Scarce Book Antique Candlesticks Silver Glass Ceramic Beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a pictorial survey of antique candlesticks.

CANDLESTICKS by Deborah Stratton, Chilton Book Co., Penn, 1976 First Edition.

This most informative book pictures the following candlestick types with identifying captions: pottery, creamware, blue-and-white earthenware, Wedgwood, Dresden, Art Deco pottery, pewter, Art Nouveau pewter, wood, Chinese brass chambersticks, Paktong and bell-metal, brass, sconces, open twist, church brass, Menorah, brass tablesticks and chambersticks, ormolu, nickel on brass, cut glass, Venetian glass, blue glass, Bohemian glass, Heisey glass, pressed glass, satin glass, jade glass, mercury or silver glass, Bohemian Hyalith glass lustres, enamel, plated silver, Neo-classical silver, Art Nouveau silver, silver, Sheffield plate, plated silver, alabaster, novelties, and plastic. There's a wealth of information in this book, which will benefit the novice, and advanced collector of candlesticks.

7.3 in. x 9.9 in. softback in very good condition. 112 pages.

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Antique American Bottle Types / Scarce In-Depth Book Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a definitive pictorial guide to antique bottles.

A TREASURY OF AMERICAN BOTTLES by William C. Ketchum, Jr., A Rutledge Book, NY, 1975 First Edition.

The author guides us through the centuries, collecting bottles as we go - from the robust eighteenth century wine and spirits bottles to the charming containers of the 1930s and 1940s when glassmaking was still and art. Covered by chapter are: Early Glassmaking in America; How a Bottle is Made; Wine and Spirits Bottles; Figured Flasks; Decanters and Bar Bottles; Proprietary Medicine Bottles; Bitters Bottles; Beer Bottles; Mineral and Soda Water Bottles; Perfume, Scent, and Cologne Bottles; Ink Bottles and Inkwells; Food Bottles; Fruit Jars; Milk Bottles; Household Bottles; Snuff and Blackening Bottles; Drug Bottles; Poison Bottles, Barber Bottles; Candy Containers; Miscellaneous Glass; Bottle Collecting; Glossary of Glassmaking Terms, and Index. In addition to identifying bottles, the author assists the collector with information on determining what bottles are valuable, and how to clean and display them. If you are a novice or advanced student of bottle collecting, you will want a copy of this scarce book in your permanent reference library.

8 in. x 10.6 in. hardback book with dust cover in very good condition. 224 pages.

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Scarce Book Antique Bottle Collecting Profusely illustrated in color and mostly black-and-white, this early out-of-print book provides a pictorial survey of collectible antique bottles.

THE BOOK OF BOTTLE COLLECTING by Doreen Beck, Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., NY, 1973.

This comprehensive book discusses scores of bottle types, concentrating on and illustrating those rare or especially interesting examples which are most sought after by collectors. This book covers by chapter: The History of Glass Making; How to Make a Bottle; The Bottles Themselves (Wine Bottles, Beer Bottles, Spirits Bottles, Decanters, Medicine Bottles, Bitters Bottles, Mineral and Soda-Water Bottles, Perfume and Snuff Bottles, and Miscellaneous and Unusual Bottles); Bibliography; and Index. This is a classic reference on antique bottle collecting.

8.5 in. x 11.5 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 96 pages.

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Scarce Book Antique Glass Covered Animal Dishes This scarce out-of-print book provides an in-depth pictorial survey of antique glass

COVERED ANIMAL DISHES. By Everett Grist, Collector Books/Schroeder Publishing Co., Paducah, KY, 1988/1993.

Illustrated with 118 superb color plates, this comprehensive book is a definitive pictorial guide to the elegant glassware molded in animal forms. Makers include Vallerysthal, Westmoreland, Cambridge, McKee, and others - with reproductions by Kemple. Ducks, chickens, swans and other birds; squirrels, rabbits, dogs, horses, a boar’s head—even a few two-legged 'homo sapiens' are pictured and identified in this beautifully photographed book. Whether a collector of animals or novel glass collectibles, this early book will prove to be an indispensable guide.

8.5 in. x 11 in. softback in very good+ condition. 119 pages.

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Rare Book Antique English Scottish Irish Table Glass Both in its text and in its illustrations this is the most complete account so far published of the Table Glass produced in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the sixteenth century to 1820.

ENGLISH, SCOTTISH & IRISH TABLE GLASS, by G. Bernard Hughes, Bramhall House, NY, 1956 First Edition.

Intended throughout to be factually accurate and informative without becoming heavily technical, the book begins with a brief history of English glass-making, with particular reference to the development of England’s world renowned flint-glass. This is followed by a clear-cut survey of drinking glass forms, in stem, bowl and foot, and of decoration in engraving, cutting, gilding and enameling, handled plainly but with technical exactitude. Comprehensive accounts of Scottish and Irish glass cover ground that hitherto has been peculiarly subject to neglect and misrepresentation. A glossary of technical and semi-technical terms is included and the illustrations are made doubly valuable by the comprehensive descriptive notes that accompany them. These illustrations, over 300 in number, include reproductions from conversation pictures, trade cards and old bills, and a photographic encyclopedia of hundreds of examples of the Table Glass produced in England, Scotland and Ireland during the course of three centuries.' Makers includes Collectors, dealers, and historians will find this authoritative text invaluable.

7.7 in. x 10 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 408 pages.

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