This early out-of-print book is the first definitive text published on the subject of vintage black glass, and today is a collector’s item in itself. 

BLACK GLASS – AN ILLUSTRATED PRICE GUIDE , by Margaret James, Collector Books, 1981. 

Hundreds of items are pictured and described in this most informative text.  The author pictures examples of glass made by Cambridge Glass Co., Duncan Miller Glass Co., Fenton Art Glass Co., Fostoria Glass Co., Greensburg Glass Works, Hazel-Atlas Glass Co., Hobb’s Glass Co., Imperial, Lancaster, McKee, New Martinsville-Viking Glass Co., Paden City Glass Manufacturing Co., L.E. Smith, United states Glass Co., Westmoreland, and glass from Czechoslovakia and England.  Items pictured include candlesticks, carnival molds, covered dishes, lamps, miniature animals, mugs, novelties, plates, powder boxes, salt dips, shoes, spice holders, salt and pepper shakers, swans, toothpicks, vases, and more.  This book includes 1981 price guide information.  If you are a collector or dealer of black glass, you will enjoy adding this early book to your permanent reference library.

5.5” x 8.4’ softback in very good condition.  80 pages. 

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