FOHBC Recommended Publications Listing
Books and Price Guides

American Applied Glass Seal Bottles
Dale L. Murschell, 1996
HC 65 Box 2610
Arnold Stickley Rd.
Springfield, WV 26763

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 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, E-mail: wvdbossche@planet.nl

The Auction Price Report
William E. Brown
8251 NW 49th Court
Coral Springs, FL 33067
Telephone: (954) 344-0023
E-mail: auctionp@bellsouth.net

Bitters Bottles
J. H. Thompson, 1947

Bitters Bottles
Richard Watson, 1965

Supplement to Bitters Bottles
Richard Watson, 1968

The Bottle Collector's Guide
Geoffrey Wills, 1977

Bottle Makers and Their Marks
Julian Harrison Toulouse, 1971

Bottle Pricing Guide
Hugh Cleveland, 1993

Bottles Identification and Price Guide 3rd Edition
Michael Polak, 2000
Website: The "Bottle Bible"

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, NC 28732
Kathy@thesodafizz.com 

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 - Phone (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 Manual, Fruit Jars
Julian Harrison Toulouse, 1969

Digger Odell's Official Antique Bottle and Glass Collector Magazine Price Guide
Website: http://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

For Bitters Only
Carlyn Ring, 1980

Fruit Jar Patents Vol. III 1900-1942
Compiled by Dick Roller, 1996
Published by Phoenix Press
Jerry McCann
5003 West Berwyn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60630-1501

Ginger Beer & Root Beer Heritage 1790 to 1930
Donald and Betsy Yates, 2003
1300 River Corners Road
Homerville, OH 44235
E-mail: donaldbetsyyates@earthlink.net 
Phone: (330) 625-1025

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

Glassmaking at Jamestown
Jean C. Harrington, 1952

Glass Through The Ages
E. Barrington Haynes, 1959

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, MD. 20707-3612
Phone: (301) 725-9405
E-mail: fsbantique@aol.com

Hair Raising Stories
Don Fadely, 1992
7970 Telegraph Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 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

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 St., Paris, IL 61944.
Cecil Munsey, 1970

Ink Bottles & Inkwells
William Covill, 1971

INKS - 150 Years of Bottles and Companies
Published 2005, 276 pages, color photos, company info.  $75 PP in U.S.
Info or purchase: Ed & Lucy Faulkner, 4718 Kyloe Lane, Moseley, VA 23120
Ph: (804) 739-2951; E-mail: faulkner@antiquebottles.com 

Insulators, A History and Guide to North American Glass Pintype Insulators
John & Carol McDougald, 1990

Ketchup Pickles Sauces
19th Century Food in Glass
Betty Zumwalt, 1980

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, E-mail: tomcaniff@aol.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 Guide
Phone: (212) 209-1169; Fax: (212) 652-5410
E-mail:  vstowell@phaidon.com

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, Ca., 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."
Website: Whitehouse-Books.com, 60 East Market St. PO Box 16 Corning, NY 14830
Phone: 800/935-8536; Fax 607/936-2465; E-mail: julia@whitehouse-books.com

Pittsburgh Glass 1797-1891
Lowell Innes, 1976

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! Website: www.canadianbottles.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

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
E-mail 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

Tumblers, Jars and Bottles; A Product Identification Guide for the Capstan Glass Company, South Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Barry L. Bernas
239 Ridge Avenue
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(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

Wheeling Glass
Josephine Jefferson, 1947

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