Do you need reference books in order to be a Depression Era Glass collector, and if so, which ones are the “must-haves”? While reference books are not required, they certainly do add immeasurably to our appeciation and understanding of Depression Era Glass. Here are some of our favorites:
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AuthorTitle Gene Florence The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Depression Glass Kitchen Glassware of the Depression Years Elegant Glassware of the Depression Era Elegant Glassware of the Depression Era Glassware Pattern Identification Guide Barbara Mauzy Depression Glass: A Photographic Reference Depression Glass Prices Handbook James Measell American Glass of the Roar And the Depression Era Carl F. Luckey Depression Era Glassware Debbie & Randy Coe Glass Animals & Figurines Leslie Pina Popular 50s & 60s Glass: Color Along the River Dean Six West Virginia Glass Between the World Wars
Jay Hawkins Glasshouses and Glass Manufactures of the Pittsburgh Region 1795 - 1910
OUT OF PRINT Hazel Marie Weatherman is truly the "Founding Mother" of Depression Era Glass research. Her body of work, written in the 1970s and 1980s, is still used extensively by all collectors. Her books are out of print, so the search for them can be as challenging as the search for the glass itself. Try online sites such as Amazon and eBay. Her Colored Glassware books may be the most useful book in any Glass Reference Library. Here are a number of her books: Colored Glassware of the Depression Era Colored Glassware of the Depression Era 2 Price Trends - Update Guides to the First Two Books Fostoria: Its First Fifty Years The Decorated Tumbler
