: a guide to the fragmentary documents of everyday life for the collector, curator, and historian
/ Maurice Rickards
; Amoret Tanner
London
: British Library
, 2000.
x, 402p.
:illus. (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-376) and index
"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