Covers nearly 350 patterns for Pattern Glass pieces with alternate names, original production numbers, and reproduction information. Features more than 20,000 listings with detailed descriptions including size, inscriptions, color, appearance, dates, and values.

Provides an overview of the history of American pressed glass, offers advice on collecting, storing, and displaying pressed glass, and looks at representative pieces and patterns

A history of and collectors' guide to nineteenth-century glass manufacturing in South Boston

Based on its long-standing record as central to the book Warman's Antiques and Their Prices, pattern glass - the most popular of glass collecting categories - is the sole subject of this price guide.

Alcohol is a killerâ€"1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the problem in a "classy little study," as The Washington Post called this book. The Library Journal states, "...[T]his is one book that addresses solutions....And it's enjoyably readable....This is an excellent review for anyone in the alcoholism prevention business, and good background reading for the interested layperson." The Washington Post agrees: the book "...likely will wind up on the bookshelves of counselors, politicians, judges, medical professionals, and law enforcement officials throughout the country."

Knowledge of Pressed Ware: Trademarks, Labels, and Logos on U.S.A. Glass Companies By: George Huemmer Knowledge of Pressed Ware is a collection of the different glass manufacturers and who made what glassware. The logos, trademarks, and labels have lots of information. If you love everyday glassware, this book is a great tool full of knowledge for you!

Using archaeological materials recovered from a housesite in Mobile, Alabama, Laurie Wilkie explores how one extended African-American family engaged with competing and conflicting mothering ideologies in the post-Emancipation South.