BITTERS BOTTLES, SUPPLEMENT & BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT 2 NEW!

Description

This is the three (3) volume set consisting of BITTERS BOTTLES by Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham and BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT by Carlyn Ring and Bill Ham and the new BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT 2. These books are the standard reference for bottle collectors, dealers, and auction houses and a must for all bottle reference libraries.These are high quality new hardback bound books being offered by the author.
There are over 5,000 different bottles listed in the volumes with descriptions including embossing, size, shape, color, and rarity. BITTERS BOTTLES is a 640 page book published in 1998 which updated and greatly expanded the book FOR BITTERS ONLY by Carlyn Ring which was published in 1980.
BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT, published in 2004, is a 320 pages of new and updated material and includes 32 pages of color plates, over 320 new bottle drawings, a comprehensive listing of Australian Bitters bottles, lots of ephemera including a section of Bitters letterheads, Hostetter's material, a listing of reproduction bottles, updated and enhanced index, and a price guide. The SUPPLEMENT updates some material in BITTERS BOTTLES and adds to the original book.
BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT 2 by Carlyn Ring, Bill Ham and Ferdinand Meyer V. 2020 Edition.
NEW!
This monumental effort culminates a massive amount of work over many years. Carefully verified and cross-referenced with Bill Ham’s collected information and the Peachridge Glass database with 38,000 plus images and hundreds of files of obscure bitters. Lots of new bottles and information since 2004 when BITTERS BOTTLES SUPPLEMENT was published.
Besides new and updated bottles and advertising, there are color plate sections on rare bitters, bitters facsimile bank notes, bitters postal covers, bitters almanacs, shell cards and tokens. For ephemera, the great museum-destined archives of Dan Cowman, Joe Gourd and Ben Swanson, among others, have been included. Additionally, the Index has been totally re-done to include all three books. Every documented bitters ever produced, and their makers have been indexed. This is a great tool! Thanks to Bill Ham, Joe Gourd, Ben Swanson and Jeff Burkhardt for their contributions. Research, design, and book layout by Ferdinand Meyer V. Every bottle has a story!
Additional information may be found at the website bittersbottles.net. Volumes may be purchased separately. You may pay through PayPal, by check, or pay at time of pickup. These books are all printed in the USA.