Allmen, Diane: Postcards:The Official Price Guide (1990)
Andrews, Barbara: A Directory of Post Cards, Artists, Publishers and Trademarks. Irving, Texas: Little Red Caboose, 1975
Apkarian-Russell, Pamela: "Deltiology and Preserving Family History"; Missing Links: RootsWeb's Geneaology Journal, Vol. 4, No. 34, 18 August 199.
Baeder, John: Gas, Food and Lodging - A Postcard Odyssey Through the Great American Roadside, Abbeville Press Publishers, NY, (1986) 3rd ptg, B&W and color ill., 132pp. First published in 1982 - this is an outstanding postcard collection of what life used to be, and we wish it was again!
Baldwin, Brooke: "On the Verso: Postcard Messages as a key to Popular Prejudices", Journal of Popular Culture (Vol. 220, Issue 3), Winter 1988, pages 15-28.
Barker, Ronnie: Book of Bathing Beauties; Hodder and Stoughton, UK, 1974
--------------------: Book of Boudoir Beauties, Hodder and Stoughton, UK, 1976
Bellfield, Richard "The Net" The New Statesmen, September 6, 1996, page 35, vol. 9, issue 419 An article aboiut how Leeds Postcards use their website to send postcards by email.
Bender, R. James: Postcards of Hitler's Germany, Volume 1: 1923-1936, 1996
------------------------: Postcards of Hitler's Germany, Volume 2: Postal Stationery, Printed to Private Order, Propaganda, 1937-1939., 1998
-----------------------: Postcards of Hitler's Germany, Volume 3: Postal Stationery, Printed to Private Order, Propaganda, 1940-1945.
Bernhard, Willi: Bernhard Picture Postcard Catalogue: Germany 1870-1945, 1982
Bogdan, Robert and Todd Weseloh: Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People?s Photography. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0-8156-0851-9 288 pages, 367 black-and-white photographs, appendixes, bibliography, notes, index
Boskin, Joseph: Sambo: The Rise and Demise of an American Jester. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Bowers, Q. David and Mary Martin: The Postcards of Alphonse Mucha. 1980
Brecher, Kenneth: Too Sad to Sing: A Memoir with Postcards. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
Brechlin, Earl: Bygone Backwoods: A Postcard Tour of Rustic New England Down East Books, 2005.
Burdick, Jefferson R., ed.: Pioneer Post Cards: The Story of Mailing Cards to 1898, with an Illustrated Checklist of Publishers and Titles. Franklin Square, New York: Nostalgia Press, 1964
Carline, Richard: Pictures in the Post: The Story of the Picture Postcard and its Place in the History of Popular Art. Philadelphia: Deltiologists of America, 1972
Carver, Sally: The American Postcard Guide to Tuck, Carves Cards, Brookline, MA, (1980), B&W illustrations, 76pp. First published in 1976, this is the third printing with completely revised prices. Includes a history of the Raphael Tuck & Sons Company, a glossary of Tuck's Printing Processes, and then discusses the various categories of their cards.
Cascutt, Allen: "Post cards plus": School Arts (January 1997, v. 96, n. 5, p. 31)
Ch'en, Shu-Hua Postcard Drawings, Publisher: Li hung ch'u pan she; Year: 1996; ISBN: 9579922241
Today, with the developments in advanced communications technology, two persons thousands of miles apart can get in touch instantly via email, fax, or telephone. As a result, actual handwritten correspondence has become a time-consuming luxury. Such change has made hand-painted postcards (already unique items) into truly precious historical relics, especially for the Japanese who have always placed great value on the preservation of their cultural heritage.
Through concentrated efforts to collect these postcards by all possible means, Mr. Dean T. Chou, president of the Rainbow Sign Publishing Company, has gathered hundreds of hand-painted postcards created during the Japanese period of occupation in Taiwan (1895-1945). Each of these cards is worthy of careful study, offering insight into a bygone era.
Collins, Ian: An Illustrated History of the Embroidered Silk Postcard, ISBN: 0-9540235-0-1
Cope, Dawn and Peter Cope: Illustrators of Postcards from the Nursery. London: East-West Publications, 1978.
Crabtree, Tom: Baseball Stadium Postcards: The Definitive Checklist and Postcard Guide.
Dale, R.: Louis Wain: Thr Man who Drew Cats, William Kimber, UK 1970.
Doster, Gary, ed: From Abbeville to Zebulon: Early Postcards of Georgia Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1991.
Duval, William and Valerie Monahan: Collecting Postcards in Colour, 1894-1914 Poole: Blandford Press, 1978
Elliott, Stuart: "The Media Business: Advertising; Milk Mustaches jump off the page and on to the sides of buildings" The New York Times, October 4, 1996. Briefly mentions the free postcards published by the campaign.
English, JS: The Postcard World of Tennyson Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Recreational Services, Library Department, 1984
Evans, Justin B.: The Art of the Horse: Reflections of the Past Tiburon, CA: Wood River Pub., 1991.
Fannelli, Giovanni and Ezio Godoli: Art Nouveau Postcards New York: Rizzoli, 1987.
Fletcher, F.A. and A.D. Brooks: British Exhibitions and their Postcards, UK, 1978
Freeman, Larry: "Wish You Were Here": A Centennial Guide to Postcard Collecting. Watkins Glen, NY: Century House 1976
Friedman, Dr. Daniel: The Birth and Development of American Postcards, 2003
Garnhart, Thomas O.: Checklist of Curt Teich Linen Comic Postcards 2005.
Gordon, Bruce and David Mumford: Disneyland: The Nickel Tour 2000 (2nd edition)
Grant, H. Roger: Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, (1994) 1st ptg, over 150 B&W reproductions, 208pp.
Haiti: A Catalog of Picture Postcards, 1897-1917. Cambria Heights, NY: Haitiana Publications.
Hall, Wade: Greetings from Kentucky: A Post Card Tour, 1900-1950, Univ. Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (1994), B&W and color ill., 208pp. Without leaving home, let Wade Hall lead you on an armchair trip through time and place with this gathering of more than 500 vintage picture post cards of Kentucky.
Hammond, Paul: French Undressing: Naughty Postcards from 1900 to 1920, Bloomsbury Books, London, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 136pp. The author selected more than two hundred naughtier picture postcards, and describes how they were produced, who made them, who bought them, and why they look as they do.
Harkey, W. Hugh: Greetings from Charlotte: A Pictoral Postcard History of Charlotte Charlotte, NC: Hornet's Next Productions, 1992
Harmon, Don: Postcard History of Topeka, 1999
Hebert, Ernest: Greetings from New England: A Glimpse at the Past Through Postcards, Graphic Arts Center Pub. Co., Portland, OR, (1988), great color reproductions, 112pp. A glorious celebration of the New England region through wonderful reproductions of early twentieth-century picture postcards. Text provides colorful commentary on these postcards, highlighting the enchantment of this colorful region in all of its turn-of-the-century charm
Henry, Lyell D.: Was This Heaven? A Self-Portrait of Iowa on Early Postcards. 1995
Hill, C.W.: Discovering Picture Postcards, Shire Publications, UK, 1970
------------: Edwardian Entertainments - A Picture Postcard View, M.A.B. Publishing, UK, 1978
Hoffman, Mike: "Dear M@x: Drop Dead. Love, Go Cards" Inc., April 1997, p. 29, Vol. 19, Issue 5.
Holt, Tonie and Holt, Valmai: Picture Postcards of the Golden Age: A Collector's Guide, Deltiologists of America, Folsom, PA, (1971) 1st ed, 32pp B&W ill, 8pp in color, 214pp. The author's primary concern is to give practical advice to the collector: where to find cards and how to go about starting a collection, how to restore and classify, how to value and date. All the major types of postcards are covered.
-------------------------------------: Til the Boys Come Home: The Picture Postcards of the First World War, 1977
Hooker, Jerry S.: Motorcycling Through History, During the Golden Age of Postcards, 2004
"Jenny Nystrom: The Artist who Painted Herself into Our Hearts"; Swedish Press, V. 67, issue 12; December 31, 1996, p. 22.
Kaduck, John M.: Rare and Expensive Postcards, Book 2, Wallace-Homestead Book Co., Des Moines, IA, (1979), B&W ill., 134pp ISBN 0870692674
-----------------------: Mail Memories: Pictorial Guide for Postcard Collecting Des Moines: Wallace Homestead, 1975a
-------------------: Transportation Postcards. Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1976
Kennedy, Jr., Rod and Elizabeth Ellis: Lost New York in Old Postcards. Gibbs Smith, Publisher, August 2001
Killen, John: John Bull's Famous Circus: Ulster History through the Postcard, 1905-1985.; Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1985
Klamkin, Marian: Picture Postcards, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 192pp, ISBN 0396068898 In this book an experienced collector and writer conveys the adventure of postcard collecting, including chapters on the history of cards, their publishers, artists, and the themes that inspired them such as expositions, greetings, novelties, views, children, comedy, disaster, patriotism, advertising, coins and stamps
Lai, David C., MD: Pentothal Postcards. Mark Batty Publisher, February 2005. ISBN: 0-9725636-6-0 See description and pictures at Mark Batty Website.
Lyons, Forrest: Collectors Guide to Postcards. Gas City, Indiana: L-W Promotions, 1974
-----------------: The Artist Signed Postcard. Gas City, Indiana: L-W Promotions, 1975.
Mashburn, J.L. The Postcard Price Guide. Alexander, NC: WorldComm Press, 1992.
---------------------: Artist-Signed Postcard Price Guide (2nd Edition)
---------------------: Black Americana Postcard Price Guide: A Century of History Preserved on Postcards
---------------------: Fantasy Postcards with Price Guide
---------------------: Sports Postcard Price Guide
McCulloch, Lou W.: Card Photographs: A Guide to Their History and Value Exton, PA: Schiffer, 1981
Megson, Frederic and Mary: American Exposition Postcards 1870-1920: A Catalog and Price Guide 1992
-------------------------------------: American Advertising Postcards, Sets and Series, 1890-1920: A Catalog and Price Guide. Martinsville, NJ: The Postcard Lovers, 1985.
Miller, George and Dorothy Miller: Picture Postcards in the United States 1893-1918, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1976) 1st ed, 71 color, over 125 B&W ill., 280pp, ISBN 0517524007 An exhaustive and meticulously researched story of the development of the postcard in America.
Monahan, Valerie: An American Postcard Collector's Guide, Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset, England, (1981), ill., 128pp.
-----------------------: Collecting Postcards in Colour, 1914-1930 Poole, England: Blandford Press, 1980
Morgan, Hal: Big Time: American Tall Tale Postcards NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981.
Morgan, Hal & Brown, Andreas: Prairie Fires and Paper Moons: The American Photographic Postcard: 1900-1920, David R. Godine Publisher, Boston, 1981 (1st), ill., 192pp
Morgan, Lane, Greetings from Washington: A Glimpse at the Past Through Postcards, Graphic Arts Center Pub. Co., Portland, OR, (1988), color ill., 112pp. Faithfully reproduces the original picture postcards of the places, events, and even the people who were the movers and shakers in Washington from the turn of the century through World War II.
Morse, Anne: Art of the Japanese Postcard. Ashgate 2004.
Naudet, George: L'Aeronautique a la Belle Epoque, Belgium, 1976
Nicholson, Susan Brown: The Encyclopedia of Antique Postcards, Wallace-Homestead Book Co., Radnor, PA, (1994) 1st ptg, 1100+ postcards ill in B&W, 277pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Covers more than 100 categories of postcards from the Golden Age (1898-1918), including artists from Attwell to Wayne and topics from Aviation to the Zodiac. Each category includes a brief history and examples of typical postcards. Includes a price guide.
Norgaard, Erik: With Love - The Erotic Postcard, MacGibbon and Kee, UK 1969
Ouellette, William & Jones, Barbara:Erotic Postcards, Excalibur Books, New York, (1977), over 250 B&W and color ill., 127pp. A collection of over 250 postcards illustrated (83 in color), which shocked, entertained, or titillated our Victorian and Edwardian ancestors. Subjects range from pin-ups to puns, from straight photographs to beautifully drawn Art Nouveau cards
Ibid, Macdonald and Jane's, UK, 1977
Ouellette, William: Fantasy Postcards Garden City, NY: Doubleday Books, 1975.
Parr, Martin: Boring Postcards USA Phaidon Press, Incorporated, October 2000; ISBN:0714840009
Phillips, Tom: The Postcard Century: 2000 Postcards and their Messages. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000.
Pike, Helen-Chantal: Greetings from New Jersey: A Postcard Tour of the Garden State. Rutgers University Press (October 15, 2001); ISBN: 0813529972
"The portable soft sell" US News & World Report, p. 10, March 3, 1997, vol. 122, issue 8
Postcard Graphics: The Best Graphic and Advertising Design Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers, c. 1997
Radley, C.: Collecting Silk Postcards, Barking, UK, 1976
--------------: The Embroidered Silk Postcard, Barking, UK, 1977
--------------: History of Silk Postcards, Barking, UK, 1975
---------------: The Woven Silk Postcard, Barking, UK, 1978
Range, Thomas E.: The Book of Postcard Collecting, E. P. Dutton, NY, (1980) 1st ed, B&W ill., 171pp. Designed as a fundamental guide to answer most of the whys and wherefores of collecting picture postcards, this book is written with expertise by a veteran stamp collector who has also formed a collection of over 10,000 postcards.
Rosenthal, Richard "Ad-supported postcards are a big hit with diners" Advertising Age, p. 10, August 22, 1994.
"The Roses of Christmas" Antique and Collecting Magazine, Vol. 101, Issue 10, December 1996, p. 6. "Postcards are the inspiration for the theme of the Victorian Christmas"
Rubin, Cynthia Elyce and Williams, Morgan, Larger Than Life: The American Tall-Tale Postcard, 1905-1915, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, (1990) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 132pp. Exaggeration to prove a point has long been a key element in America's visual and storytelling heritage, and in most rural parts the "liars' bench" was a common fixture outside the courthouse or general store. Humorously capturing many facets of life in turn-of-the-century small-town America, the tall-tale postcard vividly bears witness to a challenging era of inventiveness and creativity in coping with life's vicissitudes.
Ryan, Dorothy B.: Picture Postcards in the United States 1893-1918 - Updated Edition with a Revised and Updated Price Guide, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1982), 125+ B&W ill, 71 color ill., 280pp., ISBN 0517545888 First published in 1976, here is the fully illustrated history of the development of the picture postcard in America. Emphasizing the postcard's importance as a source of historical data, this book discussed every type of postcard produced between 1893 and 1918, including signed artist cards, adpostals, pioneer view-cards, holiday greeting cards, special card sets, and government issues.
Saleh, Nouhad A. Guide to Artists' Signatures and Monograms on Postcards. 1993.
Schindler Powell, Leigh: "The Two-Sided Wonder: Using Postcards as a Promotional Tool" Home Office Computing, Vol. 13, May 1995, p. 108.
Schwab, Henry: The Echoes that Remain, Weston, MA: Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum: March 1992. A postal history of the Holocaust, it includes postcards used by the Nazi propaganda machine
Segal, Naomi: "Group turns to postcards to heal rift between Israelis" Jewish Telegraphic Agency, September 3, 1996, p. 8.
Shoenberger, Chana R.: "Delivering a message advertisers hope to win customers via line of free postcards" The Boston Globe, June 11, 1998, p. C1.
Smith, Jack H.: Postcard Companion: The Collector's Reference, Wallace-Homestead, Radnor, PA, (1989), B&W and color ill., 374pp. Good source book on all aspects of postcard collecting.
Sprague, Marshall: Greetings from Colorado: A Glimpse at the Past Through Postcards, Graphic Arts Center Pub. Co., Portland, OR, (1988), great color reproductions, 112pp.
Staff, Frank: The Picture Postcard & Its Orgins, Lutterworth Press, London, (1966), B&W and color ill., 96pp. A well-known postcard historian provides a full and fascinating account of the origins and development of the picture postcard.
---------------: Picture Postcards and Travel - A Collector's Guide, Lutterworth Press, Guildford & London, (1979), 290 B&W and color ill., 96pp.
Starr, Ringo: Postcards from the Boys, Chronicle Books, 2004.
Stein, Geoffrey N.: Where's the Fire?: American Firefighters in Picture Postcards circa 1910, The Vestal Press, Ltd., Vestal, NY, (1992) 1st ptg, over 200 B&W ill., 108pp. Postcards from the collection of Dave and Christie Bowers
Stevens, Norman D. (editor): Postcards in the Library: Invaluable Visual Resources, 1995
Stumm, Robert: A Postcard Journey Along the Upper Mississippi 1998
Szonk-Rusych, Konstantyn: Ukraine in Postcards. NY, NY: Stetch and Stetch Studios, 1981.
Terwilliger Meyers, Carole: "Postcard Projects" Parents, Vol 71, Issue 8, August 1996, p. 202
Titus, Roger L. and Jim Bunte: Destinations. Available early 2006 from Golden West Books and the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation; 100 pages, full color, hundreds of color images, perfectbound, printed in the United States of America. Available through http://www.larhf.org/store/
Tucson Postcard Exchange Club Library Catalog
Tulcensky, Harvey and Laetitia Wolff: Real Photo Postcards. (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005).
Vanderwood, Paul J. and Frank N. Samponaro: Border Fury: A Picture Postcard Record of Mexico's Revolution and US War Preparedness, 1910-1917. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1988
Vogel, Mike and Cara Beardin: "Company Expands Line of Postcards boosting Niagra Frontier", Buffalo News, August 24, 1998, p. C1.
Weill, Alan: Cartes Postales Art Nouveau, Paris, France, 1977
Weinstein, Jeff: "Penny For Your Thoughts" The Village Voice LIterary Supplement, October 1994.
Welsch, Roger L.: Tall-Tale Postcards: A Pictorial History, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1976), B&W and color ill., 244pp. In this volume, the full range of subjects, techniques, and skills of the genre are examined, with the postcards themselves graphically telling the story in the best way possible.
Werther, Mark and Lorenzo Mott: Linen Postcards: Images of the American Dream
------------------------------------------: Linen Postcards: Price Guide 2004
Willoughby, Martin: A History of Postcards. London: Bracken Books, 1994.
Wilpon, Bonnie: Hollywood, FL Postcards (Postcard History) Arcadia Publishing (SC) (September 1999) (ISBN: 0738502189)
Wilpon, Bonnie: Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Arcadia Publishing (SC) (April 1999) (ISBN: 0738500534)
Wolf, Aline D.: Mommy, It's a Renoir!; Art Postcards for Art Appreciation: A Parent and Teacher Handbook Altoona, PA: Parent Child Press, 1984
Wood, Frank & Scott Daymond: Reflections of Kansas, 1900-1930: A Prairie Postcard Album. 1988
Wolstenholme, George: Over 900 Things to Know about Postcard Collecting. Mirfield England: West Yorkshire Postcard Centre, 1977 or 1978
Zaid, Barry: Wish You Were Here: A Tour of America's Great Hotels During the Golden Age of the Picture Post Card, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1990) 1st ed, color ill., 96pp. Take a trip through a hand-colored America. This is an album of the exquisite linen-finish hotel picture post cards that flourished during the thirties, forties, and fifties.
Zwerdling, Michael: Postcards of Nursing: A World Wide Tribute Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
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