Mark, 
Were you thinking of American Military Button Makers and Dealers; Their Backmarks & Dates by William F. McGuinn and Bruce S. Bazelon, 1984? That one sort of fits the size you mentioned. The others are 
generally bigger. This publication would also be good for civilian as well as military buttons. 

Chuck 

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From: "Mark C Branstner" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 11:10:55 AM 
Subject: Button Reference Question ... 

Hi Folks, 

I used to own a book that I have since misplaced, and I am trying to reconstruct what the title was … 

My memory pictures a small, maybe 6 x 9 inch, red, hard cover book that listed all sorts of manufacturers of buttons and maybe other accoutrements from the Civil War era … I seem to remember pictures of lots of brass button backs with "TREBLE GILT" inscriptions, etc. I might be wrong about the Civil War connection, but I think that was the purpose of the book, although the manufacturers could also be logically linked to civilian production as well. 

This was a very thorough, high quality publication … 

Does this ring any bells with the 'button folk' out there? 

Thanks in advance. 

Mark 



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