FOHBC Recommended Publications Listing
Books and Price Guides
20th Century South Jersey Glass, Volume 1 – Clevenger Brothers
438 pages, over 800 photos & illustrations
Thomas C. Haunton
Augusta on Glass
Drops of history from glass and pottery containers used by soda water manufacturers, whiskey distillers, beer brewers, mineral water sellers and patent medicine men in and around Augusta, Georgia.Well illustrated with black and white and color photos. $40 plus $4.50 shipping from Bill Baab, 2352 Devere Street, Augusta, GA 30904-5202
Augusta on Glass
Drops of history from many pharmacists working in Augusta, Georgia from the 1830s through the 1930s. Color and computer-enhanced black and white photos of mostly clear glass pharmacists’ bottles. $12 plus $2.50 shipping from Bill Baab, 2352 Devere Street, Auigusta, GA 30904-5202
American Applied Glass Seal Bottles
Dale L. Murschell, 1996, HC 65 Box 2610, Arnold Stickley Road, Springfield, West Virginia 26763
American Bottles in the Charles B. Gardner Collection
Norman Heckler for Robert W. Skinner Inc., 1975
American Bottles & Flasks, and Their Ancestry
Helen McKearin & Kenneth M. Wilson, 1978
American Breweries II
Dale P. Van Wieren, 1995
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, December, 1995
American Glass
George S. and Helen McKearin, 1941
American Glass 1760 – 1930
The Toledo Museum of Art
Kenneth M. Wilson, 1996
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, August, 1996
American Glassware
Edwin Atlee Barber, 1900
American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles
Albert Christian Revi, 1973
American Sarsaparilla Bottles
John DeGrafft, 1980
American Stoneware Bottles
A History & Study
David Graci, 1995
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, August, 1996
Antique Fakes and Reproductions
Ruth Webb Lee, 1938
Antique Glass Bottles – Their History and Evolution (1500-1850)
by Willy Van den Bossche, 2001
A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide with a World-wide Bibliography of Glass Bottles and Price Guide.
Publisher: Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, England.
Book can be obtained from Willy Van den Bossche, wvdbossche@planet.nl
Antique Bottle Auction Price Report
Jim & Lynn Mitchell
iluvinkslm@aol.com
Antique Western Bitters Bottles The Best of the West,
The art of collecting Antique Western Bitters Bottles
Jeff Wichmann, 1999
Baltimore Bottle Book
An annotated list of bottles from Baltimore City & County 1820 – 1990
Baltimore Antique Bottle Club, Inc., 1998, 1999, 2002
The Beka & late Bob Mebane Collection, A Collection of Class
Glass Works Auctions, 2002
Bibliography of Glass: From the Earliest Times to the Present
Willy Van den Bossche, 2019
Bitters Bottles
J.H. Thompson, 1947
Bitters Bottles
Richard Watson, 1965
Supplement to Bitters Bottles
Richard Watson, 1968
Bitters Bottles
Carlyn Ring, W.C. Ham, 1980, 1998
Bitters Bottles Supplement
Carlyn Ring, W.C. Ham, 2004
Blaske Collection, The Edmund & Jayne Blaske Collection of American Historical Flasks,
A Premier Unreserved Public Auction, Catalogued by Norman C. Heckler
Robert W. Skinner, Inc. 1983
The Book of Bottle Collecting
Doreen Beck, 1973
The Bottle Book
320 pages, Richard Fike
The Blackburn Press, www.BlackburnPress.com
The Bottle Collector’s Guide
Geoffrey Wills, 1977
Bottled in Illinois, Embossed Bottles and Bottled Products of Early Illinois Merchants from Chicago to Cairo, 1840-1880 Kenneth B. Farnsworth and John A. Walthall http://www.isas.illinois.edu/publications/bottledinillinois.shtml UPDATE
Bottles From The Deep
Patent Medicines, Bitters & Other Bottles From the Wreck of the Steamship Republic
Ellen C. Gerth, 2006
Bottle Makers and Their Marks
Julian Harrison Toulouse, 1971
The Blackburn Press, www.BlackburnPress.com
Bottle Pricing Guide
Hugh Cleveland, 1993
Bottles Identification and Price Guide 6th Edition, The ‘Bottle Bible’ is available for all collectors-600 full color photographs and many new chapters. Michael Polak, P.O. Box 30328, Long Beach, California 90853, 562.438.9209, bottleking@earthlink.net,
Bottles Identification and Price Guide 4th Edition
Michael Polak, 2002
Collecting Applied Color Label Soda Bottles
The Painted Soda Bottle Collector’s Association, Second Edition, 1995
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, October, 1995
Collecting Applied Color Label Soda Bottles
Third Edition, 2002 PSBCA, Kathy Sathe, 341 Yellowstone Drive, Fletcher, North Carolina 28732 Kathy@thesodafizz.com
Collecting Character Bottles
Jewel and Arthur L. Umberger, Corker Book Company, Tyler, Texas, 1969
The Collector’s Guide to Civil War Period Bottles & Jars
Mike Russell
The Collector’s Guide to Old Fruit Jars – RED BOOK No. 9
by Douglas M. Leybourne Jr. (2001) The standard for identifying and pricing fruit jars.
Available at some of the web links listed or directly from Doug, Tele: 616.744.2003.
Costs about $35.
A Collectors Guide – Inks
Alan Blakeman, 1996
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, August, 1996
A Collector’s Guide to Patent and Proprietary Medicine Bottles
Joseph K. Baldwin, 1973
Collector’s Guide to the Saratoga Type Mineral Water Bottles
Donald Tucker, 1986
A Collector’s Guide To Arizona Bottles & Stoneware
306 pages, Michael Miller
A Collector’s Manual, Fruit Jars
Julian Harrison Toulouse, 1969
Digger Down: The Thrills and Spills of an Antique Bottle Collector, Walter W. Bannon, www.waltbannon.info/Home.html
Digger Odell’s Official Antique Bottle and Glass Collector Magazine Price Guide
www.bottlebooks.com
Drink and Be Healed
A History of Farmville Lithia Water, 1994
Robert G. Flippen
Early American Bottles and Flasks
Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1926
Early American Glass
Marshall Davidson, 1946
Early American Glass
Rhea Mansfield Knittle, 1927
Early Glassworks of California A Compilation of Historical Information
Warren B. Friedrich, 2010
Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker, Quentin R. Skrabec
The Egg With Golden Memories: Cullen’s Egg Bottle, Philo Gideon, P.O. Box 8082, Wilmington, Delaware 19803. Through Historical Illumination, A United States Treasure is Discovered as We Follow the Trail of the Tale. Gideon’s 136-page book. $55
The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights
[Paperback] Paul M. Hollister, $24.50
For Bitters Only
Carlyn Ring, 1980
2016 Fruit Jar Annual by Jerry McCann, The all-new reference book is now available for immediate shipment to customers of North American Glass. Softbound, spiral bound with 392 easy-to-read pages, with many jar photographs, drawings and period ads. $60 plus shipping.
Fruit Jars: A Collectors Manual
Julian Harris Toulouse
The Blackburn Press, www.BlackburnPress.com
Fruit Jar Patents Vol. III 1900-1942
Compiled by Dick Roller, 1996 Published by Phoenix Press, Jerry McCann, 5003 West Berwyn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60630-1501
Ginger Beer & Root Beer Heritage 1790 to 1930
Donald and Betsy Yates, 2003, 1300 River Corners Road, Homerville, Ohio 44235, Tele: 330.625.1025 donaldbetsyyates@earthlink.net
Reviewed Bottles & Extras July-August 2011
Glass A to Z
David J. Shotwell, 2002
Glass Gaffers of New Jersey & Their Creations
Adeline Pepper, 1971
Glass Houses of the 1800’s
Scott Tyson
Glasshouses & Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburgh Region 1795 – 1910
Hardback & Softback, Over 600 company listings, 350 + maps, photos & ads
Jay W. Hawkins
Glass Insulators From Outside North America, Second Revision
Marilyn Albers & N.R. Woodward, 1993
Glassmaking at Jamestown
Jean C. Harrington, 1952
Glass Through The Ages
E. Barrington Haynes, 1959
The Golden Age of English Glass 1650 – 1775
Dwight P. Lammon FSA
Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, ISBN, 978-1-85149-656-3, May 2011
Reviewed Bottles & Extras July-August 2011
Great American Pontiled Medicines
Frederick Nielson, 1978
A Guide To American Nursing Bottles
by The American Collectors of Infant Feeders
Contact: Sara Jean Binder, 1143 12th Street, Laurel, Maryland 20707-3612, Tele: 301.725.9405 fsbantique@aol.com
Hair Raising Stories
Don Fadely, 1992, 7970 Telegraph DriveColorado Springs, Colorado 80920
Hawaiian Bottles of Long Ago
Rex E. Elliott & Stephen Gould
Revised Edition 1988, ISBN 0-930492-22-6
The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles
Cecil Munsey, 1970
Indiana Glass Factories Notes
Compiled by Dick Roller
History notes on the earlier glass factories of 65 Indiana towns,
144 pp., softbound. Published 1994 by Acorn Press,
607 Driskell Street, Paris, Illinois 61944
Ink Bottles & Inkwells
William Covill, 1971
Insulators, A History and Guide to North American Glass Pintype Insulators
Volumes 1 & 2, John & Carol McDougald, 1990
It’s A Bitters! Price Guide
Art and Jewel Umberger, 1967
It’s A Bitters! Price Guide Volume II
Art and Jewel Umberger, 1969
Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces 19th Century Food in Glass, 498 pages of pictures and research of glass containers the early food industry utilized. $25. Betty Zumwalt, 1980, Mark West Publishers P.O. Box 1914 Sandpoint, Idaho 86864
Kansas Bottles 1854 – 1915, This 380-page book is the standard reference for Kansas bottles,
Johnnie Fletcher, 1994
Kovel’s Bottles Price List
Ralph & Terry Kovel, 1996
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, October, 1996
The Label Space – The Book
by Tom Caniff (1997)
95 articles containing stories of labeled fruit and product jars that appeared in Bottles and Extras magazine from 1992 to 1995. 173 pages with pictures and illustrations. This book can be obtained from Tom Caniff, tomcaniff@aol.com
Lightning Rod Balls, The Complete Book with Prices
Rod Krupka & Mike Bruner, 1995
Marks of American Potters
Edwin A. Barber
The Blackburn Press, www.BlackburnPress.com
Meat & Similar Extract Bottles
Anthony Helliwell, 1996
Medicines
Volume 5, 1995, Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, December, 1995
Millers Antiques on Bottles & Pot Lids
Viva Stowell Phaidon Press, Miller’s Antiques GuideTele: 212.209.1169; Fax: 212.652.5410 vstowell@phaidon.com
Miller’s Paperweights of the 19th & 20th Centuries: A Collector’s Guide
[hardcover] Anne Metcalf, $300.00
Nineteenth Century Glass
Albert Christian Revi, 1968
19th Century Medicine in Glass
Bill & Betty Wilson, 1971
19th Century Hobby & Publishing Co., Box 245, Amador City, California, 95601.
Currently out of print, but in the process of being reprinted.
On the Trail of Stoddard Glass
Anne E. Field, 1975
Packaged In Glass: European Bottles, Their History And Production
Soetens, Johan, hc
Batavlan Lion International, Amsterdam : 2001, 2nd Edition
“A guide book for collectors as well as a storybook of bottles and the men and machines that make them. It describe swine, beer, milk, soft drink bottles, etc. from the earliest examples to the lightweight containers recently produced and also deals with labor and living conditions, social standing and union work. Focuses primarily on Western Europe.”
Whitehouse-Books.com, 60 East Market St. PO Box 16 Corning, New York 14830
Tele: 800.935.8536, Fax: 607.936.2465; julia@whitehouse-books.com
Paperweights: The Collector’s Guide to Identifying, Selecting, and Enjoying New and Vintage Paperweights
[Hardcover], Pat Reilly, $44.77
Pittsburgh Glass 1797-1891
Lowell Innes, 1976
Pittsburgh Glasshouses & Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburgh Region 1795-1910 Over 600 company listings, hundreds of photographs, maps and figures. Arthur signed hardbacks $65, softbound $54 post paid. Jay Hawkins, 1280 Mt. Pleasant Road, West Newton, Pennsylvania 15089, 724.872.6013, lhawkins63@msn.com
Poison Bottle Workbook
Rudy Kuhn
Primitive Bottles of Canada
(2001) A dedicated, in-depth, cross country search has turned up most (?) of the primitive (stamped, or debossed) stoneware bottles from across Canada. We know we don’t have them all, but this is by far the most comprehensive listing ever produced! www.canadianbottles.com
Red Book #11 New 2014 Edition, The Collector’s Guide to Old Fruit Jars. $40, Douglas M. Leybourne Jr., P.O. Box 5417, North Muskegon, Michigan 49445, redbookjars.com
Rings & Things
A Collectors Guide to Fruit Jar Boxes
Keri S. Wetzel
The Snake-oil Syndrome
A. Walker Bingham, 1995
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, July, 1995
So Da Licious!
Collecting Applied Color Label Soda Bottles
David Meinz, 1995
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, October, 1995
The Standard Fruit Jar Reference 2011, Published by the Fruit Jar Annual/Phoenix Press, the STANDARD FRUIT JAR REFERENCE 2011 may be ordered from Jerry McCann, 5003 West Berwyn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60630. Email: fjar@aol.com. Phone: 773.777.0443. Regular price is $275, plus $10 shipping.
Stiegel Glass
Frederick W. Hunter, 1950
Texas Glass: An Illustrated History of the Three Rivers Glass Company (1922 – 1937)
Michael Simmons-Smith, 4400 Adelphia Lane,, Austin, Texas 78727, simmonssmith@sbcglobal.net
Transfer Printed Ginger Beers of Canada
(2001) A dedicated, in-depth, cross country search has turned up most (?) of the transfer printed ginger beer bottles from across Canada. We know we don’t have them all, but this is by far the most comprehensive listing ever produced!
www.canadianbottles.com
Treasures in the Sun, The Key West Bottle Book Over 50 different soda bottles photographed, rarity scale and description. Included are Key West Hutches, Bloptops, Cokes and More! Larry Smith, 122 Rosewood Circle, Jupiter, Florida 33458, $25.00, bottlenut1@juno.com
Tumblers, Jars and Bottles; A Product Identification Guide for the Capstan Glass Company, South Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Barry L. Bernas, 239 Ridge Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, Tele: 717.338.9539 barryb6110@aol.com
This spiral bound volume describes the history of the Capstan Glass Company. Glass containers for food packer’s use were its sole product line. There is an Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation connection with this firm. A copy can be obtained from the author by contacting him at the above address.
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass
Helen and George S. McKearin, 1950
Understanding Antique Wine Bottles
Roger Dumbrell, 1983
Victorian Trade Cards
Historical Reference & Value Guide
Dave Cheadle, 1996
Reviewed: Bottles & Extras, August, 1996
Western Bitters
Bill & Betty Wilson, 1969
Wheeling Glass
Josephine Jefferson, 1947
Whiskey Bottles of the Old West
John L. Thomas, 1969, 1977, 2002
