Albert on American Historical Buttons

Albert, Alphaeus H. WASHINGTON HISTORICAL BUTTONS: WASHINGTON INAUGURAL BUTTONS AND OTHER BUTTONS BEARING THE PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON OR ALLUDING TO HIM AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. Hightstown, 1949. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xi, (3), 82 pages; text illustrations. Very good or better. [with] Albert, Alphaeus H. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN AND COMMEMORATIVE BUTTONS. AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOG WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BUTTONS USED DURING THE VARIOUS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON INAUGURAL BUTTONS AND OTHER COMMEMORATIVE AND PATRIOTIC BUTTONS. Hightstown, 1966. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. First edition. xi, (1), 76 pages; illustrated throughout. Fine. [with] Albert, Alphaeus H. RECORD OF AMERICAN UNIFORM AND HISTORICAL BUTTONS WITH SUPPLEMENT. First edition, second printing with supplement. Hightstown, 1974. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. 448 + 28 pages; illustrated. Fine. Three important reference works. The first work is Clain-Stefanelli 13976. The final work is subtitled: A Definitive Listing of the Buttons Depicting the Insignia of the Armed Forces and Famous Regiments, Governmental, Service and Veterans Organizations, Educational and Military Training Institutions, the State Seals, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate Armed Forces, the Caricatures and Slogans of Political Campaigns Including Those of Washington’s Inauguration, with Illustrations and Relative Values, 1775–1973.