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The LIGHTING REFERENCES are categorized as follows:

BOOKS | CATALOGS | PRICE GUIDES | CLUB NEWSLETTERS

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General
Early Lighting
Kerosene & Oil
Miniature Lamps
Fairy Lamps
Glass
Aladdin & Angle
Lanterns
Foreign & Imported
Mining
Gas Lighting
Miscellaneous

  • The REFERENCE BOOKS are listed alphabetically by SUBJECT.
  • To view the book list sorted by AUTHOR, click here.
  • Most of the books on Glass make substantial references to lamps, shades, or chimneys.
  • We also have a GLOSSARY of TERMS used to describe lamps, their component parts, and condition. The Glossary currently contains over 125 terms, the majority of which are Illustrated!


BOOK SECTION - EARLY LIGHTING   ^ top of page

CATALOGS & REPRINTS   ^ top of page

  • The Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company (circa 1906), J.W. Courter Enterprises

  • Dietz & Company Illustrated Catalog, 1860, 1982, American Life Foundation

  • Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co., #46, June 1888, 1995, Historical Lighting Society of Canada

  • Edward E. Miller & Co. Illustrated Catalog of Lamps And Cigar Lighters, 1881, 1976, Fairweather Antiques

  • Lamps, Chandeliers and Lamp Goods, Portions of an old trade publication by Jim and Sheri Van Es

  • Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company, Catalog No. 13, circa 1890?, Antique and Colonial Lighting

  • The Light that Never Fails (Angle Lamp Catalog Reprint), J.W. Courter

  • The Rochester Lamp Co., 1891-92

  • Catalog of O'Brian, Thomas & Co. London, 1995, The Rushlight Club

  • Fostoria Glass Company, 1901, Collector Books

  • The Central Glass Company Catalog of 1878

  • Rayo Lanterns, circa 1900's?

  • A Few Words about the Celebrated B&H Lamps circa 1890's

  • Tubular Square Lamp, circa 1890's

  • Rayo Lamps, circa 1900?

  • The Non-Explosive Kerosene Lamps (Perkins & House), circa 1871 - original advertising pamphlet

  • Reuser & Co. Nieuwehaven 159, Rotterdam, circa 1880 - original advertising booklet - oil and gas lamps

  • 1897 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalogue No. 104, 1968, Chelsea House Publishers

  • Starr, Fellows & Co.'s Illustrated Catalog of Lamps, Gas Fixtures, &C., 1856, photocopy of original catalog

  • The Charles Parker Company Illustrated Catalogue No. 16 of Parker Lamps, c. 1880's, photocopy of original catalog and price guide

  • Consolidated Lamp & Glass Company, 1902, photocopy of original catalog

  • F.H. Lovell & Company, 1868-69, photocopy of original catalog

  • F.H. Lovell and Company - Railroad, Marine Lighting Appliances and Fixtures, circa 1916, 1983, The Rushlight Club

  • F.H. Lovell and Company, circa 1895, 2000, Norman Jones

  • Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Illustrated Catalog of Kerosene Fixtures, 1883-84 2001, David Broughton

  • Important Glass & Lamp Auction, May 19, 2001, Auction Catalog, James D. Julia Inc.

  • The Oil Lamp Collection of Catherine M.V. and Carl Thuro, Session I - May 2 & 3, 1989, Auction Catalog, Richard A. Bourne Co. Inc.

  • Collection of Rare and Early American Lamps, Etc. Auction Catalog, The Walpole Galleries, New York, February, 1925

  • Macbeth, How to Manage Lamps, ca. 1901,, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1982

  • The Evolution of Artificial Light, ca. 1893, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1986

  • The Diamond Light - The Akron Lamp Company, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1986

  • Light and Fire Making, ca. 1898, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1987

  • One Big Lamp to Hang in the Store and No More, ca. 1890, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1987

  • Standard-Gillett Lamps, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1988

  • Saxonia - Incandescent Kerosene Lamp, ca. 1908, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1988

  • Pyrol Alcohol, ca. 1908, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1989

  • Perfection at Last - Columbus Lamp Company, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1989

  • The Little Lamp That Lights the World, Reprinted by The Rushlight Club, 1990

  • Rayo Lamps and Lanterns, Standard Oil Company, ca. 1912, photocopy of original catalog

  • Lanterns, Street Lamps, Etc., C.T. Ham Manufacturing Co., 1887, photocopy of original catalog

  • C.T. Ham Manufacturing Co., 1891, photocopy of original catalog

  • Lanterns and Lamps, Catalog No. 4 , C.T. Ham Manufacturing Co., 1893, photocopy of original catalog

  • Automobile and Motor Truck Lamps, C.T. Ham Mfg. Co., 1913, photocopy of original catalog

  • Tubular and Railroad Lamps and Lanterns, Catalog No. 10, C.T. Ham Manufacturing Co., 1914, photocopy of original catalog

  • Tubular Lanterns, The Winfield Manufacturing Co., 1906, photocopy of original catalog

  • Better Lanterns and Lamps, The Berger Manufacturing Co., 1910, photocopy of original catalog

  • Sta-Lit Trade Mark, The Warren Stamping Co., 1916, photocopy of original catalog

  • Commercial, Railroad and other Lanterns, R.E. Dietz, ca. 1889, photocopy of original catalog

  • Dominion Tubular Lamp Company, 1887, photocopy of original catalog

  • Limited, Banner Specialties - Lanterns, Lamps, Burners, Ontario Lantern & Lamp Co., 1914, photocopy of original catalog

  • Lanterns, Tinware..., Peter Gray, ca. 1880's, photocopy of original catalog

  • Illustrated Catalog of Lamps & Lanterns, Western Railroad Lamp and Lantern Manufactory, 1886, photocopy of original catalog

  • Rushmore Automobile Searchlights, Rushmore Dynamo Works, 1909, photocopy of original catalog

  • Prisco Lanterns and Metal Ware, Pritchard Stamping Company, 1915, photocopy of original catalog

  • Locomotive Headlights...Lamps and Lanterns of all Descriptions, Steam Gauge and Lantern Co., 1882, photocopy of original catalog

  • Locomotive Headlights, Railroad and Tubular Lanterns, Steam Gauge & Lantern Co., 1883, photocopy of original catalog

  • Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co., 1906, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • Kaestner and Tobelmann (Germany) Catalogue #2, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • Kaestner and Tobelmann (Germany) Catalogue #7, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • Schreiber & Neffen (Vienna...glassmaker), 1895, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • Theil & Bardenheuer (Germany), 1923, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • S.P. Catterson & Sons (UK), 1928, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • R. Ditmar-gebr. Brunner, 1908, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • Wild & Wessel 50th Anniversary Book, 1894, The International Guild of Lamp Researchers CD-ROM,

  • Charles A. Starr - Illustrated Catalog of Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets, &C., 1861, reprint of original catalog

  • Lamps, Fostoria Glass Company, ca. 1900, Reprint

  • Esrobert - Lamps for the Office, original pamphlet (similar to Emeralite lamps), 1923

  • The Jefferson Company, The Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass & Glass Co., 1920

  • The Charles Parker Company and the Bradley & Hubbard Division., unknown

  • Gillinder Glass: Story of a Company, Wheaton Cultural Alliance, Inc., 1994

  • Read and Write with Emeralite, pamphlet, 1916

  • Handel Lamps and Fixtures, The Handel Company, 1905

  • Glassware Catalog No. 25, Gillinder & Sons, Inc, reprinted by Hillcrest Books, Spring City, TN , 1974

  • Five Early Victorian Kerosene Lighting Catalogs, Volume 2 - Historical Lighting Reprints, 2003, David Broughton

  • The Emil Dreyfus Collection, October 23, 1979, Auction Catalog, Robert W. Skinner, Inc.

  • Atterbury & Company, Catalogs of 1872, 1874 & 1881, photocopy of original catalogs

  • The Hiram L. Piper Company, Limited, Catalogue No. 37, original catalog

  • The Hiram L. Piper Company, Limited, Catalogue No. 39-A, original catalog

PRICE GUIDES   ^ top of page

  • Aladdin Collectors Manual & Price Guide, various editions, J.W. Courter

  • Price Guide for Miniature Oil Lamps "According to Battersby", 1979, Dorla Battersby

  • Price Guide for Miniature Lamps Combining Book I & Book II, 1982, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

  • The Accurate Price Guide for Miniature Lamps I and II, 1988, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

  • Value Guide for Miniature Lamps, 1994-95 Revision, John F. Solverson, Frank McWright & Robert Culver

CLUB NEWSLETTERS   ^ top of page



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References updated January 17, 2004


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