ZIPPO®: The Great American Lighter Hardcover – July 29, 2005

I was looking for information on the copper cased lighters made in 2003, and information on the 1932/3, 1935, 1937, and 1941 Reproduction lighters made in recent years. You might think that a book on Zippo lighters would mention that Zippo made faithful reproductions of their earliest lighters, but no.However, if you want dozens and dozens of pages of pictures of lighters with emblems of fish or horses or dogs, or men golfing, this is your book.And how about these "Access Codes"-- what is that all about?I think the "pricing information" is a waste. Any "pricing" information will be obsolete the day the book comes out, or before. A better approach is a rarity guide-- assign values of 1 through 10 for rarity, and give a link to a web site for current pricing.I wanted to find out how it is made, where it is made, why it is made, prototypes, competing product lines, competing manufacturers, unusual product lines, interviews with the people who designed, made, or even sold and sell Zippos. I wanted to find out some history. The history of Zippo did not start in 1932 with Blaisdell. It started in Austria where that lighter that inspired Blaisdell was made. How about some information on that? And that lighter was based on another. How was that 1932 design (1933 production) first Zippo like and unlike its Austrian predecessor?

Great book, tremendous customer service! Highly recommend this seller.

This is a must have book for Zippo collectors. This is a great book and it answers tons of questions you will have while building your Zippo collection. I wish I would have bought it sooner.

Gave to my dad who has thousands of lighters and he loved it

Needs to be updated but a very good start!

Good read

good book

helps me to identify my collection

Very useful for my collection

Nice addition to my Zippo collection

Ok

wer ein zippo fan - fanatiker ist, sollte das buch besitzen.ist nicht ganz billig aber das sind die zippo ja auch nicht.vor allem finde ich die zippos eine gute wertanlage - wenn man die richtigen sammelt!deshalb wäre es ganz gut, wenn meinetwegen alle fünf jahre ein katalog, vor allem auch in deutsch,aufgelegt würde.auch müßte es -wie bei den autos die schwacke liste- eine bewertung geben, denn bei über 400 millionen zippos würde sich das anbieten.auf jeden fall kann ich das buch empfehlen.

good info...