- Books:
The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters
This convenient, revised and updated handheld guide introduces a history of lighters through a comprehensive, alphabetical presentation of styles, organized according to company name and dating from the late 1800s through the 1980s.
Well-known makers such as Dunhill, Ronson, Evans, Scripto, and Zippo are included, as well as unusual lighters from lesser known companies.
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 698 color photos | 176 pp
The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters
This convenient, revised and updated handheld guide introduces a history of lighters through a comprehensive, alphabetical presentation of styles, organized according to company name and dating from the late 1800s through the 1980s.
Well-known makers such as Dunhill, Ronson, Evans, Scripto, and Zippo are included, as well as unusual lighters from lesser known companies.
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 560 color photos | Price Guide | 176 pp
Collector's Guide To Cigarette Lighters
This new full-color collector’s guide has hundreds of photos, complete descriptions, vintage ads, and current values.
Chapters include advertising, Art Deco, guns and military, novelty, cheesecake, animals, Occupied Japan, pocket and table lighters, and even a section called ‘Beyond the Ordinary.’ 2000 values.
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 400 color photos | Price Guide | 134 pp
The Golden Age of Cigarette Lighters
It is a fascinating chronicle of cigarette lighters’ Golden Age. This era begins with the primitive lighters made at the turn of the 20th century and continues through to the contemporary Scripto Vu-Lighters of the 1960s.
These popular personal accessories were made by the most widely known and respected manufacturers of the time including Dunhill, Ronson (Art Metal Works Company), Evans, Scripto, and Zippo, as well as many smaller, specialized manufacturers. Stunningly photographed, the book is illustrated with over 1000 color photographs of vintage lighters including the debonair “Town and Country” gentlemen’s lighters, beautiful and fanciful Art Deco lighters, whimsical figural lighters to one of a kind Zippos.
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 1090 color photos | Price Guide | 192 pp
THE BIG BOOK OF CIGARETTE LIGHTERS
This all-new hardcover, full-color book contains hundreds of new photos not included in the Collector’s Guide to Cigarette Lighters, Volumes I and II, all with full descriptions and values.
There are numerous chapters detailing many timeless classics from a variety of styles, including Advertising, Art Deco, Novelty, Occupied Japan, and many more. 2005 values.
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | more color photos | Price Guide | 205 pp
SOURCE:
- https://www.schifferbooks.com/handbook-of-vintage-cigarette-lighters-935
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1430678.The_Big_Book_Of_Cigarette_Lighters
- https://www.schifferbooks.com/the-golden-age-of-cigarette-lighters-1732
- https://www.schifferbooks.com/the-handbook-of-vintage-cigarette-lighters-5845
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9711888-collector-s-guide-to-cigarette-lighters