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books
Secondary sources

Antiques Price Guide 2003
Judith Miller, Dorling Kindersley, 2002
This edition has a section on card cases

Mauchline ware, A Collector’s Guide
David Trachtenberg & Thomas Keith. Antique Collectors’ Club, 2002

Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, & Society 1700-1880
Antigone Clarke & Joseph O’Kelly, Schiffer Publishing, 2003
A comprehensive, beautifully produced book .

Tunbridge Ware and Related European Decorative Woodwares Brian Austen, Foulsham, 2001

Penwork: A decorative Phenomenon
Noël Riley, Oblong Creative Ltd, 2008
for an overview click here

You will also find a book of silver marks useful, although there are several comprehensive sites on  the internet - see the Library section for details.
Here are details of some of the books that you might find useful in helping you understand more about visiting card cases and the decorative finishes in which they can be found.   
Primary sources



A Case Book. A pictorial survey of 127 fine card cases in  a wide range of materials.
click
here for details.

Visiting Card Cases. Richard J Stanes.
A compact book that new collectors, in particularly, will find useful. Illustrated throughout.
click here for details.


Collecting Visiting Card Cases
Wladimir Herman, 2005

Visiting Cards and Cases
Edwin Banfield, Baros Books, 1989

Antique Pocket Guides: Visiting Card Cases
Noël Riley, Lutterworth Press, 1983