The encyclopedia of ephemera
Subtitle: a guide to the fragmentary documents of everyday life for the collector, curator, and historian
By: Maurice Rickards ; edited and completed by Michael Twyman with the assistance of Sally de Beaumont and Amoret Tanner.
Contributors: Twyman, Michael.; De Beaumont, Sally.; Tanner, Amoret.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Printed ephemera -- Dictionaries; Printed ephemera -- Collectors and collecting
Genres: Dictionaries.
Description: "With more than 400 entries on paper collectibles from the most obscure to the most common, this outstanding source is arranged alphabetically and provides written descriptions and photographs of anything from an ABC primer from 19th-century London to winkle bags. This is truly a source to be consulted by collectors or anyone looking for a glimpse of the past."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-376) and index.