Collector's Guide to Selecting, Restoring, and Enjoying New and Vintage Buttons
By
Nancy Fink`and`Maryalice Ditzler30
Item # BOK00016
9-1/4 x 12-1/4 80 pages gently used`
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons Bicentennial Edition
By
Alphaeus S. Albert$ 49.00 *
Item # BOK00018
Hardback 476 pages 5-3/4 x 8-3/4
New not used
All Because of a Button, Folklore, Fact and Fiction
By
Ellaraine Lockle$ 24.50 *
Item # BOK00025
With forward by Millicent Safro
Hardback 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 black and white 203 pages
New not used
The Colorful World of Buttons
By
Viviane Beck Ertell$ 50.00 *
Item # BOK00031
Hard cover with spiral bound 43 pages all colored photos
9 x 11-3/8 with paper dust cover
The Button Sampler
By
Lillian Smith Albert and Jane Ford AdamsCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00033
Hardback with paper dust cover a Collecotor's Library
5-3/4 x 8-1/4 143 pages
Black and white images gently used
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
BUTTONS A Collector's Guide
By
Victor Houart$26.00*
Item # BOK00034
Out of print used not new
Hard back 6-7/8 x 8-5/8 black and white photos
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
A Collectors Guide to BUTTONS
By
Diana Epstein$20.00*
Item # BOK00038
Copyright 1960
Paperback black and white photos
6 x 8-1/4 84 pages gently
Out of print
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Button Hand Books Supplement III
By
Florence Zacharie Ellis NichollsCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00039
Autographed by Florence Nicholls
Copyright 1949 83 pages paperback 6 x 9
Gently used Out of print
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Buttons
By
Alan and Gillian MeredithCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00041
Copyright 2000
5-3/4 x 8-1/4
colored and black and white photos
40 pages gently used
Out of Print
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
The Complete Button Book
By
Lillian Smith Albert and Kathryn KentCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00042
Hardback copyright 1949
6-3/4 x 10 gently used 409 pages
out of print
a must for collectors
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
The Button Collectors's History
By
Grace Horney Ford$40.00*
Item # BOK00043
Hardback copyright 1943
238 pages 6 x 9-1/4 autographed
Great costumes shown from Renaissance to 19 centuries plus lots of buttons
Out of Print
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Button Classics
By
L. Erwina Couse and Marguerite MapleCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00045
Copyright 1941 hardback
these all seemed to have lots of wear on the cover
249 pages 8-1/2 x 11-7/8
Out of Print
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
The Button Industry in the United States
By
Edward Louis Newberger$ 15.00 *
Item # BOK00046
Copyright 1998
Paperback 99 pages 5-3/8 x 8-1/4
Discovering OLD Buttons
By
Primrose Peacock$8.00*
Item # BOK00047
Soft cover 4-1/2 x 7 all black and white
76 pages gently used
Out of print
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Stencils a China Stencil Check List
By
George E. AdamsCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00048
1944 Paperback booklet
5 x 8
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Button Hand Book
By
Florence ZacharieEllis Nicholl
Call for availability and price
Item # BOK00050
Copyright 1943
128 pages hardback 6-1/4" x 9-3/8
has paper dust cover
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Call for availability and price
Button Hand Books Supplement
By
Florence Zacharie Ellis NichollCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00056
Copyright 1944 32 pages paperback 6 x 9
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Button Hand Books Supplement II with index
By
Florence ZacharieEllis Nicholl
Call for availability and price
Item # BOK00057
Copyright 1945
51 pages paperback 6 x 9
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
The Button Lovers Book History, Sewing, Collecting, Care, Button Boxes, Games, Art
By
Marilyn Green forward by Robbie FanningCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00058
7-1/4 x 9" 181 pages some color plates
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Guidelines For Collecting China Buttons
Call for availability and price
Item # BOK00060
Reprinted in 1994
colored buttons on soft cover
out of print paperback
5-3/8 x 8-1/4 151 pages all black and white photos
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Old Buttons and Their Values
By
compiled by Lorraine Olson$20.00*
Item # BOK00061
Hard back
Copyright 1940
109 pages 5-3/4 x 8-1/2
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Through the Button Hole
By
Harriet BurkehimerCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00063
A great beginner book
A book for all button collectors everywhere
Spiral bound 9 x 11-1/4 over 50 pages
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
A Carnival of Iridescent Luster Buttons Vol 1
By
Ruth Miller Clark$25.00*
Item # BOK00066
Spriral bound
Black and white hand drawings great for Identifying black glass and Iridescent buttons etc
147 pages 5-3/4 x 8-1/2 white cover
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory. Call for availability
A carnival of Iridescent Luster Buttons Vol 2
By
Ruth Miller Clark$25.00*
Item # BOK00067
Spriral bound black and white hand drawings
great for Identifying black glass and Iridescent buttons etc
139 pages 5-3/4 x 8-1/2 red cover
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory. Call for availability
Pictures Buttons of the Past
By
Evelyn SwensonCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00068
Signed limited edition number 909
All black and white goes into great detail on many of our most famous picture buttons
47 pages hard bound 8-3/4 x 11
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Collecting Men's Belt Buckles
By
Dr.Joseph V. Saitta$ 20.00 *
Item # BOK00070
With Price Guide
paperback 6 x 9 colored pages 160 pages
Index to National Button Society bulletins Vol 51 (1992) to Vol 70 (2011)
By
Ann Flood$ 29.50 *
Item # BOK00071
309 pages paperback a must for any collector NEW not used replaces previous edition adding 10 more years of index 6 x 8-3/4
Buttons Art in Miniature
By
Stefan SchiffCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00072
A past president and member of NBS published in 1970
Beautiful colored plates 76 pages w dust cover hardback
7-5/8 x 8-1/8
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Black Glass Button A Handbook for Collectors for NBS
By
Joan Lindsay and Simone Kincaid$ 20.00 *
Item # BOK00075
Black Glass Button A Handbook for Collectors for NBS Spriral bound all colored prints copyright
64 pages 6 x 8-3/4
Everyone needs this beautiful book
Yesterday's Button Classics
By
L. Erwina Couse and Marguerite MapleCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00076
Copyright 1941 Hardback purple cover all black and white but fabuous details
255 pages and 108 plates of pics 6 x 9
OUT OF PRINT
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory. Please call for availability and pric
A Button Collector's Journal
By
Lillian AlbertCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00077
Autographed copyright 1941 out of print in 1946
6 x 8-1/2 116 pages all black and white
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776 - 1865
By
the late Warren K TiceCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00078
Autographed hard back
black and white 519 pages out of print hard to find 9 x 11
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Button Hand book including Suppliment 1,2 and 3
By
Florence Zacharie and Ellis NichollsCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00079
In one book instead of 3
Includes Comparative Values. Great guide even today copy right 1994A must for everone
paperback 6 x 9 x 1 thick
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory
Jewelry and Buttons Painted Porcelain identifidcation and value guide
By
Dorothy Hamm$28.00*
Item # BOK00080
Includes studs, pins, Motifs and styles hat pins, shirt waist buttons
A Facinating book hard to put down paperback 128 pages
all in color 8-1/2 x 11
We try to always keep a copy in our inventory. Call for availability
A Collectors Guide to Peasant Silver Buttons
By
Jane Perry$42.50*
Item # BOK00001
An illustrated guide to three centuries of souvenir and peasant silver buttons from Europe, Asia and the Americas. 186 pages all Pics black and white. new not used. Always in stock.
By
Debra Wisniewski$30.00*
Item # BOK00002
A great inexpensive book. Great pictures of all kinds of buttons, buckles and more. She has included many C & B Weiser Deluxe Display Cards with the buttons on them. It is all in color. 254 pages OUT OF PRINT used. Please call for availabilty. We try to keep a copy in our inventory.
Index to National Button Society bulletins Vol 1 (1942) to Vol 50 (1991
By
Ann Flood$35.00*
Item # BOK00003
A great index of 50 volumes of National Button Bulletins She has several sections to find the article easily. 476 pages paperback a must for any collector several available new not used. Always in stock.
Button Button Identification and Price Guide
By
Peggy Ann Osborne$17.00*
Item # BOK00006
A great affordable book. A great addition to any button collectors library.` 6 x 9 167 pages. New not used
Button Button Identification and Price Guide a used edition
By
Peggy Ann OsborneCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00006B
The price is right if you do not need current pricing. This edition is from 1993. A great addition to any button collectors library.` 6 x 9 167 pages. USED. Call for availability and price.
NBS section 9A Synthetic Polymers Handboo
By
J Howells, J. MacFarlane, N. Deal$8.00*
Item # BOK00008
A NBS publication great guide for plastic except Celluloid 6 x 9 soft cover paperback 40 pgs all color several available new not used
Price Guide for Big Book of Buttons
$15.00*
Item # BOK00009
Price Guide for Big Book of Buttons bound paper back 8-1/2 x 11 95 pages. This Price Guide works for all editions of the BBB new not used.
Save shipping on the Price Guide and order together with the latest BBB edition.
Modern West German Glass Buttons
By
Lucille Weingarten and M. W. Speights$24.00*
Item # BOK00012
Spiral Bound soft cover 6 x 9 Great Descriptions of vintage German glass 92 pages full colored pages Spiral Bound soft cover several available new not used
Guidelines For Collecting China Button
Call for availability and Price
Item # BOK00013
Blue hard cover OUT OF PRINT in 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 151 pages all black and white images better than paperback hard to find OUT OF PRINT used. We try to keep one in our inventory at all times. Call for availability and Price
Big Book of Buttons The Encyclopedia of Button History Design and ID
By
by Elizabeth Hughes and Marion Lester$375.00*
Item # BOK00017
New in 2011 2nd Edition over 1100 pages more than 200 new plates 2 volume set plus shipping ask about price guide extra also available
A must for every collector. Well worth the money. Always in stock
From Nut to Button A Closer Look at Vegetable Ivory
By
Pat & David Field$38.00*
Item # BOK00021
Spiral bound 114 pages 8-3/4 x 11 color and black and white limited quantity new not used OUT OF PRINT.
A fantastic book on the making Techniques and history of Vegatable Ivory.
A must for every collector. In Stock
Transportation Uniform Buttons Volume 1 RAILROAD
By
Donald Van CourtCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00022
A fantastic reference book on Railroad buttons hardback 8-3/4 x 11-1/4 280 pages all black and white. OUT OF PRINT
At this point we have only a few left that are New not used
Transportation Uniform Buttons Volume 2 TRANSIT
By
Donald Van CourtCall for availablity and price
Item # BOK00023
A fantastic reference book on Transit buttons hardback 8-3/4 x 11-1/4 305 pages all black and white
OUT OF PRINT We only have a few left new not used
Transportation Uniform Buttons Volume 3 MARITIME AND AVIATION
By
Donald Van CourtCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00024
A fantastic reference book on Maritime and Aviation buttons hardback 8-3/4 x 11-1/4 198 pages all black and white
OUT OF PRINT At this time we only have a few available. New not used
About Buttons A Collector's Guide 150 A.D. to the Present
By
Peggy Ann Osborne$80.00*
Item # BOK00026
Peggy Ann Osborne's one of our best button authors, Fantastic hardback 320 pages 9 x 12 1100 Beautifully colored photos an absolutely beautiful. In stock all of the time. New not used. Everyone should have it in their library
Cuff Jewelry: A Historical Account for Collectors and Antique Dealers
By
Howard Bell$35.00*
Item # BOK00027
One of the only cuff link books available paperback with 3 holes for placing in a notebook 102 pages in color and black and white 8-1/2 x 11. OUT OF PRINT. New not used.
Fashion Buckles Common to Classic
By
Gerald H. McGrath and Janet Meana$30.00*
Item # BOK00028
One of the very few books on buckles with VALUES. A fantastic book that covers so much territory. paperback 8-1/2 x 11 181 pages All colored prints. New not used
Fun Buttons
By
Peggy Ann Osborne$30.00*
Item # BOK00029
Peggy Ann Osborne's books are some of the best books to have in your library. hardback 144 pages 377 color photos with Price Guide. New. In Stock.
Buttons
By
Diana Epstein and Millicent Safro$49.00*
Item # BOK00030
By the same authors of the Big Book of Buttons hardback with paper dust cover 9 x 10-1/4 176 pages all colored photos. New normally always in stock.
Baubles, Buttons and Beads
By
Sibylle Jargstorf$30.00*
Item # BOK00032
A great reference source paperback 8-1/2 x 11 176 pages 384 color photos new
JUST BUTTONS
$2.50*
Item # BOK00035
A series of bulletins published from 1942 to 1979 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 All used all black and white lots of great
It is fun to see the prices of buttons way back when. A great reference source. Please send us your requests month and year
National Button Bulletin-black and white editions
By
NBS$2.00*
Item # BOK00036
National Button Bulletins Older issues are All black and white depending on year. The actual size of the bulletins have changed once or twice.
Please request month and year. This price is for NON color editions.
National Button Bulletins-Colored editions
By
NBS$4.00*
Item # BOK00037
National Button Bulletins Newer issues have color sections.A great affordable reference source.
Please request month and year for availability. This price is only for the COLORED Bulletins
Button Heritage
By
Erwina Chamberlain and Minerva Miner$35.00*
Item # BOK00044
Usually autographed by both hardback copyright 1967 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 247 pages mostly black and white some colored prints gently used.
Please call for availablity and price.
Antique and Collectible Buttons ID and values Vol 1
By
Debra Wisniewski$35.00*
Item # BOK00051
A great button reference source for all, especially beginners. All color 168 pages 1997 edition.
OUT OF PRINT used. Please call for availability and price. We try to keep this book in stock. Price may very
Button Collecting
By
Polly de Steiguer CrummettCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00069
Another great button reference source. Copyright 1939 all Black and White 157 pages OUT OF PRINT . All Used 5-5/8 x 8-1/4 a great addition to any button collection call for availability and verification of price. We try to keep an copy in our inventory.
Button Guide Book No 1
By
P. S. Crummett & P. S. FreemaCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00073
Their Manufacture, use on Costumes and Collectible Types by P. S. Crummett & P. S. Freeman all black and white Copyright 1939 96 pages 5-3/8 x 8-1/2 .
This one we try to keep in stock. Please call for availability and verifiation of price.
Button Guide Book No 2
By
P. S. Crummett & P. S. FreemanCall for availability and price
Item # BOK00074
No 2 Their Manufacture, use on Costumes and Collectible Types all black and white Copyright 1939 96 pages 5-3/8 x 8-1/2
We try to keep a copy of this book in stock. Please call for availability and price
Button Museum
$185.00*
Item # BOK00082
printed Dec 2002 it is all in Japanese but the pictures are fabulous hardcover with dust jacket NEW still in the plastic wrap oversized pages Osumi, Hiroshi 7-3/4 x12 247 pages all in color don't miss out on this one ISBN: 4885917905 Japanese Import.
Hard to come by please call for availability and verification of price
A Button Collectors's Second Journal
By
Lillian Smith Albert$24.00*
Item # BOK00077
A Button Collector's Journal by Lillian Albert autographed copyright 1941 out of print in 1946 in great condiditon 6 x 8-1/2 116 pages all black and white
Jewelry and Buttons Painted Porcelain
By
Dorothy Hamm$45.00*
Item # BOK00080
Jewelry and Buttons Painted Porcelain identifidcation and value guide inc studs, pins, Motifs and styles hat pins, shirt waist buttons a Facinating book hard to put down paperback 128 pages by Dorothy Hamm all in color 8-1/2 x 11 slightly used
Button Parade
By
Dorothy Foster Brown$30.00*
Item # BOK00083
Button Parade new revised and enlarged edition by Dorothy Foster Brown 1968 edition all black and white 270 pages 8-1/2 x 11
Price Guide to Button Parad
By
Gertrude D. Adkin$8.00*
Item # BOK00084
Price Guide to Button Parade By Gertrude D. Adkins showing prices for all illustrations in Button Parade paperback copyright 1970 27 pages nice to complete a collection fun to look at these prices 8-1/2 x 11
The Button Box
By
Margarette S. Reid$8.00*
Item # BOK00085
The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid illustrated by Sarah Chamberlain all color a great book for young juniors. 8 x 10-1/2
Button Classics a smaller sized editio
By
Erwina Couse and Marguerite Maple$32.00*
Item # BOK00086
Button Classics a smaller sized edition by L. Erwina Couse and Marguerite Maple copyright 1970 by American Life Foundation hardback 256 pages 6 x9 gently used very good condition
Black Glass Buttons 1945 with Return Engagement of Black Glass
By
Jones, Fuoss, Smith$30.00*
Item # BOK00087
Black Glass Buttons 1945 combined with Return Engagement of Black Glass Buttons 1952 by Jones, Fuoss, Smith and Fuoss 144 pages signed on page 144
Goodyear Rubber buttons
By
James W. Hall55
Item # BOK00088
Goodyear Rubber Buttons A Guide to Identification and Availability book by James Hall All color pictures, 228 pages. In this encyclopedic collection Jim has provided the most detailed guide to Goodyear rubber buttons ever compiled
* Prices subject to change without notice.
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