Zippo : an American legend : a collector's companion / Avi R. Baer, Alexander Neumark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baer, Avi R.

Neumark, Alexander, author.

Contributor:

Forty, Simon, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zippo Manufacturing Company--Catalogs.

Zippo Manufacturing Company.

Cigar lighters--Collectors and collecting--United States--Catalogs.

Cigar lighters.

Cigar lighters--History.

Cigar lighters--Collectors and collecting.

United States.

Genre:

Catalogs.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Other Title:

American legend Zippo : a collector's companion

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1999.

Contents:

Introduction

1 'Mr. Zippo'

2 The Early Years

3 The Lifetime Guarantee

4 Zippo In World War II

5 Zippo Gains Momentum

6 Zippo In Vietnam

7 Zippo in Space

8 Zippo Highlights

9 Zippo Advertising

10 Zippo Military Lighters after Vietnam

11 Zippo Manufacturing

12 The Zippo . . . Swap Meet

13 Zippo On Line

14 Zippo In Entertainment

15 Zippo Trivia

16 Dating Your Zippo

17 Zippo Family.

Notes:

"© 1999 Compendium Publishing Ltd."--Title page verso.

"Edited by Simon Forty of Forty Editorial Services Ltd. Cover designed by Mary Ann Liquori and Alex Van Riper. Interior Designed and produced by Frank Ainscough @ Compendium Design and Production Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Baer, Avi R. Zippo.

ISBN:

076240700X

9780762407002

OCLC:

46939096

Online:

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