As a service to the antique bottle collecting community we have included the following listing of book publishers.

These books are not available from Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine.

For more information, or to obtain a copy, please contact the individual publishers through there web sites, email or mailing addresses .

 

BITTERS BOTTLES - The most complete and comprehensive Bitters Bottle Book ever written.

The only Bitters Book you will ever need and a must for every Bottle Collector. Over 625 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 High

Quality Hardback Publication. 16 pages of color plates with 140 Bottles in full color. Profusely

illustrated with letterheads, trade cards, patent drawings, and ephemera.

Price $129.95 - California residents 7% sales tax, Shipping and Handling is $10.00

web site BITTERS BOTTLES

by Carlyn Ring and Bill Ham

Mail order to:

Bill Ham

P.O. Box 427

Downieville, CA. 95936

ph. 530-289-0809 - fax. 530-289-3678

Email goodlife@sccn.net

PONTIL MEDICINE ENCYCLOPEDIA - This spiral bound book contains pontiled bottles from many

collecting categories such as medicines, hairs, sarsaparillas, and bitters. A few other products, which

could not be classified as medicines have been included when interesting background

information. Over 3,000 listings, hundreds of photos, hundreds of advertisements, company

histories and more. Learn who made your bottle. Find out what was in them. Discover when

they were made. THIS BOOK WILL BE A STANDARD IN THE HOBBY!

Price $39.95 - Plus $5.15 for postage

web site PONTIL MEDICINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

By John Odell

Mail order to:

Digger Odell

4943 Isaac Ln., Mason, OH. 45040

Email: jaok20@bottlebooks.com

INDIAN BOTTLES & BRANDS - 242 paged paperback book. Over 1000 listings of bottles that used an

Indian in their advertising. Price list included. Big Chief Bottles, Indian Medicines, Bitters, Cures,

Hair Tonics, Sodas, Mineral Waters, Beers, ACL Sodas. Hundreds of photographs, advertisements,

patent office research, labels, trademarks, company histories, fully indexed, color plates

Price $39.95 - Plus $3.95 for postage

web site INDIAN BOTTLES & BRANDS

By John Odell

Mail order to:

Digger Odell

4943 Isaac Ln., Mason, OH. 45040

Email: jaok20@bottlebooks.com

DIGGER ODELL'S OFFICIAL ANTIQUE BOTTLE AND GLASS COLLECTOR MAGAZINE PRICE GUIDES

Comprised of eleven volumes, the guide's contain actual prices. Complete descriptions and conditions, as well as the

year the bottle was sold are given for each entry. This book has a picture of every bottle listed. Many rare and important

bottles are listed. all the major antique bottle collecting categories are represented except fruit jars.

Prices vary depending upon category.

web site PRICE GUIDE'S

By John Odell

Mail order to:

Digger Odell

4943 Isaac Ln., Mason, OH. 45040

Email: jaok20@bottlebooks.com

PIKE'S PEAK GOLD - 228 pages, hard bound book with plenty of photographs and illustrations.

First Edition limited to 1,000 copies, consisting of 250 Deluxe Limited Edition

Numbered and Signed and 750 Regular Editions. The book comes wrapped in thick protective sheath.

"Eatwell and Clint have now combined efforts to produce the impressive PIKE'S PEAK GOLD. This limited edition is well worth the price." -- Ralph Finch, Contributing Editor, Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine.

Price Regular Edition $67.50 / Special Limited Edition $97.50 - Colorado residents add sales tax 7.3%

Shipping and handling charges: One book-$6.00, Two books-$10.00, Three to five books-$15.00 total.

PIKE''S PEAK GOLD

by John Eatwell & David Clint

Mail order to:

John M. Eatwell

8990 Brandenburger Drive, Morrison, CO 80465

(303)-922-0815

sweet16solar@cs.com

ANTIQUE GLASS BOTTLES - 439 paged hardback book. Lavishly illustrated with 773 bottles and seals

chosen from private collections, with only three examples being from museums. This book has been written

for all collectors, archaeologists, museums, libraries, historians, writers, researchers, institutions,

bottle makers, wine and beer enthusiasts, pharmacists and anyone interested in the collecting of

antiques and the social history they reflect. It includes the most comprehensive world-wide bibliography

on glass bottles ever produced, listing 1,150 titles, and an extensive glossary of bottle-making terms.

Price $ $99.50 / £50.00 (English pounds Sterling)

ANTIQUE GLASS BOTTLES

Their History and Evolution (1500-1850)

By Willy Van den Bossche

Mail Order to:

Willy Van den Bossche

Kniplaan 3, NL 2251, AK Voorschoten

Netherlands

Email: wvdbossche@planet.nl

PEPSI-COLA BOTTLES & MORE - ALL NEW Vol. 2 contains over 1500 bottles - 169 pages - all color with enlargements -

800 items pictured - includes over 610 total of Pepsi-Cola embossed, paper labeled, ACL's, Back Bar Bottles,

and Pepsi products: Devil Shake, Diet Pepsi, Evervass, Patio, Pepsi Free, Pepsi Light, Slice, Teem,

tropic SURF and others. Also featured - over 860 - MOUNTAIN DEW bottles plus - 55 - Mt. Dew

competition bottles and cans. NOTE: Vol. 2 Does not contain bottles shown in Vol. 1.

Price $35.00

Allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery Add #3.95 for Priority Shipping

VA. residents - please add 4 1/2% sales tax

PEPSI : COLA BOTTLES & MORE

COLLECTORS GUIDE VOL. 2

By James C. Ayers

Mail order to:

RJM ENTERPRISES

5186 Claudville Hwy.

Claudville, VA 24076

Fax: (276)251-1774

WESTERN BLOB TOP SODA AND MINERAL WATER BOTTLES - Second Edition, 1994 Copyright 1993 -

121 paged, paper back book including black and white photography and illustrations, with updated history, color, variants and prices, also a bottle index.

A must for all soda bottle collectors.

Price $20.00 (post-paid)

WESTERN BLOB TOP SODA

AND MINERAL WATER BOTTLES

By Peck and Audie Markota

Mail order to:

Peck & Audie Markota

4627 Oakhollow Dr.

Sacramento, CA. 95842

  FRUIT FAR ANNUAL 2002 - A comprehensive up -to-date Price Guide (including comments on important jars sold

at auction in 2001) - Frank Smalley's Eureka jars, The Canton Fruit Jars. The Label Space Extra: The unusual packer

fruit jars used by P.J. Ritter, and the Eng-Skell Co. A directory of Fruit Jar Collectors, their addresses and phone numbers

Advertising by, and for collectors.

Price $35.00 (post-paid)

FRUIT JAR ANNUAL 2002

By Jerry McCann

Mail order to:

Jerry McCann

5003 West Berwyn Ave., Chicago, IL. 60630

PH: 773-777-0443

Email: fjar@aol.com

"3RD EDITION" BOTTLES: IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE GUIDE - 540 pages - The "Bottle Bible" for every collector -

4 new chapters; Diving for Bottles, Nursing Bottles, Soda Bottles-Applied Painted Label, Pricing Methods and

Value Determination. - Expanded & Updated Chapters , Trademark Identification, Dealer/ Club Guide, Glossary, Auction

Houses, Bibliography.

Price $16.00

$4.00 Shipping/Handling

web site BOTTLES: IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE GUIDE

By Michael Polak

Mail order to:

Mike Polak

P.O. Box 30328

Long Beach, CA. 908553

ph./fax: (562) 438-9209

Email: bottleking@earthlink.net

A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA BOTTLE & STONEWARE -

A HISTORY OF MERCHANT CONTAINERS IN ARIZONA

Copyright 1999, 124 paged, spiral bound book. Filled with very detailed sketches of bottles and stoneware

from the State of Arizona.

Price $25.00

A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA BOTTLES & STONEWARE

By Michael R. Miller

Mail order to:

Miller Antiques

9214 W. Gary Rd., Peoria, AZ 85345

(623) 486-3123

Email: helgramike@msn.com

THE COLLECTOR'S WORLD OF INKWELLS - Copyright 2000 - 288 pages of over 1000 color photographs with descriptions and value guide, also includes an index.

Regular price $69.95

Special for Society of Inkwell members: $62.95 for an autographed copy

Add $3.95 for shipping/handling in U.S. / Foreign rates on request

California residents add 7.625% sales tax

THE COLLECTOR'S WORLD OF INKWELLS

By Jean and Franklin Hunting

Mail order to:

Jean and Franklin Hunting

P.O. Box 9632, Fresno, CA. 93793-9632

Tel: 559-435-5164 - Fax: 559-435-2057

Email: fhunt@mediaone.net

 

 
   

OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO BOTTLES (THIRTEENTH EDITION) - Copyright 2000 - 463 pages

Price $

OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO BOTTLES

By Jim Megura

Mail order to:

WESTERN WHISKEY BOTTLES NO. 4 - Copyright 1997 - 196 pages, a convenient reference

book filled with detailed sketches including prices - 60% of the prices are from actual sale

an index is also included.

Price $25.00 (postpaid)

WESTERN WHISKEY BOTTLES NO. 4

By R.E. Barnett

Mail order to:

R.E. Barnett

Box 109, Lakeview, OR 97630

PH: (541) 947-2415

POISON BOTTLE WORKBOOK Volumes I & II- A large, spiral bound detailed poison book with

description's, color's, shape's & size's etc.. This book is the standard for poison bottle collectors.

Price $20.00 per volume $5.00 postage U.S., (Canada $7.00)

(when ordering please state which volume(s) you want)

POISON BOTTLE WORKBOOK

By Rudy Kuhn

Mail order to:

Terry Kuhn

3954 Perie Lane

San Jose, CA 95132

THE ANTIQUE BOTTLE S OF IOWA 1846-1915 Volumes 1 & 2 - Copyright 1998 - 651 page spiral bound book filled with nearly 1,800 illustrations and some color photos. Plenty of historical information of each company is listed. Bottles from over 1,300 Iowa towns are represented. The book contains, Bitters, Cures, Drug Stores, Inks, Whiskies, Hutchinson Sodas, and more.

Price $43.00 plus $5.00 shipping

THE ANTIQUE BOTTLE S OF IOWA 1846-1915 Volumes 1 & 2

By Mike Burggraaf & Tom Southard

Mail order to:

Mike Burggraaf

305 E. Burlington Ave.

Fairfield, IA. 52556

Email: qrsglass@franklin.lisco.com

WARNER'S REFERENCE GUIDE (of bottles only) - Copyright 1998 - 27 pages, spiral bounddurable cover. Complete descriptions of all known examples of H.H. Warner bottles, both American and Foreign. Updated price list included.

Price $16.00 Plus $3.00 Postage U.S. $8.00 Foreign

WARNER'S REFERENCE GUIDE

By Ed Ojea & Jack Stecher

Mail order to:

Antique Bottle Connection

1192 San Sebastian Ct.

Grover Beach, CA 93433-3256

Email: edojea@aol.com

Web: http://www.antiquebottleconnection.com

STONE GINGER BEER BOTTLES IN NOVA SCOTIA - Copyright 2002 - 95 pages, spiral bound with a protective cover.Plenty of color pictures along with black and white photos and many old advertisements. Index included along with a reference guied.

Price $25.00 Postage $5.00

STONE GINGER BEER BOTTLES

IN NOVA SCOTIA

By Barry Wright

Mail order to:

Barry Wright

791 Herman's Island, RR#1 Mahone Bay

Nova Scotia, BOJ 2EO

Phone: 902-634-4318

Email: barrywright@ns.sympatico.ca

THE LABEL SPACE, THE BOOK - Copyright 1997 - 173 pages, spiral bound with a color protective cover. 95 articles that originally appeared in Bottles & Extras from 1992-1995.

Price $35.00

THE LABEL SPACE, THE BOOK

By Tom Caniff

Photos by Deena Caniff

Mail order to:

Tom Caniff

1223 Oak Grove Avenue, Steubenville, Ohio 43952

Phone: 614-282-8918

Email: TomCaniff@aol.com

THE AMERICAN WHISKEY JUG - A Compilation of Articles With New, Added Material - Copyright 2002, articles from 1991-2002. Spiral bound, 192 pages. Contains articles written by Jack Sullivan that have appeard on the pages of Bottles & Extras.

Price $24.00 (includes 1st class postage)

THE AMERICAN WHISKEY JUG

By Jack Sullivan

Mail order to:

Jack Sullivan

4300 Ivanhoe Pl., Alexandria, VA 22304

Email: oldjugman@aol.com

KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES, 19th CENTURY FOOD IN GLASS - Copyright 1980 - 480 pages, hard cover, Smyth Bound book which covers the spectrum of the early industry in relationship to the glass containers marked with a company or trade name. Includes pictures and research of glass containers, the early food industry utilized.

Price $25.00

KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES,

19th CENTURY FOOD IN GLASS

By Betty Zumwalt

Mail order to:

MARK WEST PUBLISHERS

P.O. Box 1914

Sandpoint, ID. 83864

 


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