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[Steph]

This is most of my marble-related reference section.

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There are three more books that I know I want/need. Greenberg's Guide to Marbles, American Machine Made Marbles, and Popular American Marbles. The last two are by Dean Six, Susie Metzler and Michael Johnson. I have heard that the must-get book of those three is American Machine Made Marbles.


I'd like to learn about other books anyone else has, enjoys, is looking for, etc. . Articles too.




Edit 1: Thank you Al for your list!!



Edit 2: I have quite a few more now. Not more than Al, but more than I had before!

AMMM is a great resource. The 3rd edition of Grist's Big Book of Marbles has some nice updates, including information about WV swirls. One of the best books I read last year was a borrowed copy of Cohill's M.F. Christensen and The Perfect Glass Ball Machine. It's a fantastic story!

[Al Oregon]

Here's a list I compliled. I think Craig and a couple other people have an even more extensive list. This is just for books. It does not include magazine covers, articles and ads... (by the way, for those curious, the ** means they are ones that I have).

Books

A Century of Glass Toys Mary Louise Stanley (9 x 6)
A Collectors Guide to Games and Puzzles Carolyn Goodfellow Chartwell Books 1991
** Aggies, Immies, Shooters and Swirls Marilyn Barrett Bulfinch Press (Little, Brown & Co.) 1994
A Guide to Akro Agate Glass Budd Appleton Self-published 1966 28 pg. spiral binder
** Akro Agate Dr. Budd Appleton 1972 Booklet (37 pg) – one page with marble pics
** Akro Agate Price Guide (Revised 2nd Edition) Roger & Claudia Hardy 1998 Clarksburg
Publishing Company
All About Marbles Akro Agate Co. 1926 (14 pages)
** All About Marbles Mr. Floyd “Agate” Keeton 1986 116 pages
** American Boy’s Book of Sports & Games 2000 Lyons Press (Orig. published in 1864 by Dick & Fitzgerald (Pg 33-40 are marble games)
Americana Marble Playing 1968 8 pages
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Everett Grist Collector Books 1984
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Everett Grist Collector Books 2nd Printing 1986
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Rev. Second Edition Everett Grist Collector Books 1988
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Rev. Second Edition Everett Grist Collector Books 1988
Updated Values- 1990
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Identification & Values (Third Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 1992
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Identification & Values (Third Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 1992 – updated 1994
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Identification & Values (Third Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 1992 – updated 1996
** Antique & Collectible Marbles Identification & Values (Third Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 1992 – updated 1998
Antique Glass End-Of-Day Marbles Stanley A. Block 2002 Schiffer
** Antique Glass Swirl Marbles Stanley A. Block 2001 Schiffer
Art Linkletter Picture Encyclopedia Volume 10 1957
** Atomic Marbles & Branding Irons Harriet Baskas & Adam Woog – Sasquatch Books 1993
** Big Book of Marbles Everett Grist Collector Books 1993
** Big Book of Marbles Everett Grist Collector Books 1993 – updated prices 1997
Big Book of Marbles Everett Grist Collector Books 1993 – updated prices 1999
** Big Book of Marbles (Second Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 2000
** C.A. Borchert Glass Co., Weston, West Virginia (Monograph Number 1) Dean Six The West Virginia Museum of Modern Glass 1999
** Chinas – Hand-Painted Marbles of the Late 19th Century Jeff Carskadden and Richard Gartley McClain Printing Co., Parson, WV 1990
Collectable Machine Made Marbles Larry Castle and Marlow Peterson 1989
** Collectable Machine Made Marbles (Second Printing) Larry Castle and Marlow Peterson 1991 autographed by Marlow
** Collecting Antique Marbles Paul Baumann Wallace-Homestead Book Co. – 1970
Collecting Antique Marbles Paul Baumann Mid-America Book Co. – 1970
Collecting Antique Marbles (Fourth Printing) Paul Baumann Homestead Book - 1980
** Collecting Antique Marbles (Sixth Printing) Paul Baumann Homestead Book - 1984
** Collecting Antique Marbles (2nd Edition) Paul Baumann Wallace-Homestead Book Co. - 1991
** Collecting Antique Marbles – Identification and Price Guide (Third Edition) Paul Baumann Krause Publications. 1999
** Collecting Antique Marbles – Identification and Price Guide (Fourth Edition) Paul Baumann Krause Publications. 2004
** Collecting Early Machine Made Marbles Robert S. Block Schiffer 2003
** Colonial Period and Early 19th-Century Children’s Toy Marbles Richard Gartley and Jeff Carskadden Richardson Printing Corp. 1998
Contemporary Marbles and Related Glass Mark P. Block 2004 Schiffer
** Cub Scouts Sports – Marbles Published by Boy Scouts of America 1985
Encyclopedia of Modern Marbles, Spheres and Orbs Mark P. Block 2005 Schiffer
** Greenberg’s Guide to Marbles Dennis Webb & Mark E. Randall Greenberg Books – 1988
Greenberg’s Guide to Marbles Dennis Webb & Mark E. Randall Greenberg Books - 1991
** Greenberg’s Guide to Marbles (Second Edition) Dennis Webb Greenberg Books – 1994
** House of Marbles & Teign Valley Glass Catalogue (no date)
** How Things Are Made – Books for World Explorers National Geographic Society - 1981
Knuckles Down! Cathy C. Runyan Right Brain Publishing 1985
Knuckles Down! (Second Printing) Cathy C. Runyan Right Brain Publishing 1990
** Knuckles Down! (Third Printing) Cathy C. Runyan Right Brain Publishing 1993
** L.E. Alley: A Man And His Marbles (Monograph Number 2) Dean Six The West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd. 1999
Lets Look At Marbles Angela Royston 2005 (Children’s Book)
** Machine-Made & Contemporary Marbles Everett Grist Collector Books - 1992
** Machine-Made & Contemporary Marbles (Second Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 1995
** Machine-Made & Contemporary Marbles (Second Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 1995 – updated prices 1997
** Machine-Made & Contemporary Marbles (Second Edition) Everett Grist Collector Books 1995 – updated prices 1999
** Magic With Marbles Hazel Pearson Handicrafts 1962 15 pg
** Magic With Marbles Hazel Pearson Handicrafts 1964 15 pg
** Marble Collectors Handbook Robert S. Block 2005 Schiffer
** Marble Madness Amanda O’Neil Parragon Books 2001 has some of Alan’s marble pics
** Marble Mania Craft Catalog Mangelsen’s 1972
** Marble Mania Stanley A. Block (MCSA) Schiffer Publishing 1998
** Marbles 101 Ways to Play Joanna Cole & Stephanie Calmenson Beech Tree Publ.
New York 1998
** Marbles (Identification & Price Guide) Mel Morrison & Carl Terison - (approx. 1970)
self-published 16 pg.
** Marbles – A Forgotten Part of Salem History Dale E. Shaffer (Salem, Ohio) 1983
** Marbles – A Player’s Guide Shar Levine & Vicki Scudamore Sterling Publishing Company 1999 96 pages (6” X 9”)
Marbles as Historical Artifacts Mark Randall Publ by MCSA 1979
Marbles Beyond Glass Stanley A. Block 2006 Schiffer
** Marbles for Everyone (Mr. Marbles) Gene Ray Knuckle Pool Company, PO Box 40302,
St. Petersburg, FL 33743 1979
Marbles – Games around the World Elizabeth Dana Jaffe Compass Point 2002
** Marbles Identification and Price Guide Robert Block Schiffer Publishing 1996
** Marbles Identification and Price Guide (Second Edition) Robert Block Schiffer Publishing 1998
** Marbles Identification and Price Guide (Revised Third Edition) Robert Block Schiffer Publishing 1999 autographed by Bob
** Marbles Illustrated Prices At Auction Robert Block Schiffer 1999
autographed by Bob
** Marbles, The Guide to Cat’s-Eyes Marbles Marlow Peterson and Larry Castle 1998
** Marbles, The Guide to Machine Made Marbles Marlow Peterson and Larry Castle 1992
** Marbles, The Guide to Machine Made Marbles (Second Edition) Marlow Peterson and Larry Castle 1995
Marvelous Marble Art Children’s Arts & Crafts Book Shure Press
MCSA Price Guide Marble Collectors Society of America 1985 28 pgs
MF Christensen and the Perfect Glass Ball Machine Michael C. Cohill The History of the American Toy Marble Industry, Vol. 1, Series 1 Group Ideate Publ. 1990 Spiral Bound Book Less than 100 printed
Paperweights and 0ther Glass Curiosities E.M. Elville 1967 Publ by Spring Books 116 pgs
** Price Guide to Collecting Antique Marbles Paul Baumann Wallace-Homestead Book Co. 1976 – revised 1984 15 pg.
** Sulphide Marbles Stanley A. Block and M. Edwin Payne Schiffer 2001
** Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation Paul Jokelson Publ Thomas Neson, Canada 1968
The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Akro Agate Glassware Gene Florence 1975
** The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Antique Marbles Clara Ingram Collector Books - 1972
** The Complete Line of The Akro AgateCo. Roger and Claudia Hardy 1992
** The Encyclopedia of Collectibles (Lalique to Marbles – 11 pages) Time-Life 1979
** The Game of Marbles (Pamphlet – 20 pages) Shirley “Windy” Allen Marble King, Inc. 1953
** The Game of Marbles (Pamphlet – 20 pages) Shirley “Windy” Allen Marble King, Inc.
1953 & Revised, 1967
** The Great American Marble Book Fred Feretti Workman Publishing Co. 1973
** The Klutz Book of Marbles Klutz Press 1989
** The Marble Book (with Box & Bag of Marbles attached) Richie Chevat Photographs by Martha Cooper Workman Publishing 1996 4X6
The Pocket Book of Marble Collecting, History and Games William Bavin House of Marbles London, Outline Press 32 Pages 1991
** The Pocket Book of Marble Collecting, History and Games William Bavin House of Marbles London, Outline Press 32 Pages 1994
The Story of a Marble Master Marble Co., Clarksburg, W. Va. 6” X 4” Thomson (or Thonson?) & Ellis Co. (Pridemark?) 1933 22 pgs
** The Sulphide Marble – A Handbook Bill Ely Self Published 1985 21 pg.
The Toy Museum – Menko & Marbles by Toshikatsu Tada July, 1992 4 pgs on marbles
** Traditional Marbles, Rules Of The Game (8 page pamphlet) Tinsley Green British Marbles Board of Control – 1986
Uncle John’s Panorama Games and Sports Book Philadelphia CG Henderson & Co.
Arch & Fifth St. 1854 Hand colored pictures

[Steph]

Michael A. Pfeiffer's Game Marble Bibliography lists a number of magazine and journal articles in among the books.

And here's another bibliography I found online. Marble Related Books, Magazine Covers, Articles, Ads, Etc. (It's Al's website.)



This has a another bibliography at the end and much historical material discussed throughout:
A Glossary of Marble Players' Terms, at The American Toy Marble Museum's website.





I want to add a list of links to book reviews and book related discussions in various threads on the board. I'll start it here:

• The New *popular American Marbles* Book Is Out, I recieved my copy today
  
• American Machine-made Marbles, Text Corrections

[Steph]

Miscellaneous items which struck my fancy and didn't make it into their own threads. ... or haven't yet.







The Playground, or Out-Door Games for Boys, A Book of Healthy Recreations for Youth, Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, 1866. Akronmarbles.com cites it as "one of the earliest accounts published in the United States on the arts and games of marbles". See here for a transcription of the chapter on playing marbles, http://akronmarbles.com/playground.htm.


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update: here it is at Google Book, The Play Ground




American Marble Companies, 1905-1942 at AkronMarbles, has information about early American marble companies as recorded in Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers. Volumes like this: (hey, I like the look of actual books. )


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[Steph]

Marble-making DVD:



Source of photo, and more information: Great New DVD for Marbleholics!!



Also currently listed as a Hot Item at The Torch, www.frantznewsletter.com, with this description:

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This 30 minute semi-instructional demonstration video showcases the beauty and wonder of constructing a borosilicate “Phantom Flower” marble. By Timothy L. Keyzers.

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A thread at Glass Addiction about where to learn contemporary marble making terms: Reference Material? Mentioned at the time of this writing are books by:

• Drew Fritts
  
• Ed Schmid

Edited by modularforms, 30 May 2008 - 01:46 PM.

[raynsandy]

The making of sulphides, Ray Laubs available through LULU.com

[Steph]

Jabo references



Jabo: A Classic, Steve Sturtz and Michael Johnson, 2008

David’s JABO Renaissance, Steve Sturtz and Michael Johnson, 2008

2008 JABO Classics: The Experimentals, Steve Sturtz, 2009



See also, American Machine-Made Marbles, Dean Six, Susie Metzler, and Michael Johnson, 2006



Others?

[timewarp]

I saw on Amazon.com that the second edition of MARBLE MANIA by Stanley Block will be coming out on January 28 2011.
They're taking pre-orders. Looks like that will be my next reference book.

[Steph]

Neat!

[ann]

timewarp, on 07 August 2010 - 04:36 PM, said:

I saw on Amazon.com that the second edition of MARBLE MANIA by Stanley Block will be coming out on January 28 2011.
They're taking pre-orders. Looks like that will be my next reference book.

Thank you! I've been trying unsuccessfuly to find a copy of the original Marble Mania for under $100 for the last couple of years -- and thanks to your post I've now pre-ordered the new one, saving myself $70 or $80 or so! Plus, maybe the price of the old one will come down after the new one comes out . . .

[timewarp]

You're welcome, Ann.

[timewarp]

My copy of the second edition of MARBLE MANIA by Stanley Block was shipped on 3/8/2011. Hope everyones arrives soon.

[ann]

Got my shipping notification too. Can't wait.

[david Chamberlain]

I have not seen the 2nd Edition yet but if the Alley Agate Company page continues to have a group of 14 marbles in a clam shell they are not Alley Agate they are Alox Agate Co. for a fact and came out of Alox Tit-Tat-Toe boxes. In many of the Tit-Tat-Toe boxes whereas there would be five marbles that were all approximately 5/8" and alike(either opaque or transparent) the other five incredible would be five different colors & designs and sizes much like the marbles shown in the clam shell. You might wonder why and I think they were just using up old stock. It really didn't make any difference in playing the game because all you really needed was for five of the other marbles to be alike and also as long as not a one of them was like any one of the other five. Confusin' as Li'l Abner would say! David

[guineas]

my book is available soon--Arnold Fiedler glass and marble maker at Amazon books

[Steph]

Thank you.


So for my bibliography that would be

Arnold Fiedler: Glass & Marble Maker Par Excellence, Ralph K. Lucht, 2011




(Hello, Ralph)

[Steph]

Fictional references to marbles (don't remember if I have another place for this yet so here it is for now)



A Bag of Marbles, or Un sac de billes in French, by Joseph Joffo, 1973.

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