Over 430 playful, colorful, baudy images reveal the pin-up girl glass sets created from the 1920s to today. Included among these highly collectible sets are Mystic, Magic, Disappearing Clothes, Keyhole, International Ladies, and Homefront glasses. Shot, signature, specialty, theme, and hand-painted glasses are all on display. Staples of the American home bar, these glasses were also sent to soldiers fighting overseas, given away as carnival prizes, sold as souvenirs, and raffled off at neighborhood stores. With this reference in hand, the ever-growing number of collectors will quickly be able to ascertain what comprises a complete set and have a ready reference to the values.

The "Fun Book" identifies over 1400 hand and machine decorated tumblers, pitchers, bar-ware and related items from 1930 -1960. American glass companies researched and included in the book are: Bartlett-Collins, Federal, Hazel-Atlas, Hocking/Anchor Hocking, Jeanette, Libby, Macbeth-Evans/Corning, and West Virginia. Also included are separate chapters on Swankyswigs and Miscellaneous/Unknown decorated ware. 160 pages of actual glass company catalog reprints in full color. 8 1/2" x 11", softbound.

The Hazel-Atlas Company was established in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1902 as a result of the merger of the Hazel Glass Company and the neighboring Atlas Glass and Metal Company. Though its corporate offices were located in Wheeling, West Virginia, Hazel-Atlas factories produced machine-made pressed glass throughout the U.S., including Oakland, California; Buffalo, New York; and Ada, Oklahoma. Gene and Cathy Florence, America's leading glassware authorities, have produced an all-new title dedicated to this popular glassware. Hazel-Atlas Glass shines in its presentation, with hundreds of detailed color photographs. The book is divided into categories including children's dishes, tumblers, food containers, patterns, mugs, bowls, plates, and more. Large group and individual shots showcase the glassware, and readers will find sizes, colors, and collector values for each piece shown. 2005 values. AUTHORBIO: A collector since childhood, Gene Florence's hobby of buying and selling glassware turned into a full-time career. First writing a book on Depression Glass, Florence has gone on to author many popular glassware titles including books on Depression Glass; Occupied Japan Collectibles; Kitchen Glassware; Very Rare Glassware; 40s, 50s, & 60s Glassware;Elegant Glassware; Stemware; Glassware Pattern Identification; Anchor Hocking's Fire-King; Glass Candlesticks; and Salt & Pepper Shakers.

Over 1300 brilliant color photos and 1000 line drawings display whiskey shot glasses from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, both domestic and foreign. Many styles and materials are included that advertised whiskies and drinking establishments from elegant to common taste. Collecting them is fun and entertaining, for they represent many diverse places, periods, and social preferences. The text provides a useful history of shot glasses, a general guide to pricing, and an overview of the marketplace. Values for the glasses displayed accompany the captions. In addition, tables list thousands more, each described, dated, and valued. This book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of glass collectors and whiskey lovers alike. 8 1/2" x 11" 1391 color & 1000 B/W photos Price Guide/Index.

Here is a fascinating study of commercial glass production along the Ohio River Valley in the 1950s and 1960s. Companies such as Blenko, Pilgrim, Rainbow, Viking, Kanawaha, Bischiff, Morgantown, and others made free- and mold-blown production glass in modern, sometimes bizarre shapes and wildly vibrant colors. Over 100 new images have been added to this revised and expanded second edition, for a total of over 530 color photographs of the beautiful glass, its labels, catalog pages, company histories. An updated price guide provides valuable insight into today's marketplace.

This book helps readers gain an understanding of the different techniques of manufacture and gives a feel for the variety of tumblers produced. Both pressed and blown tumblers are examined, and those made between the close of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I are the major focus of the book. A brief history of tumblers is provided along with the origin of the name 'tumbler.' More than 800 opalescent, imitation cut, 'Daisy & Button,' figural, hobnail, opaque, iridized, smooth, multicolored and single colored, polka dot, and many more types of tumblers appear in full-color photographs in this indispensable resource. There are even a helpful glossary, index, and appendices featuring factories that made glass and glass combines and their members. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Tom Bredehoft is well known in the glass collecting world. He and his wife, Neila, have written several books together, including Collector's Encyclopedia of Heisey Glass, 1925 - 1938, Heisey Glass, 1896 - 1957, and Glass Toothpick Holders. Tom is also the author of Glass Tumblers, 1860s to 1920s. REVIEW: This book is the most comprehensive on the subject ever to be published. Duncan & Miller, Heisey, Tarentum., Westmoreland, McKee, Fostoria, New Martinsville, Hocking, Indiana, National, United States, Northwood, and many other major glass companies are represented. Description, dimensions, current value, color, and other pertinent information is given for every tumbler shown.