Plastics : Collecting and Conserving

The authoritative guide to the identification & care of plastics, including classic collectibles from Bakelite radios to Barbie dolls. Essays by experts in the field cover such topics as: history of plastics; plastic collectibles; identification of plastics; caring for plastics; & latest research into degradation & conservation. Editor Anita Quye is a conservation scientist, founder of the Historical Plastics Research Scientists' Group, & closely involved in research into Ôdoll's disease'. Editor Colin Williamson is an authority on the manufacture & development of early plastics & is founder of the Plastics Historical Society. Color & black & white photos & illustrations.Quye, Anita is the author of 'Plastics : Collecting and Conserving', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756797294 and ISBN 0756797292.