Collector's Guide to Lunchboxes: Metal, Vinyl, Plastic by Carole Bess White and L.M. White. Color photos, descriptions, and values of lunch boxes, organized by material, then alphabetically. Timeline; lists of manufacturers and suppliers; reproductions. Index; glossary; bibliography. Large-format paperback, 304 pages. (Collector Books, Paducah, KY, $19.95, c2001)

Antique Trader Advertising Price Guide edited by Kyle Husfloen. Prices of more than 2,800 advertising collectibles from the 19th and 20th centuries, including calendars, clocks, display cabinets, signs, thermometers, tins, and trade cards. Black & white and color photos. No index or bibliography. Paperback, 288 pages. (Krause, Iola, WI, $16.95, c2001)

Pacific Pottery: Tableware from the 1920s, '30s, '40s ... and More by Jeffrey B. Snyder. History of Pacific Clay Pottery's production of tablewares, kitchenwares, and artwares, with color photos, marks, and prices. Organized by decade, with emphasis on 1930s dinnerware lines. Bibliography; index. Hardcover, 176 pages. (Schiffer, Atglen, PA, $39.95, c2001)

Tobacco Containers from Canada, United States, and the World by Norman Carlson. Color photos, descriptions, and prices of thousands of tobacco tins and boxes, organized alphabetically by brand name. Brief history of the tobacco industry in Canada and Europe. Picture glossary of containers and lids. No index or bibliography. Spiral-bound paperback, 373 pages. (New Antique Ventures, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, $37, c2002)