Hake's Guide to Presidential Campaign Collectibles: An Illustrated Price Guide to Artifacts from 1789-1988

This 187 page book is a definitive guide to political collectibles and memorabilia. From the rear cover: "Honest Abe. Keep Hoover, Be Safe. Al Smith, Winner For You. America Needs Stevenson. Go Goldwater. LBJ For The USA. Win With Ford. These are just a few of the campaign slogans made popular over the years. They have been seen on buttons, posters, fans, banners, trays, plates, ribbons, watches, songbooks, and mirrors. Dozens of other items have been used to promote political campaigns since the beginning of the American electoral process in 1789. 'Hake's Guide to Presidential Campaign Collectibles' organizes these items into fifty categories ranging in price from a $1 LBJ tin tab to a $50,000 Cox-Roosevelt jugate button. Each category begins with a background of the items featured. Frequently encountered and rare examples of bandannas, glassware, lapel devices (buttons, badges, ribbons), post cards, and watch fobs are illustrated in hundreds of black-and-white photos and eight pages of color. Captions contain a full description, date, and current value. Over 1700 items from the campaigns of Washington to Bush, their running mates, opposition, and even the lesser-known 'also-rans' make this guide complete and up to date. Appendices are both informative and entertaining, providing slogans and candidate's nicknames, election results, clubs, periodicals, glossary, bibliography, and name index. Collectors will value its current prices. Historians will savor its look into the American political machine."