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Close Cover Before Striking: The Golden Age of Matchcover Art
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Close Cover Before Striking: The Golden Age of Matchcover Art Hardcover - 1987

by H. Thomas Steele; Jim Heimann (With); Rod Dyer (With)


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  • Title Close Cover Before Striking: The Golden Age of Matchcover Art
  • Author H. Thomas Steele; Jim Heimann (With); Rod Dyer (With)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 95
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Abbeville Press, New York
  • Date 1987
  • ISBN 9780896596955 / 0896596958
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 9.2 x 0.6 in (23.62 x 23.37 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 86028787
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.690
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Close Cover Before Striking: The Golden Age of Matchbook Art (Recollectibles)
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New York: Abbeville Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0896596958 . Black with full color illustrated cover on this tightly bound hardback. A short history of matchbook cover art, it contains hundreds of full color illustrations and Glossary. End papers are a "striking" illustration of an open matchbook in full color. Lots of color in this fun book. No marks, no wear, appears unread. Digital photos available. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages .
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New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Hardcover. NF. Black glossy boards with color illus., 96 pp., profuse color illustration. The perfect resource for matchbook cover collectors. From the intro: According to matchbook collectors, or "phillumenists" (lovers of light), theirs is the second-largest hobby in the world - behind stamps.
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