Books
This is a list with all known books about phillumeny made by collectors for collectors. The intention of this list is to show what different kind of books there where published in the years about matchbox label collecting. If there are collectors who knows more titles which are not listed here, please mail me, so I can updated this list with more new information.
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This list gives the following information:
– the title of the book
– ISBN
– the author of the book
– year of issue
– in which language this book is written
 | WIMCO100 years of matchmaking excellence ISBN: – Author: Hitesh Pant Year: 2024 Language: English |
 | Lighting up Australia, 2nd edition ISBN: 9780646495309 Author: Jerry Bell Year: 2024 Language: English |
 | Advertising Matchbox Labels in Japan ISBN: 9784794607126 Author: Hajime Miyoshi Year: 2022 Language: Japanese |
 | Tulitikku, Suomalaisen tulitikun vaiheita 1839-1995 ISBN: 9789524723350 Author: Jukka Vesterinen Year: 2022 Language: Finnish |
 | Striking! (Singapore Graphic Archives) Matchboxes from Singapore ISBN: 9789811843983 Author: Yeo Hong Eng Year: 2022 Language: English |
 | Far Eastern Matchbox labels: A mid 20th century collection ISBN: ………. Author: Stephen Brown Year: 2021 Language: English |
 | North of England Match Co. West Hartlepool 1932 – 1954 ISBN: ………. Author: Alan Middleton Year: 2020 Language: English |
 | Matchbloc ISBN: …… Author: Jane McDevitt, Neal Whittington Year: 2019 Language: English |
 | Iconografia Carlista en las cajas de cerillas (1868-1876) ISBN: ….. Author: J.I.O. Villar Year: 2019 Language: Spanish |
 | Match Box Label 1950s-70s Design Collection ISBN: 9784766132595 Author: Takahiro Ono Year: 2019 Language: Japanese |
 | Old matchbox labels from Hungary ISBN: …….. Author: Feokajari Kajary Karoly Year: 2015 Language: English/Hungarian |
 | Las Fabricas espanolas de cerillas del siglo XIX y sus etiquetas ISBN: 9788447215508 Author: E.M. Capitan, M.L.M. San Roma Year: 2015 Language: Spanish |
 | Bristol Match Makers Vol 2, Hunt Ltd – Z ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion, Kevin McCarthy Year: 2014 Language: English |
 | Svovlstikkerne – en glemt industrihistorie ISBN: 9788799634309 Author: Hans-Henrik Moller-Anderson, Poul Low Moller Year: 2013 Language: Danish |
 | Lighting up Scotland, matchmakers of Scotland ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion, Kevin McCarthy Year: 2013 English |
 | Lighting up Ireland, matchmakers of Ireland ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion, Kevin McCarthy Year: 2013 Language: English |
 | Collection of Sparks: Impression of China 1911 ISBN: 9787536247680 Author: Li Wei Qin Year: 2011 Language: Chinese |
 | RABBIT: that matches spark Collection and Appreciation ISBN: 9787500850373 Author: Li Fu Chang Year: 2011 Language: Chinese |
 | Bristol Match Makers vol 1 from A – Hunt ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion Year: 2011 Language: English |
 | Une histoire de l’allumette, La révolution du feu instanstané ISBN: 9782918582090 Author: Pierre-Emanuel Danan Year: 2011 Language: French |
 | Matchbox label Paradigm ISBN: 9784839351212 Author: ………. Year: 2011 Language: Japanese |
 | ………. ISBN: 9787545801729 Author: Li Yongjin Year: 2010 Language: Chinese |
 | Matchbox labels in Japan ISBN: 9784879405982 Author: Hajime Miyoshi Year: 2010 Language: Japanese |
 | Advertising Matchbox labels in Japan ISBN: 99784879405999 Author: Hajime Miyoshi Year: 2010 Language: Japanese |
 | Golden years Spark: Illustrated history of China ISBN: 9787536242302 Author: Year: 2009 Language: Chinese |
| Matches from Gloucester, makers of the 1870’s – excluding Moreland ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion Year: 2009 Langauge: | |
 | John Bull labels made by Moreland of Gloucester ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion Year: 2009 Langauge: English |
 | Match makers of Manchester ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion Year: 2009 Language: English |
 | Letchford & others of Old Montague Street, Whitechapel, London ISBN: ………. Author: Peter Campion Year: 2009 Language: English |
 | Fosforos de Cascante “Recuperar La Memoria” ISBN: 9788496807471 Author: Ricardo Guelbenzu Year: 2008 Language: Spanish |
 | Spark Cultural Revolution Collection (Red book with chinese labels) ISBN: 9787308056595 Author: FAN YU Year: 2008 Language: Chinese |
 | Echte Vroege Spark Collection (Green book with old chinese labels) ISBN: 9787308054232 Author: FAN YU Year: 2007 Language: Chinese |
 | Old Spark Collection (Yellow book with old chinese and japanes labels) ISBN: 9787308054225 Author: FAN YU Year: 2007 Language: Chinese |
 | Foreign Spark Collection (Blue book with European labels) ISBN: 9787308054249 Author: FAN YU Year: 2007 Language: Chinese |
 | Stekskes uit Gent. De geschiedenis van een Gentse luciferfabriek ISBN: ………. Author: Pierre Emmanual Danan, Rene De Herdt, Danny Robben Year: 2007 Language: Dutch |
 | Historia del Fosforo en la Argentina ISBN: 9789872310011 Author: Angel O. Prignano Year: 2007 Language: Spanish |
 | Matchbook: Indian matchboxlabels ISBN: 9788186211229 Author: Shahid Datawala Year: 2007 Language: English |
 | Light of India: A conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art ISBN: 9781580088572 Author: Warren Dotz Year: 2007 Language: English |
 | Striking images: Vintage matchbook cover art ISBN: 9780811851435 Author: Monte Beauchamp Year: 2006 Language: English |
 | Old matchbox label of Zhejiang ISBN: ………. Author: Mr. Lihui Year: 2006 Language: Chinese |
 | Cesky filumenisticky design ISBN: 489444447X Author: Nandaro Ayashige Year: 2005 Language: Japanese |
 | England’s Glory: The moreland story ISBN: 0752435671 Author:Peter Campion Year: 2005 Language: English |
 | Modern Japanese Graphism Matchlabels Museum ISBN: 9784885919138 Author: Katoh Yutaka, Year: 2004 Lanuage: Japanese |
 | ALLUMETTES AU XIXème SIÈCLE, les Caussemille et Cie ISBN: 9782951317581 Author: Anne-Marie de Raigniac Year: 2004 Lanuage: French |
 | Matchibako: Japanese matchbox art of the 20s and 30s ISBN: 9780972563659 Author: Maggie Kinser Hohle Year: 2004 Language: English |
 | Matchbox Label Collection 1920s-1940s ISBN: 4894443570 Author:Jusaburo Nojima Year: 2004 Language: Japanese |
 | Matchbox Labels: over 2.000 elegant examples from all over the worlds ISBN: 1552979784 Author: Jane Smith Year: 2004 Language: English/France/Spanish |
 | Tikusta Asiaa ISBN: 952547805X Author: Seppo Patzkainen Year: 2003 Language: Finnish |
 | Tot de laatste lucifer: Geschiedenis van de lucifersnijverheid in de Denderstreek (book about matchindustry in Denderstreek, Belgium) ISBN: …….. Author: Marcel Stroobant & Danny Robben Year: 2003 Language: Dutch |
 | Handbuch der Phillumenie: Zundholzetiketten als historische Quelle. Eine bildkundliche untersuchung ISBN: 3833005246 Author: Silke Eilers Year: 2003 Language: German |
 | ………. ISBN: 9787532365494 Author: Wei Qing Year: 2002 Language: Chinese |
 | Old matchbox labels, Catalogue of China ISBN: 7530632752 Author: ………. Year: 2002 Language: Chinese |
 | ………. ISBN: 9787504441508 Author: Huang Zhenbing Year: 2001 Language: Chinese |
 | ………. ISBN: 9787806014462 Author: Guo Jianguo Year: 2001 Language: Chinese |
 | The book of matchbox labels ISBN: 1872727247 Author: Roger Fennings Year: 2001 Language: English |
 | Made in Japan: The kaleidoscope of japanese old match labels ISBN: 4786630330 Author: Yutaka Kato Year: 2001 Language: Japanese |
 | Old matchbox labels: 100 years of China History ISBN: 7504441503 Author: …… Year: 2001 Language: Chinese |
 | Advertising matchbox labels in Japan ISBN: 4763617494 Author: Hajime Miyoshi Year: 1999 Language: Japanese |
 | Kleine Funken aus Sachsen, 50 Jahre DDR ISBN: 3359009258 Author: Eulenspiegel Verlag Year: 1998 Language: German |
 | De Stekskesmannen, 90 jaar lucifersindustrie in Ninove (book about 90 years matchindustry in Ninove Belgium) ISBN: ……. Author: Ad Jansen, Danny Robben Year: 1998 Language: Dutch |
 | Strike A Light. Wax Vesta Tins & matchboxes bought into or sold in New Zealand 1840-1993 ISBN: …… Author: Fred Johns Year: 1998 Language: English |
 | Miniature Match-box label ISBN: 4763615831 Author: Tomoki Fujii Year: 1998 Language: Japanese |
 | Match Labels in Japan ISBN: 4763615823 Author: Miyoshi Hajime Year: 1998 Language: Japanese |
 | From Swedish Matches to Swedish Match Sweden’s match industry 1836-1996 ISBN: 9146172904 Author: Walter Loewe, Arne Jansson, Carl Magnus Rosell Year: 1997 Language: English |
 | The Matchcover collector’s Price Guide, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0930625773 Author: Bill Retkins Year: 1997 Language: English |
 | Match Labels ISBN: 4906371973 Author: Michiko Haruki Year: 1996 Language: Japanese |
 | Match Labels ISBN: 4838705212 Author: Teruhisa Kitahara Year: 1994 Language: Japanese |
 | The Matchcover collector’s Price Guide, 1st ed. ISBN: 1566640369 Author: Bill Retkins Year: 1994 Language: English |
 | Matchbook Art ISBN: 0877017328 Author: Yosh Kashiwabara Year: 1990 Language: English |
 | Paper Match Collection ISBN: 4845703998 Author: Yosh Kashiwabara Year: 1989 Language: English |
 | The Art of Japanese Matchbox Labels ISBN: 4397502862 Author: Masao Shimojima Year: 1989 Language: Japanese |
 | Chinese matchbox covers ISBN: 7119003909 Author: Ji Zhiguang Year: 1989 Language: English |
 | Matches boxes / Fiamiferi ISBN: 8871430840 Author: Matteo Guarnaccia Year: 1989 Language: English/Italian |
 | Close Cover Before Striking ISBN: 0896596958 Author: H. Thomas Steele, Jim Heiman, R. Dyer Year: 1987 Language: English |
| Matches from Clouchester: William Taylor and the other match makers of the island, a history of these match makers of the 1870’s ISBN: 09511885X Author: Peter Campion Year: 1986 Language: English | |
 | Unterhaltsames über Zündwaren ISBN: 3343001163 Author: Hans Hartig Year: 1986 Language: German |
 | The Match Makers (The story of Bryant & May) ISBN: 0907929117 Author: Patrick Beaver Year: 1985 Language: English |
 | The Matchbox label collectors encyclopaedia ISBN: ….. Author: J.H. Luker Year: 1984 Language: English |
 | Tandstickor kons och lek (Match puzzles) ISBN: 9134501835 Author: Andrea Neumuller Year: 1983 Language: Swedish |
 | The Match, the Box and the Label ISBN: 0715383523 Author: Joan Rendell Year: 1983 Language: English |
| Golden Years of Matchbox Labels ISBN: ……… Author: Victor Edmond Richard Gladwish Year: 1983 Language: English | |
 | Zündholz Etiketten ISBN: 345335303X Author: Heinz-Gunther Deiters Year: 1979 Language: German |
 | Svenska Tändsticksfabriker/ Swedish Match Factories ISBN: ………. Author: Arne Tjeder Year: 1978 Language: Swedish/English |
 | Matchcovers: a guidebook for collectors ISBN: 0872821021 Author: Ester Rancier Year: 1976 Language: English |
 | Fillumenia ISBN: ……. Author: U. Tonissen Year: 1975 Language: Estonian |
 | Die Welt auf der Zündholz Schachtel Author: Heinz-Gunther Deiters Year: 1968 Language: German |
 | Matchbox Labels Author: Joan Rendell Year: 1968 Language: English |
 | Collecting Matchbox Labels Author: Joan Rendell Year: 1963 Language: English |
 | Matchbox labels of the World Author: A.J. Cruse Year: 1946 Language: English |
 | Den Svenska Tandsticks Industrien Historia ISBN: ……. Author: G. Cedershiold, E. v. Feilitzen Year: 1945 Language: Swedish |
 | Galeria de Arte Clasicos de Lujc La Central ISBN: ……. Author: …….. Year: …….. Language: Spanish |
| Towards a better understanding of chinese matchbox labels – a beginners guide to translation English Author: Simon Blackman Year: ????? Language: English |