Black Diamond Two: The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Kiss

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Summary: Another essential book for KISS fans.
Review: Dale Sherman has done it again!He's put out another book that is essential for KISS fans.Although not near as exciting as BD1,I again did learn a lot I didn't know before.This book is pretty much for KISS collectors only.But it sure could be a life save you a lot of money and heartache by providing detailed information on imports and bootlegs you might be considering purchasing. Yes,it gets rather lengthy and boring ,but at least its honest.And for that reason ,I give it five stars.

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Summary: Average at best
Review: The Black Diamond 2 book, while it is definately good to use as a cross reference with other price guides or collectible books, I have found a disturbing amount of errors in facts, not to mention bad editing and spell checking. I further believe that the author is one of the biggest hypocrates around. He reviews books in his book section and basically slams the KISS Collectibles Identification And Price Guide book put out in 1993 by Karen and John Lesniewski. He claims that it is a bad identification book because the photos are in black and white and are blurry. I have used this book extensively and found it to be super helpful. The pictures are clear and there is an eight page color section with only photos. I have found the black and white photos to be as clear and consise, if not clearer in this book than in the Black Diamond 2 book. The last thing I could say is how can you trust the information in Black Diamond 2 when the last page of the book is filled with corrections from Black Diamond 1. He didn't even know that Ace was from the Bronx!!!!

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Summary: Black Diamond II
Review: Very little readable material. Just a bunch of dates and lists of people. Disappointed to say the least.