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Below is a list of 7 research & reference materials on the history of Jigsaw Puzzles for sale by Author and Historian Anne D. Williams. Please contact Anne directly if you are interested in purchasing these items. (Anne is a founding member of the AGCA! ) Anne D. Williams Economics Dept., Bates College Lewiston, ME 04240 Phone: 207-783-8732 e-mail: awilliam@bates.edu   Prices include book rate postage to US addresses. Foreign postage is extra. (For Priority mail add $2.00) Please send checks and money orders payable to: Anne D. Williams at the address above. For addresses in Maine, add 5.5% sales tax. Payment in U.S. funds only.

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**** JIGSAW PUZZLES: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY AND PRICE GUIDE, (Pictured above) by Anne D. Williams. Radnor, PA: Chilton/Wallace-Homestead, 1990. (now out of print) paperbound, 362+ pages, 64 color photos, 750 b&w photos. Contains history of jigsaw puzzles, details on history of 30 major manufacturers, collecting tips, valuation guide, price guide, 3 indexes. Can be autographed if desired. Price: SOLD OUT - Nationwide! (Price was $45) =================================================== **** CUTTING A FINE FIGURE: THE ART OF THE JIGSAW PUZZLE by Anne D. Williams. (Catalog for 1996 exhibition) Lexington, MA: Museum of Our National Heritage, 1996. Paperbound, 60 pages, color cover, 23 b&w photos. Includes: --Exhibition checklist; --List of current sources of hand-cut wood jigsaw puzzles; --Essay "Jigsaw Puzzles: A Boston Area Tradition" --Essay "Parker Brothers and Pastime Puzzles". Can be autographed if desired. Price: $18 postpaid   =================================================   INDEX OF PRE-1971 U.S. JIGSAW PUZZLE MANUFACTURERS by Anne D. Williams. 1999 edition This is an updated index to the above book, reflecting nine years of additional research. Lists over 3,700 puzzle brands and manufacturers, with locations, dates and type of product. Includes a guide to identifying Pastime Puzzle production dates. Paperbound, 47 pages. Price: $8 postpaid. (Special: $5 with 1990 book)   ================================================ **** BRITISH JIG-SAW PUZZLES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, by Tom Tyler. (published in England in 1997). Very informative, extremely well illustrated book that picks up where Linda Hannas left off. Good historical information on major English puzzle companies (Tuck, Chad Valley, Hayter/Spear, as well as contemporary manufacturers), almost 400 color pictures. 132 pages, hardbound. Price: $44 postpaid   ================================================

PIECES IN PLACE: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF JIGSAW PUZZLES Catalog Packet for 1988 exhibition at Bates College Museum of Art: --Jigsaw puzzle postcard announcing the exhibition --20 page booklet with essay on puzzle history and exhibition checklist --illustrated article, "Unlocking the Puzzle's Puzzle" --article on how to cut wood jigsaw puzzles. Price $8 postpaid   ==============================================   EPHEMERA JOURNAL 6, special issue on THE AMERICAN PLAY ETHIC: EPHEMERA OF RECREATION. Includes 19-page article, "Leisure in the Great Depression, The Many Pieces of the Jigsaw Puzzle Story," by Anne D. Williams. (26 b&w illustrations). Entire 128-page volume contains 8 other articles, mostly on games, from a 1993 symposium. Price: $9 postpaid.   ==============================================   *** A PUZZLE TRIO (VIDEO) by Anne D. Williams and Robert Cole. Video shown at the 1996 puzzle exhibition at the Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA. Segments include: --Puzzle-Making at Parker Brothers. Features Pastime Puzzles and interviews with former employees. One cutter demonstrates how she created her own patterns for figure pieces. --Jig-Saw Craze Sweeps Country. newsreel footage of Depression-era puzzle mania. --How Puzzles Are Made. Features contemporary puzzle makers, including Stave Puzzles (hand-crafted wood puzzles) and Hallmark (die-cut cardboard puzzles). 9 minutes total; VHS (American) format only. Price: $18 postpaid                 .

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