Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisIllustrating and describing over a thousand Christmas collectibles, Christmas Revisited is the type of reference guide a collector cannot afford to pass up. Covered in this newly revised book are candy containers, Italian glass ornaments, Santa figures, snow babies, Christmas advertising, trade cards, post cards, toys, games, and puzzles, to name just a few of the different categories. With over 350 color photographs as well as 50 black and white illustrations, this book is an authoritative guide to the entire field of Christmas collecting. Of greatest help to Christmas enthusiasts will be the definitve text and catalog pages explaining the different items, all accompanied by vibrant illustrations. Of particular note is the fact that Christmas Revisited deals with those types of Christmas collectibles readily found as well as with items made into present times. As a result, this book will be of help to the collector who has found it difficult to distinguish between older and newer items., An authoritative guide to Christmas collecting, with over 1000 items shown in color photos with historical descriptions and updated values. Illustrating and describing over a thousand Christmas collectibles, Christmas Revisited is a reference guide a collector cannot afford to pass up.Covered in this newly revised edition are Christmas candy containers, Italian glass ornaments, Santa figures, snow babies, advertising, trade cards, post cards, toys, games, and puzzles, and more. With over 350 color photographs as well as 50 black and white illustrations, this book is an authoritative guide to the entire field of Christmas collecting. The definitive text and catalog pages explain the different items, all accompanied by vibrant illustrations. In these pages, collectors will find Christmas collectibles readily found, as well as with items made into present times. As a result, this book will be of help to the collector who has found it difficult to distinguish between older and newer items., Illustrating and describing over a thousand Christmas collectibles, Christmas Revisited is the type of reference guide a collector cannot afford to pass up.Covered in this newly revised book are candy containers, Italian glass ornaments, Santa figures, snow babies, Christmas advertising, trade cards, post cards, toys, games, and puzzles, to name just a few of the different categories. With over 350 color photographs as well as 50 black and white illustrations, this book is an authoritative guide to the entire field of Christmas collecting.Of greatest help to Christmas enthusiasts will be the definitve text and catalog pages explaining the different items, all accompanied by vibrant illustrations. Of particular note is the fact that Christmas Revisited deals with those types of Christmas collectibles readily found as well as with items made into present times. As a result, this book will be of help to the collector who has found it difficult to distinguish between older and newer items., Christmas advertising, games, puzzles, figurines, candy containers, and candy molds are a few of the new areas of collecting that are explored in this book. Never before treated in great detail, these collectibles are here illustrated, historically detailed, and explained. In addition, there is a major emphasis upon ornaments that have not been dealt with in other books such as Italian figurals. West and East German figurals, and other European glass ornaments. Dresden, cotton, wax, wood, metal, paper, and glass ornaments are covered, each with new discoveries of information and detail since the publication of his first book, Christmas Past. Over 1000 different Christmas decorations and collectibles from the very rare to the very common are illustrated in full color with a newly revised simple-to-use price guide at the end.