[brianp-beme]

I agree on the Old Judge book, and I only have a handful of Old Judge cards and never plan to collect...it is that interesting and well-researched of a book with an overwhelming amount of images. It would be great to have something of that caliber in all the more complex sets that I do collect.

I would rank the 3 volumes of Lew Lipset's The Encylopedia of Baseball Cards on top of everything however, as it really delves into a wide swath of Pre-WW2 cards (19th Century, Early Candy and Gum, and Tobacco) in great detail. Nothing else has been so useful for me as a resource in my collecting.

Brian