Product Information
More than 700 striking photographs and a detailed text about Zippo cigarette lighters, their history and current values, as well as the Viet Nam War comprise this important new book. It provides not only photographs of authentic and counterfeit Zippos and the factory's own art work, but also a concise outline of the War, lists of U.S. and Vietnamese ship and boat names that did duty in Viet Nam, definitions of naval abbreviations, South Vietnamese waterways and geographic names, Allied in-country units, and a comprehensive dictionary translating important Vietnamese military terms so that old Zippo lighters can be interpreted today. Singularly, this book holds tremendous appeal to an extremely broad audience. Lighter collectors will see a wide variety of rare and common Zippos. Photographers and artists interested in the Viet Nam War and its images will see powerful action photos. Viet Nam War and general military collectors and historians will find factual information organized in a quickly accessible form. Political historians and Sixties and Seventies collectors will find ideas and objects to delight their interests. All will want this unique and striking book for their libraries.Product Identifiers
PublisherSchiffer Publishing LTD
ISBN-139780764305948
eBay Product ID (ePID)91942185
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Viet Nam Zippo (R) : Cigarette Lighters 1933-1975
Publication Year1998
SubjectEngineering & Technology, Government
TypeTextbook
AuthorJim Fiorella
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height279 mm
Item Weight1500 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJim Fiorella