Zippo
Subtitle: an American legend : a collector's companion
By: Avi R. Baer, Alexander Neumark.
Contributors: Neumark, Alexander.
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Zippo Manufacturing Company -- Catalogs; Cigar lighters -- United States -- Collectors and collecting -- Catalogs; Cigar lighters -- History
Genres: Catalogs.
Description: "The story of the Zippo--from the Marines in the Pacific, the NASA Space Program, through today's instant collectibles."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 'Mr. Zippo' 11; title: 2 The early Years 20; title: 3 The Lifetime Guarantee 30; title: 4 Zippo In World War II 44; title: 5 Zippo Gains Mormentum 57; title: 6 Zippo In Vietnam 76; title: 7 Zippo in Space 87; title: 8 Zippo Hlighlights 93; title: 9 Zippo Advertising 116; title: 10 Zippo Military Lighters after Vietnam 136; title: 11 Zippo Manufacturing 140; title: 12 The Zippo Swap Meet 148; title: 13 Zippo On Line 154; title: 14 Zippo In Entertainment 157; title: 15 Zippo Trivia 161; title: 16 Iating Your Zippo 174; title: 17 Zippo Family 182.