This book can help the most advanced collector or dealer, as well as the beginner.
Here's some of what you can expect:

* 140 different materials, including a few of the harder-to-understand techniques, presented in encyclopedic style with lots of cross-referencing, making it easy to find what you're looking for

* Over 1850 color images of exceptional clarity, including some backs, back marks and shanks

* Step-by-step tips given to help the reader learn how to identify their own buttons

* Lots of cutting-edge information, heretofore unknown or misunderstood, based on author's many years of button experience, research and testing

* Emphasis placed on the most problematical or misunderstood materials and techniques

* 160 pages, 8-1/2" x 11", plastic-coated soft cover

* High-quality paper and printing

* Binding stitched and glued with latest hi-tech materials