Master Pieces

Connoisseurs will surely make room on their puzzle-cum-coffee tables for this lovely presentation of vintage jigsaw puzzles as art. A color sampling of about 500 of McCann's huge collection are grouped by American, European, and British artists, and art genre with brief commentary and value-coding, but no dates. The introduction provides historical context to the Golden (Depression era) Age of Puzzle Art. Index includes short biographies of the artists. Distributed by Universe Pub. through St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.