Reviews of Glass Books

Recommended Reading for
Glass Collectors and Dealers

These pages present reviews of glass books written by Glassies (aka glass addicts, garage sale junkies, people who don't know when to stop...) who are online buyers and sellers. Some of the glass book reviews are written by veteran glass dealers or glass collectors, but most are from people just beginning to sell glass or just starting their own glass collection, and who better to talk about how helpful a glass reference book is to a new dealer or collector? These glass book reviews are an attempt to help collectors and sellers get an idea of what collectible glassware books are available, their good points and shortcomings, prices, specialties, features, etc.

There are so many kinds of glass, and nearly an equal numbers of glass books, that it quickly gets confusing. Most glass books look helpful, and you don't find out until too late that the book you bought wasn't exactly what you needed. Part of the process of collecting glass is learning about that glass -- buying glass books is one way of figuring out what kind of glass we like, what kind of glass we want to learn more about. But, you can spend a lot of money on glass books and end up with not-so-great references, especially if you have no choice but to buy those books online. Perhaps these book reviews, written by other glass collectors and glass dealers who actually use these glass books on a daily basis, will help. By reading some of these book reviews you can get some good ideas about what books you may want to buy before doling out the bucks for books you later find that you don't like.

If you have favorite glass books that you don't find listed among the reviews, or if you find glass book reviews that you disagree with, please consider submitting your own glass book reviews.

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