This is ephemera : collecting printed throwaways / Maurice Rickards.

Main entry:

Rickards, Maurice, 1919-1998, author.

Title & Author:

This is ephemera : collecting printed throwaways / Maurice Rickards.

Publication:

Brattleboro, Vermont : Gossamer Press, [1977]
Brattleboro, Vermont : Distributed by the Stephen Greene Press
©1977

Description:

64 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.

Summary:

"Ephemera: "printed or handwritten items, produced for short-term use and, generally, for disposal," are tickets, labels, calling cards, trade cards, menus, posters, billheads, packages, throwaways of all kinds. Colorful, various, rich in nostalgia, they are irresistible to collectors, in part because as "collectibles" they are a novelty and can be had practically free for the picking up. This book, the first general guide to ephemera for the American collector, shows a variety of types, tells where to find ephemera, how to collect, what's good and what's bad ephemera, what ephemera may be worth. A delightful and unique introduction to a fascinating field."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

0828903220
9780828903226
0828903239 (pbk.)
9780828903233 (pbk.)

Subject:

Printed ephemera Collectors and collecting.
Publications éphémères Collectionneurs et collections.
Bibliography.
Ephemera.

Form/genre:

Printed books United States Vermont Brattleboro 20th century Specimens.

Added entries:

Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 180225
Call No.: ID NC1280.R53; ID:98-B648
Status: Available

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