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Button Button : Identification and Price Guide:

Peggy Ann Osborne / Paperback / Published 1996
A wonderful book!!  Numerous pictures and descriptions of vintage and modern buttons, catagorized by the materials used to make buttons over the years (pearl, glass, metal, etc.)  Excellent, inexpensive book for beginners.
 
Buttons
Diana Epstein, et al / Hardcover / Published 1991
 
A GLORIOUS book about buttons--lavish pictures, some of the most beautfiful and rare buttons through the ages.  If you are not already a button collector, after reading this book you WILL be!
 
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Buttons : Now With Values
Sally C. Luscomb / Hardcover / Published 1997
Other books might have better pictures, but THIS book has the best information.  An essential reference for the serious collector; often out of print--get it while it is still available!!  An extremely conmprehensive study of buttons, from A to Z, everything from backmarks on buttons, to descriptions of materials, to George Washingotn Inaugural Buttons, Civil War Buttons and Uniform buttons.  Reading this book is like getting a course in buttons. 
 
50 Heirloom Buttons to Make
Nancy Nehring, Marcus Tullis (Photographer) / Paperback / Published 1996

The Book of Buttons
Joyce Whittemore / Paperback / Published 1997

 
Buttons & Sundries (The Twentieth Century-Histories of Fashion Series)
Vittoria De Buzzaccarini, Isabella Zotti Minici / Hardcover / Published 1997
 
 
About Buttons : A Collector's Guide 150 A.D. to the Present
Peggy Ann Osborne / Hardcover / Published 1993
 
The Big Book of Buttons
Elizabeth Hughes / Hardcover / Published 1992

Black Glass Buttons/Combined With Return Engagement of Black Glass Buttons
Nora Owens Jones, et al / Paperback / Published 1994
 
 
Discovering Old Buttons
Primrose Peacock / Paperback / Published 1983
 
Fun Buttons : With Price Guide
Peggy Ann Osborne / Hardcover / Published 1994
                             
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