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Button Collectors Resource Site
| com/febutt98.htm ABC Dicor N49 1968 Paris C.P.I.P Boutons Anciens –Les fiancés de Delft www.Livre- rare-book.com Comments: haven’t seen this. Antique Arms & Militaria D? Seven Interesting Buttons of the Rifle Volunteers R. Westlake Aris s Birmingham Gazette as quoted by: False Marks; RP. BL51/16-17 28/12/1795; RP. BL53/14 27/6/1799; Aberdeen Press & Journal William Burns Obituary Wednesday August 1927 New Page 1 Ambulance Journal May 1980. Uniform Buttons of the Ambulance Service H. Ripley. Button Review Edited by Robert M. Hillis Sc. LibC. I Haven’t seen or heard of this one before. Anyone? Buttons Herbert W. Bradnick London BritLib Holding vol 41 no.1-6, 7-12,vol 42 no.1 Jan 1970 Comments: never seen this before Uniform Buttons of the Jersey Militia N.B. Le Cornu 1990 ext. RP.BL66/6-10 Cheshire Life October 1969 A Tale of Two Tailors L.N. Radcliffe, Comments J. Smith & Gieves p109XX page only Corticelli Home Needlework Embroidered & Jewelled Buttons J.C.Bliss ext. from BL69/14-15 Costume Society of America: Dress Vol 14 annual journal 1988 Sc: BCBY reports contains buttons. Country Life 1994 Vol. CLXXXVIII No.2 January 13 On the Button D.G.Blair. also RP. BL80/18-19 Comments: Uniform/Costume. Illustrated. Sporting buttons general. There have, reportedly, been other articles on buttons in this publication references anyone? East Anglia Magazine May 1958 The Button Game BL56/18 Embroidery magazine Dec 1937 Buttons & How To Make Them RP BL54/10-17 Edinburgh Evening News Manclark & Son 12/4/1950; Manclark & Son 10/6/1981 Evening News April 19 1950 Turncoats RP. BL59/3 Fashion Digest [New York] From an advert In JB 1966: `…Important aids to collectors in data on period and historical research. Articles on unique buttons from time to time…’ G.W.R. Magazine. date? A Collection of Railway Uniform Buttons by D.V.L. RP. BL44/15-17 Godey’s Ladies Book December 1865 Sc. JB March 1969 p111 extract given. Grimsby Evening Telegraph: W.J.Atkinson 20/11/1973; Harper’s Bazaar November 1877 June 1878 January 1883 October 1995 Sc. JB March 1969 p111 extracts given. Hobbies Magazine. USA Is mentioned frequently by Sally Luscomb in her Just Buttons Magazine Illustrated News April 1853 Sc. JB March 1969 p111 extract given. Just Buttons Magazine Known dates of pub. 1945 -1979. privately published Comments: highly recommended lots of articles for all tastes; when you can find them they are $1.75-$10.00 earliest I 've seen for sale 1946 La Mode Illustree, Journal de la Famille November 6th 1898. quoted by Fashion & Trade Documents as Sources R. Frescu-Corbu BL27/8-10 Ladies Home Journal April 1896. Sc. JB March 1969 p111 extract given Leisure Hour 1853 ref? Military Modelling June1937 R. Marrion WEST INDIESxe "WEST INDIES" :ill. RP. BL52/2 Model Shipwright Flags For The Revenue Cutters. Alec A. Purves. Line drawings SC Notebook: The Institute Of Archeology & Anthropology, The University of South Carolina, Vol. V No. 3 may/june 1973 [the?] Overseas Daily Mail Picton Gazette 30Jan 1863. Canadian Militia Buttons via Pioneer Button Club Newsletter to BL47/6 Post-Medieval Archaeology The Birmingham Button Industry. D.P.White. [ref?] Xi 1977 Readers Digest 1958 by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, Reproduced at Sc: www.vintagebuttons.net Soldier Magazine. date? History on the Button P. Wilcox RP.BL71/12-14 Southern Reporter Ireland Keane & Turnbull, Cork. Advertisement 17/8/1830 www.buttoncrs.com Souvenir edition of London Morning Post 1901. xe "YACHT & BOATING"Sunday Times 11/8/1991 NT. ext. YACHT & BOATING .BL69/19 The Antique Collector May 1934 Early Metal Buttons F. Buckley RP. BL57/4-6 The Antiques Journal: vol 28 No.1 jan 1973 Availability abe $8 Comments: contains article on buttons The Art Journal 1909 Buttons R.L.B.Rathbone The Birmingham Historian Pandora’s Box or Buttons Unlimited RP. BL75/9-11 The Connoisseur. July 24th, 1755. No. LXXVIII. BL? `English Sporting Buttons’ of the 18th & 19th Centuries. See encyclopaedia vol. LXVII No. CCLXVII Nov. 1923 The Earlier Buttons of the British Army Maj. H. G. Parkyn BL53/16-23 vol. LXXIV. No. 314 October pp90-100. 1927 Some Early English Sea Service Buttons . Capt. A. Roward List from Bland indicates update in Mariners Mirror, 1945.by M. Lewis. Comments: Uniform. Illustrated, informative [poor quality p copy]. identifies and dates several buttons not identified elsewhere Vol??? October 1956 SleeveButtons of the seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries F. Russell-Smith. VOL???? English Sporting Buttons of the 18th & 19th. Centuries. Pp64-65 Faith Russell Smith The Canadian Society of Military Medals and Insignia newsletters 1965-2004 Canadian militia buttons, 1933, S E VII Royal Cypher NL48 Canadian Military uniform buttons 820235 The RAF Eagle-Albatross Controversy 186, 684 Canadian Militia button 970132 Canadian military buttons, 1960, 542 The Countryman Burford Oxford England Dorset Buttons Marian Chappell Sc. copied in JB January 1969 pp67-71. The Gazzette Jan. 1963 John Lewis partnership. Bainbridges Newcastle The Gentleman’s Magazine of Fashions,’ Vol. II Jan-Dec. 1829 p236. The Girls Own Paper Empire Buttons May 1895 RP BL30/7 A New Employment for Girls, The Art Button Industry of Today Nov. 1904 The Hornsey Journal contains an article on pearly king Mr Stannard. Reproduced in Sc. BB October 1947. The Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art. Vol. 1 (of three) pp346-349. London 1852 The Button Manufacture of Birmingham. J.Cassell Birmingham Lib. Cat. LP 67.4 No. 662061. The Ladies Realm 1905-1906 Extracts BL74/15 The Ladies World 1887 quoted in Fashion & Trade Documents as sources. R. Frescu- corbu BL27/8-10 The Lancashire Evening Post Stephen Simpson ill. 14/11/1975 The Local Historian IX (1970) Journal British Association for Local History Fire Insurance Policies as a Source of Local History L.M. Wulcko [The?] London Evening Post 26/04/1740 Sc. `English Sporting Buttons’ of the 18th & 19th Centuries. Faith Russell Smith `Connoisseur ??? The Mariners Mirror 1945 Journal for the society for Nautical Research Vol. 31 Camb. University press.Naval Buttons M Lewis.April pp56-83 July pt2 114-143. Comments: my copies facing page of part 1 & pages 124-125 missing. plate 1 btwn 136-137 bottom missing. The Metal Industry Jan 30 1942 History of Birmingham Non-Ferrous Metal Trades J.W.Jones The Penny Magazine No.813 Vol. XIII.-30 Nov. 1844 A Day at the Birmingham Factories anon? RP.BL52 pp14-18 The Public Advertisor’ 4th March, 1756. Sc. English Sporting Buttons’ of the 18th & 19th Centuries. Faith Russell Smith `Connoisseur ????’ The Scotsman: William Anderson Edinburgh 24/10/1968; The Searcher Oct. Buttons from Across the Channel D. Spears p44 19 Article by dave knight discusses & identifies buttons from RA & RAOC yr. etc.? The Sunday Mirror June 5th 1988 p21 A terror of buttons Koumphiphobia Sc BL56/9 [NTS> check title] The Woman at Home Oct. 1901 Sc.? Tit-Bits magazine May 3 1902 Fashion & Trade Documents as Sources R. Fresco- Corbu Comments: quotes BL27/8-9 Dress & Fashion An extract BL29/6 Western Daily Mail Jan. 30 1860 Dreadful Accident From Crinoline W. Guest & Co. Ltd. RP. BL46/15 Yorkshire Illustrated January 1953 Eboracum Bowmen RP BL50/7 Discovered a Box of Buttons 1954 A. Oswald & F. Russell Smith RP. BL74/5-9 |
| Scanned copies of originals or decent photocopies are needed for inclusion in my mini archive; if you have any please send them over. Abbreviations used: BL. Button Lines followed by issue/page BMLib. Birmingham Library Catalogue numbers. Blib British Library JB Just buttons LibC Library of Congress. MHSB. Military Historical Society Bulletin. MS. Manuscript NB. buttons not included. NBB. National Button Bulletin ND. Not dated NT. Not titled Sc: Source |