A Button Collector's Book List

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A Button Collector's Book List,
originally compiled by Mr. Keith Golden
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Magic Land of Kate Greenaway, The, Alice T. Tarbox; Just Buttons, Southington, CT, 1968

Maine Charm String, Elinor Graham; MacMillan & Co., 1946

Marked Spanish Colonial Military Buttons of the Gulf Coast, Circa 1793-1821, John T. Powell

Matthew Boulton, H. W. Dickinson: Cambridge University Press, 1936. 218 pages, 6 figures, 15 b&w plates. Boulton is best known in the industry and trades world for his innovative work during the Late 18th-/early 19th century artisan best known for his work with silver and Sheffield plate, buckles and buttons, minting coins, and cut steel jewelry

Metal Buttons: c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700, Brian Read; Portcullis Publishing, 2005. Click here for summary and ordering information.

Militaria, Frederick Wilkinson; 1969

Military Button Manufacturers from the London Directories 1800-1899, Peter Nayler; 1993

Military Buttons of the American Revolution, Don Troiani

Military Buttons of the Gulf Coast 1711-1830, Dan Jenkins; 1973

(Military) Shoulder-Belt Plates and Buttons, Major H. G. Parkyn; 1956

Mill on Mad River, The, Scovill Manufacturing Co., 1953. History of the Scovill Manufacturing Company.

Mill on Mad River, The, Howard Clark; Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1948. Novel based on the button industry in Waterbury, CT, in the early years of the 19th Century.

Moonglows, Past and Present - 1930's to 2001, Kathy Hoppe, 2001

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History, Penny LeCouteur & Jay Burreson; Tarcher, 2003.

National Button Bulletin Index 1942-1981, Helen L. Cooper; Colonial Button Club, York, PA, 1982

National Button Bulletin Index 1982-1993, Pat Fields; Washington State Button Society, Seattle, WA, 1994

North Carolina Civil War Buttons, Terry Teff REVIEW

Old Button Box, The, Sally Luscomb & Ethel B. Cassidy; 1951

Old Buttons and Their Values, Lorraine Olson; Lightner Publishing Co., Chicago, 1940

Painted Porcelain Jewelry and Buttons, Dorothy Kamm; 2001

Pearlies, The: A Social Record, Binder, Pearl; 1975. Illustrated account of East End Street traders who decorated their clothes with pearl buttons.

Photographic Re-productions of Antique Buttons, Helen Wegener; 1941-1945

Pictorial Overall Buttons, Jane Ford Adams & Lillian Smith Albert; National Button Society, 1965

Picture Buttons of the Past, Evelyn Swenson; New England Publishing, Stratford, CT, 1978

Plastic Buttons: How to Identify Them Using All Six Senses, Jocelyn Howells; 2001.
82 pages. 8-1/2 x 11, 34 color plates, buttons grouped according to plastic type and fully described as to their techniques, embellishments, finishes, etc. Additional helpful information offered for the first time to help collectors really get to know their plastic buttons. Price $30 postpaid. First edition sold out; the slightly revised second edition, which includes price guide, is almost sold out. Separate price guide for owners of the first edition - $6 postpaid. Available while they last from the author:
Jocelyn Howells, PO Box 22223, Portland OR 97269-2223. Jocelyn

Police Buttons: Police Forces of Great Britain and Ireland - Their Amalgamations and Their Buttons, Howard Ripley, 1983, UK, ISBN 0 901718 29 7

Police Buttons Vol. 2, Howard Ripley, 2000, UK, ISBN 0 9527938 1 4
Illustrated by Denis Darmanin
Available by mail: �8.00 in sterling for worldwide delivery to:
C Duckett, 2 Ely Close, Frimley, Camberley, GU16 5FB, Great Britain

Police Uniforms and Equipment, A.A.Clarke, ISBN 0 7478 0126 6

Political Campaign and Commemorative Buttons, Alphaeus H. Albert; 1966

Polskie Guziki Wojskowe 1914-45, Krzysztof Gladki ze zbiorow Krzysztofa Gladkiego, 1983

Pottery and Mosaics, Harold Powell; 1965

Price Guide to Button Parade, Gertrude D. Adkins; 1969

Price Guide to Uniform Buttons of the United States, Warren K. Tice; Thomas Publications, 2000

Railway Buttons, Badges & Uniforms David J.Froggatt, 1986; Ian Allan Ltd London

Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons: Bicentennial Edition, Alphaeus H. Albert; 1999 REVIEW

Relics of the Revolution, Reginald Pelham Bolton; 1916

Reference Book on Studio Button Makers, A, Jane S. Leslie; 1997
$20 including U.S. s&h, to:
Jane Leslie
P. O. Box 1541
Westford, MA 01886
For more information or international shipping rates, email Jane

Rifle Volunteer Buttons, Howard Ripley & Denis Darmanin, 1996, UK, ISBN 0 95106003 4 1

Shoulder-Belt Plates and Buttons, Major H. G. Parkyn; 1956

Sketch Book, A Collection of Notes and Sketches on Women's Dress in America 1774-1783, Robert L. Klinger. Sketches and description of women's clothing and accessories.

Sketchbook of Little Carnival Glass Buttons, Jane Dinkins; 1996
$11.50 PPD. Canada and Mexico add $2 US for extra postage
Overseas add $4 US surface or $6 airmail
Order from: Jane O. Dinkins, 1100 Ridgeley Dr., Houston, TX 77055
1-731-465-0557
Owners of 1995 edition may receive 1996 update pages by sending $1 for postage.

Solid Gold and Rolled Plate Emblems, Pins, Buttons, Charms for All Societies, Povey Bros. Glass Co. Portland; 1906

Standard Catalog of Riveted Buttons, David E. Race & Deborah A. Race, 2004

Stencils, George E. Adams; 1944

Through The Buttonhole, Harriet A. Burkheimer; 1972

Transportation Uniform Buttons, Donald P. Van Court; Vol I Railroads; 1987 or here, Vol II Transit, Vol III Marine & Aviation

Uniform Buttons, Evelyn Vickers-Smith

Uniform Buttons of the Mounted Police 1874-1980, Ken W. Taylor & Bernard G. Frye, Canada, 1985

Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865: Button Makers of the United States, 1776-1865; Button Suppliers to the Confederate States, 1800-1865 or here, Warren K. Tice; 1998 REVIEW

Uniform Buttons, The American Armed Forces 1784-1948, David F. Johnson REVIEW

Uniformsknapper I Den Danske Haer 1911-1997 (Uniform Buttons of the Danish Army 1911-1997), Karsten Skjold Petersen, 1997, Denmark, ISBN 87 985521 6 3

United States Military Buttons of the Land Services, 1787-1902: A Guide and Classification System, Martin A. Wyckoff

Vanishing Crafts and Their Craftsmen, Rollin C. Steinmetz and Charles S. Rice, 1959

Washington Historical Buttons, A. H. Albert; 1949

Wedgewood Buttons 1752-1963, Lillian Smith Albert & Jane Ford Adams; National Button Society, 1964

Welsh Militaria and Volunteer Corp 1757-1908 1: Anglesey and Caernerfonshire, Bryn Owen; 1989

Who's Got the Button? Old and New Angles to Button Collecting, Catherine Roberts; David McKay, NY, 1962

Who Wore What? Women's Wear 1861-1865, Juanita Leicsh. Great descriptions and period photos detailing Women's clothing in the 1860's.

Wonderful Button, The, Evan Hunter; Abelard-Schuman, London, 1961

Wooden Jewelry & Novelties, Mary Jo Izard; 1998. Description: "Price Guide. 1920's-1950's era jewelry, buttons, masks, toys, kitchen items & more -- often incorporating Plastics, Bakelite and Lucite."

Yesterday's Button Classics, L. Erwina Couse & Marguerite Maple; 1970 (updated reprint of 1941's Button Classics

For our little button collectors:

10 Button Book, William Acorsi; 1999

Blue's Buttons (Blue's Clues), Tracy Paige Johnson; 2000

Brenda's Buttons, Marci McGill; 1991

Button Box, The, Margarette S. Reid; 1990

Button Button, Who's Got the Button: 101 Button Games, Hajo Bucken; 1995

Buttonmat for Beautiful Buttons, A, Elayne Reiss, Rita Friedman; 1990