The Encyclopedia of Coca-Cola Trays


Book Description

Over 500 Coca-Cola*r serving trays are showcased from 1897 through 1999, with 65 more identified and described. Over 370 U.S. trays, 60 Mexican trays, 80 Canadian trays, and over 60 trays from other countries are here. Over 45 trays feature the wonderful Haddon Sundblom Santa Claus ads. The unique price guide includes expert pricing as well as results from over 5,000 Internet auctions. A must for all collectors of Coke memorabilia.




Coca-Cola Trays


Book Description

Coke trays are a prolific part of advertising history that show the evolution of American popular culture. From ribbons-and-lace girls of late Victorian era through Roaring Twenties flappers, World War II brides, and working women of today, Coca-Cola has called upon images of glamour girls and girls-next-door to sell Coke. Warm family scenes, baseball and children at play add to the wholesome appeal of Coke.




Warman's Coca-Cola Collectibles


Book Description

One of the world's most recognizable brands is one a wildly popular category among collectors. Passionate collectors will discover tools to maintain and enhance collections, and learn more about the company's 120 year-old history, in this exciting book. Warman's Coca-Cola Collectibles: Identification and Price Guide features countless chapters of Coca-Cola's broad range of collectible items, and offers readers: • 1,500 vivid color photos to help identify and assess items before purchasing or selling • Reliable market prices and detailed descriptions • Tips on spotting fakes and reproductions - a potentially huge cost benefit to collectors In all, this exhaustive Coca-Cola reference features items from 1880s to 1960s including calendars, toys, serving trays, bottles and coolers.




Encyclopedia of Pepsi-Cola Collectibles


Book Description

The choice is clear and this comprehensive guide on Pepsi-Cola memorabilia is the only one collectors will need. Divided into four sections - signs, containers, novelties and toys, and paper collectibles - collectors will find everything from early Pepsi trays to cardboard signs, and matchbooks to toys. The Encyclopedia of Pepsi-Cola Collectibles features 2,000 individual items with current values, accurate descriptions, rarity ratings, and full-color photographs, and also presents a fascinating historical perspective of the Pepsi-Cola Company, including the evolution of their famous logo.




Petretti's Coca-Cola Collectibles Price Guide


Book Description

Chapter by colorful chapter of Coca-Cola calendars, serving trays, bottles, signs, vintage advertisements, toys, coolers, dispensers and countless other items representing the foremost name in soda pop collectibles await you, in this new edition of the superior Coca-Cola collectibles identification and values reference.




The Onion Book of Known Knowledge


Book Description

Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.




The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising


Book Description

For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the The "Advertising Age" Encyclopedia of Advertising website. Featuring nearly 600 extensively illustrated entries, The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising provides detailed historic surveys of the world's leading agencies and major advertisers, as well as brand and market histories; it also profiles the influential men and women in advertising, overviews advertising in the major countries of the world, covers important issues affecting the field, and discusses the key aspects of methodology, practice, strategy, and theory. Also includes a color insert.




Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide


Book Description

Whether your collection features a hefty helping of grandmas worn, but cherished cookbooks from years past, or a few recipe-rich treasures of your own, this fact and photo-filled guide will feed any cookbook fascination. This reference, written by the owners of OldCookbooks.com serves up 1,500 American cookbooks and recipe booklets from the 20th century, complete with interesting details and historical notes about each, plus estimated values.




Logo Design Love


Book Description

There are a lot of books out there that show collections of logos. But David Airey’s “Logo Design Love” is something different: it’s a guide for designers (and clients) who want to understand what this mysterious business is all about. Written in reader-friendly, concise language, with a minimum of designer jargon, Airey gives a surprisingly clear explanation of the process, using a wide assortment of real-life examples to support his points. Anyone involved in creating visual identities, or wanting to learn how to go about it, will find this book invaluable. - Tom Geismar, Chermayeff & Geismar In Logo Design Love, Irish graphic designer David Airey brings the best parts of his wildly popular blog of the same name to the printed page. Just as in the blog, David fills each page of this simple, modern-looking book with gorgeous logos and real world anecdotes that illustrate best practices for designing brand identity systems that last. David not only shares his experiences working with clients, including sketches and final results of his successful designs, but uses the work of many well-known designers to explain why well-crafted brand identity systems are important, how to create iconic logos, and how to best work with clients to achieve success as a designer. Contributors include Gerard Huerta, who designed the logos for Time magazine and Waldenbooks; Lindon Leader, who created the current FedEx brand identity system as well as the CIGNA logo; and many more. Readers will learn: Why one logo is more effective than another How to create their own iconic designs What sets some designers above the rest Best practices for working with clients 25 practical design tips for creating logos that last




Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia [4 volumes]


Book Description

This comprehensive reference work introduces food culture from more than 150 countries and cultures around the world—including some from remote and unexpected peoples and places. From babka to baklava to the groundnut stew of Ghana, food culture can tell us where we've been—and maybe even where we're going. Filled with succinct, yet highly informative entries, the four-volume Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia covers all of the planet's nation-states, as well as various tribes and marginalized peoples. Thus, in addition to coverage on countries as disparate as France, Ethiopia, and Tibet, there are also entries on Roma Gypsies, the Maori of New Zealand, and the Saami of northern Europe. There is even a section on food in outer space, detailing how and what astronauts eat and how they prepare for space travel as far as diet and nutrition are concerned. Each entry offers information about foodstuffs, meals, cooking methods, recipes, eating out, holidays and celebrations, and health and diet. Vignettes help readers better understand other cultures, while the inclusion of selected recipes lets them recreate dishes from other lands.