The Golden Age Of Cigarette Lighters

Author : Ira Pilossof
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN 13 : 9780764319365
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Cigarette Lighters written by Ira Pilossof and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the largest collection of vintage cigarette lighters ever assembled. These popular personal accessories were made by Dunhill, Ronson (Aronson Art Metal Works Company), Evans, Scripto, and Zippo, as well as many smaller, specialized manufacturers. It is conveniently organized by country of origin and includes essays by noted experts in the lighter collecting field. Stunningly illustrated with over 1000 color photographs, it is invaluable as a reference for collectors and antique dealers. Current values as well as detailed descriptions are included in the captions.

Author : James Flanagan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891456919
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collector's Guide to Cigarette Lighters written by James Flanagan and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-31 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These full-color collector's guides have hundreds of photos, complete descriptions, vintage ads, and current values. Chapters include advertising, Art Deco, military, novelty, cheesecake, animals, Occupied Japan, pocket and table lighters, and more. Book II, with over 400 color photos, is a companion volume with no repeats of Book I. Book I includes 1998 values, while Book II has 1996 values.

Author : Stuart L. Schneider
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors w
ISBN 13 : 9780887409523
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cigarette Lighters written by Stuart L. Schneider and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors w. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collector's guide to over 500 lighters. Includes a price guide. Illus., quarto.

Author : Gregory Crouch
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 034553235X
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China's Wings written by Gregory Crouch and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II—and boldly safeguarded them during that conflict—China’s Wings is one of the most exhilarating untold chapters in the annals of flight. At the center of the maelstrom is the book’s courtly, laconic protagonist, American aviation executive William Langhorne Bond. In search of adventure, he arrives in Nationalist China in 1931, charged with turning around the turbulent nation’s flagging airline business, the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). The mission will take him to the wild and lawless frontiers of commercial aviation: into cockpits with daredevil pilots flying—sometimes literally—on a wing and a prayer; into the dangerous maze of Chinese politics, where scheming warlords and volatile military officers jockey for advantage; and into the boardrooms, backrooms, and corridors of power inhabited by such outsized figures as Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; foreign minister T. V. Soong; Generals Arnold, Stilwell, and Marshall; and legendary Pan American Airways founder Juan Trippe. With the outbreak of full-scale war in 1941, Bond and CNAC are transformed from uneasy spectators to active participants in the struggle against Axis imperialism. Drawing on meticulous research, primary sources, and extensive personal interviews with participants, Gregory Crouch offers harrowing accounts of brutal bombing runs and heroic evacuations, as the fight to keep one airline flying becomes part of the larger struggle for China’s survival. He plunges us into a world of perilous night flights, emergency water landings, and the constant threat of predatory Japanese warplanes. When Japanese forces capture Burma and blockade China’s only overland supply route, Bond and his pilots must battle shortages of airplanes, personnel, and spare parts to airlift supplies over an untried five-hundred-mile-long aerial gauntlet high above the Himalayas—the infamous “Hump”—pioneering one of the most celebrated endeavors in aviation history. A hero’s-eye view of history in the grand tradition of Lynne Olson’s Citizens of London, China’s Wings takes readers on a mesmerizing journey to a time and place that reshaped the modern world.

Author : Tom Clavin
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569768137
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book That Old Black Magic written by Tom Clavin and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a love story and a tribute to the entertainment mecca, this exploration shines a spotlight on one of the hottest acts in Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The illuminating depiction showcases the unlikely duo--a grizzled, veteran trumpeter and vocalist molded by Louis Armstrong and a meek singer in the church choir--who went on to invent "The Wildest." Bringing together broad comedy and finger-snapping, foot-stomping music that included early forays into rock and roll, Prima and Smith's act became wildly popular and attracted all kinds of star-studded attention. In addition to chronicling their relationships with Ed Sullivan, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, and other well-known entertainers of the day--and their performance of "That Old Black Magic" at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration--the narrative also examines the couple's ongoing influence in the entertainment world. Running concurrent with their personal tale is their role in transforming Las Vegas from a small resort town in the desert to a booming city where the biggest stars were paid tons of money to become even bigger stars on stage and television.

Author : Phi Draco
Publisher : Phi Draco
ISBN 13 : 0974612073
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collecting Cigarette Lighters for Fun and Profit written by Phi Draco and published by Phi Draco. This book was released on 2004 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discription and photos of over one hundred cigarette lighters from the twenties through the sixties. Profusely illustrated with patents, manufacturers, repair techniques and advertising notebook suggestions.

Author : Stuart Schneider
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764349751
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters written by Stuart Schneider and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary cigarette lighters can be found in the strangest of places--in a garage sale, at a swap meet, perhaps even in your own basement. This convenient, revised and updated handheld guide introduces a history of lighters through a comprehensive, alphabetical presentation of styles, organized according to company name and dating from the late 1800s through the 1980s.Well-known makers such as Dunhill, Ronson, Evans, Scripto, and Zippo are included, as well as unusual lighters from lesser known companies. Never before has a book shown such variety of lighters with this much detail and color: over 800 lighters are illustrated along with current updated market values, along with over 35 new images. Whether you are a collector of lighters or interested in design, this book will give you insight into the style, beauty, and value of cigarette lighters. And once you start collecting, it may be hard to break the habit!

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book SPIN written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.

Author : Colin Alexander
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445693356
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Streamlining written by Colin Alexander and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Alexander looks at the interwar period, a high-water mark in industrial design as the benefits of streamlining were realised.

Author : Viktor Ivicz
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9180076432
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A small pocket lighter collection written by Viktor Ivicz and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a coffee table book containing a private vintage lighter collection. This book features 530 pieces of my small collection of petrol lighters manufactured between 1880 to 1960 ́s.