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With this book, readers will discover machine made marbles from the
early 1900s to the 1930s that revolutionized the glass marble
industry. Over 700 beautiful color photos display marbles produced
by both Ohio-based companies, M. F. Christensen & Son Company
and Christensen Agate Company. Among the examples displayed are
bricks, cobras, guineas, opaques, slags, single pontil slags,
swirls, and hand-gathered swirls. Additionally, early slag marbles
known as "transitionals" are featured. The text includes histories
of these two important glass marble companies, descriptions of
their various marble types, and their methods of manufacture.
Values for the marbles displayed are found in the captions. This
book will be treasured by all those who collect and enjoy marbles.
More than 500 color photos display marbles of all types in this
informative, highly popular, revised guide. Most of these photos,
over 400, are new to this edition and the text is entirely
rewritten. Covered in this reliable guide that has stood the test
of time are handmade and machine-made marbles of all types,
including Indians, Aggies, Steelies, transitionals, M.F.
Christensen & Son, Akro Agate, and more...every major category
of marble is presented. Included among the handmade marbles are old
marbles of glass, earthenware, minerals, and steel; machine-made
marbles are identified by their manufacturers; and contemporary
handmade glass marbles by artisans recapturing the old styles and
creating exciting new styles all their own. Today's marble pricing
is explained in detail. The author describes the four factors to
look for when determining the value of a marble, and presents an
accurate guide to the modern market. This book is a reliable source
book for anyone with an interest in marbles.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
"[A] tightly crafted, very readable book . . . the best in-depth
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2005, federal and state officials were not prepared for the
devastation it would bring. In this searing indictment of what went
wrong, Christopher Cooper and Robert Block take readers inside FEMA
and the Department of Homeland Security to reveal the inexcusable
mismanagement during the crisis--the bad decisions that were made,
the facts that were ignored, and the individuals who saw that the
system was broken but did nothing to fix it.
In this award-winning and critically acclaimed book, Cooper and
Block reconstruct the crucial days before and after the storm hit,
laying bare the government's inability to respond to the most
elemental needs. They also demonstrate how the Bush
administration's obsessive focus on terrorist threats fatally
undermined the government's ability to respond to natural
disasters. The incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina is a
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