Posted By:
Adam J. Baxter
Lipset's book is an absolute MUST HAVE for any vintage collector's library. Before I ever jumped feet-first into vintage collecting, this is the first book I purchased and read to educate myself about vintage pre-WWI issues. IMHO it is a definite necessity for N172 Old Judge collectors or for anyone thinking of collecting that issue. A person would have to be a FOOL to collect Old Judge and not have at least read this book, it is considered by many collectors to be THE foundation for information relating to that issue. Some of the information in Lew's book is a little dated,(it was from 1983, I think), however, there are few decent references out there nowadays for vintage cards and frankly, I think the oppurtuniy to purchase this book for 29.95 from Don Betz on eBay is a real steal.
Regards,
Adam