LIBRI      ANNE  D. WILLIAMS.

I  LIBRI POSSONO ESSERE ACQUISTATI CONTATTANDO L’AUTRICE:

Anne D. Williams
Economics Dept., Bates College
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone: 207-783-8732
e-mail:
awilliam@bates.edu
 
 

ANNE D.WILLIAMS E’ UNA DELLE FONDATRICI DELL’AGCA (ASSOCIAZIONE COLLEZIONISTI DI GIOCHI AMERICANI)

American Game Collectors Assoc.

 QUANDO ORDINI, INDICA QUESTO SITO COME TUA FONTE DI INFORMAZIONI.

 

 

**** JIGSAW PUZZLES: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY AND PRICE GUIDE,

(figura in alto)

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!!!

**** 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)

 

*** 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

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