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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
good history and just fun to look at the pictures
If you enjoy marbles and history you will like this book. The photos are great. Every conceivable set of machine made marbles is in here. It will make you want to start your own collection. As a historic archeologist, this book has been essential to interpreting what is found in the field and what people were, well, buying at the store in the past. Very good book. I...
Published on August 5, 2009 by Erik Masterson
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I gave this book away
More a history of marble companies than information about marbles. Well written, beautifully photographed, but not useful. Pictures did not help identify individual marbles. A sample listing: Peltier "Black Panda: black with white ribbons, $30-$40." (No accompanying pictures.) I'm having to make my own identification and price guide by following ebay...
Published 16 months ago by E. E. Eiber
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
good history and just fun to look at the pictures,
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This review is from: American Machine-Made Marbles: Marble Bags, Boxes, and History (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)
If you enjoy marbles and history you will like this book. The photos are great. Every conceivable set of machine made marbles is in here. It will make you want to start your own collection. As a historic archeologist, this book has been essential to interpreting what is found in the field and what people were, well, buying at the store in the past. Very good book. I highly recommend it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I gave this book away,
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This review is from: American Machine-Made Marbles: Marble Bags, Boxes, and History (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)
More a history of marble companies than information about marbles. Well written, beautifully photographed, but not useful.
Pictures did not help identify individual marbles. A sample listing: Peltier "Black Panda: black with white ribbons, $30-$40." (No accompanying pictures.) I'm having to make my own identification and price guide by following ebay. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Publishers - provide "Look Inside." |
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American Machine-Made Marbles: Marble Bags, Boxes, and History (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Dean Six (Paperback - August 30, 2006)
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