Lavishly illustrated with captioned color photographs, this scarce out-of-print book “is an introduction to the collector’s world, providing an indispensable overview of this distinctive collectible. A concise history of nineteenth and twentieth century paperweights is followed by detailed coverage of all the major categories of paperweights:  Millefiori, Abstract, Lampwork, Dumps, Sulphides, and others.  Complementing this guide are illustrations of affordable and available examples of each class of paperweight.”