Here are some of our Favorite Sources
for Books about Glass (or any other subject)
is
a great source for books of all kinds. Go to their search page and look
for whatever your particular subject may be: glassblowing, stained
glass, fused glass, etc.
Their huge network of independent booksellers
offers access to millions of used and out-of-print titles as well. See
our Glass Library
for our own collections linked to their offerings.
Alibris
is an excellent source of used books. Their member book dealers have a
combined inventory of 60 million used, new, and out-of-print titles
listed on the Web. You can search for books by title, author, or
subject.
The
Advanced Book
Exchange lets you search an inventory of 80 million books
from 13,500 booksellers around the world. Someone somewhere probably
has that book you've been hunting for.
And
for our web-surfers across the big pond, here's a link to the Advanced
Book Exchange UK website. There's no need to spend extra
money to have your purchases shipped from America when you can shop
closer to home.
Powell's
Books is quite possibly the BEST independent bookstore chain
in the world. Located in Portland, Oregon, their 6 stores and 5
warehouses contain over a million new, used, and collectible books, as
well as tapes, CD's, cards and other items. Whenever business takes me
to Portland, I always visit at least a couple of their locations.
Bookfinder.com
is a great online resource to comparison shop for used and new books.
Their site will simultaneously search Advanced Book Exchange,
Alibris, Powell's Books, Amazon.com, and more for any book by
title, author, subject, and a number of other parameters you can
specify. Check it out.
West
Virginia Museum of American Glass - "Imagine a museum
dedicated to the region and nation's rich glass heritage.
A place where
examples of thousands of products can be viewed and compared and where
the stories of people and processes come to life! The West Virginia
Museum of American Glass provides this and much, much more." This link
will take you to their eBay store, stocked with dozens of historic
American Glass books, and catalogs reproduced in print and on CD's.
What
a resource!
The Catalog Kid
is "the largest distributor for art, antique, and collectible
post-auction
catalogs in the U.S. with an inventory of over 200,000 auction catalogs
in stock". Their selection always includes several art glass catalogs
loaded with color photos and detailed descriptions.
eBay®
is another excellent book source, especially if your interest is in
collectible glass of all kinds. Pricing seems to range all over the
place. We've sometimes found bargains, and at other times been amazed
at how high the prices have gone. We use them ourselves to sell
duplicates or items we no longer need in our own collections. Click
here to see what we currently have listed for sale.
Don't
miss eBay®'s fixed-price sister site, Half.com.
When
you search for a book on "Half", you'll automatically get a link to
search eBay® for the same title. How handy is that?!
They don't get as much traffic as Amazon, but most
of the same books are listed... And they've got CD's, tapes, computer
games and software, and more. We've found lots of bargains!
We'll add more book links as
we find them. If you have any recommendations or secret sources to
share, let us
know. We try to update this list often, so keep checking
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Be sure to check our page of Glass Links for
other sources of information on Glass Art.
