This is a great book for postcard collectors. It's loaded with information about publishers, authors, errors and types of postcards and so much more. Not just a lot of pictures and outdated pricing.
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This large hardback postcard reference book is among the best for both collectors and dealers, there are many things to like about this book, but for me it was the fully illustrated section showing all of the card back designs known as Publishers Colophons. This book is just flat out loaded with postcard information that would be hard to find in anywhere else, i have many different books on postcards, but this one is by far the most useful. if you can get lucky and actually find one of these large books for under $25 buy it, they do not turn up often.
Although this book was copyrighted 1989 and therefore somewhat dated, I found it to be a very valuable addition to my library. Of special interest to both collectors and sellers are the chapters which include a listing of postcard publishers and another illustrating many postcard publishers' colophons. For those postcard collectors who enjoy modern cards a chapter titled "Modern Postcard Publishers" and another "Modern Postcard Artists" is much appreciated as most publications have little or no information on the newer cards. In closing, I would highly recommend anyone interested in postcard collecting to add this book to their collection.
Thank you for the great book!
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This book was exactly what I was looking for to learn more about postcard collecting.
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