Complete Catalogue Of Insulator Books, Publications and Articles

Revised June 1, 1993 by Kevin F. Lawless

• Books
• Related Hobby Books
• Insulator Periodicals
• Periodicals with Insulator Articles/Show Reports

Books

Albers, Marilyn:

Glass Insulators From Outside North America (1981)

 

Albers, Marilyn & N.R. Woodward:

Glass Insulators From Outside North America, First Revision (1986)
Glass Insulators From Outside North America, Second Revision (1993)

 

Albers, Marilyn & Jack H. Tod:,

Worldwide Porcelain Insulators (1982)
Worldwide Porcelain Insulators 1986 Supplement (1986)
Worldwide Porcelain Insulators, Second Edition (1986) (Five copies issued)

 

Alexander, Bob:

Alexander's Practical Glass Insulator Price Guide 1987 (1986)
The Standard Color Guide For Insulators (1976 ?)
The Story of Insulators (1975)
Threaded Glass Insulator Price Guide For the Year 1988 (1988)

 

Banks, Howard:

Dictionary of Bottle and insulator Collectors (February 1969)
Dictionary of Bottle and Insulator Collectors (July 1969)

 

Bethman, David:

Collectors Guide to Pricing Porcelain Insulators (1982)

 

Branham, Aubrey & Penelope:

A Collection of Insulator Patents Part One: 1851-l885 (1972)

Brown, Gerald:

Collectible Porcelain Insulators (1971)
Collectible Porcelain Insulators, 2nd edition (1972)
Collectible Porcelain Insulators Supplement (1974)
Collectible Porcelain Insulators, Third Edition (1983)
The Story of Fred M. Locke and His Insulators (1977)
Supplement, The Story of Fred M. Locke and His Insulators (1979, 1 page)
2nd Supplement, The Story of Fred M. Locke and His Insulators (1980, 11 pages)
The Story of Gerald and Este Brown's Insulator Collecting (1979)
Unique Collectible Insulators (1975)
Added Pages, Unique Collectible Insulators (1981)

 

Butler, David:

Identification for Glass Insulators, Single Petticoat Threaded Side Tie Styles and Price Sheet (1970)

 

Cranfill, Gary & Greg Kareofelas:

The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators (1967)
The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators - Revised (1969)
The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators - Book One: Revised (1969)
The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators - Book Two (1970)
The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators Price Sheet (Summer 1968)
The Collectors Guide- for Glass Insulators Price Sheet (March, 1970)
The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators Price Sheet (June, 1970)
The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators Price Sheet (June, 1971)
The Collectors Guide for Glass Insulators Price Sheet (November, 1971)
The Glass Insulator: A Comprehensive Reference (1973)
The Glass Insulator: A Comprehensive Reference Price Sheet (1973)
The Glass Insulator: A Comprehensive Reference Price Sheet (1975)

 

Cranfill, Gary, Greg Kareofetas & John Fountain:

Dictionary of Glass - Ceramic Insulators Reprint (1969)
Dictionary of Glass - Ceramic Insulators Reprint Price Sheet (September, 1969)

 

Davis, Marvin & Helen:

Bottles and Relics (1969)
Collector's Price Guide-to Bottles, Tobacco Tins and Relics 1975 Edition - Revised & Updated (1975)

 

Delling, David & Karityn:

Before Threads (1971)

 

Ellis, Norman:

Norman's Insulators with Current Prices
2nd Edition of Norman's Insulators with Current Prices (1969)
3rd Edition of Norman's Insulators with Current Prices (1970)
4th Edition of Norman's Insulators with Current Prices

 

Gish, Elton M.:

High Potential Insulators No. 5 - 1900 Fred M. Locke Catalogue (1992 reprint with U & M number insert)
Lima Porcelain Insulators Catalogue No. 1 - 1904 (1992 reprint with U & M number insert)
Multipart Porcelain Insulators (1988)
Supplement to the "Universal Style Chart" for Jack Tod's 3rd Edition Porcelain Insulator Guide Book (1992)
Victor Insulators - Fred M. Locke Catalogue No. 6 - 1902 (1992-reprint with U & M number insert)

 

Guthrie, Michael G.:

A Comprehensive Planning Handbook For Show Hosts (1989 - National Insulator Association)
A Handbook For the Recognition & Identification of Fake, Altered and Repaired Insulators (July, 1988)
A Handbook For the Recognition, Identification of Fake, Altered and Repaired Insulators, Second Printing (October, 1988)

 

Hill, James:

An Insulator Book For Advanced Collectors (1969)
An Insulator Book For Advanced Collectors 1970 Edition (1970)
An Insulator Book For Advanced Collectors Revised 1971 Edition (1971)

 

Hill, James & Pickett, Edward:

An Insulator Book For Collectors (1966) ?
An Insulator Book For Collectors: Sketches and Prices (1968)
An Insulator Book For Collectors: Sketches and Prices - Revised (1971)

 

Keating, Paul J.:

Suggested Insulator Price Guide (1977)
Suggested Insulator Price Guide (1979)
Suggested Insulator Price Guide (1982)
Suggested Insulator Price Guide (1986)
Suggested Insulator Price Guide (1990)

 

Klingensmith, Ray:

Spring & Summer 1988 Catalog of Scarce & Rare Insulators
Winter 1988-Catalog of Scarce & Rare Insulators
January 1989 Catalog of Scare, Rare & Colorful Insulators

 

Laubhan, Rodney:

The Insulator Pricing Guide, Vol. I, No. 1
The Insulator Pricing Guide, Vol. I, No. 2
The Insulator Pricing Guide, Volume II, No. 1

 

Lyons, David:

Early Telegraphs (1979)

 

Marcy:

Insulator Price Guide (1972)
The Antique Insulator Finder's Collector's Price Guide (1969)

 

McDougald, John & Carol:

Crown Jewels of the Wire Topic Index: 1969 - 1986 (1987)
Insulators: A History and Guide to North American Pintype Insulators (2 volumes - 1990)
Insulators: A History and Guide to North American Pintype Insulators (NIA hard-bound, 1 volume - 1990)
1991 Price Guide for Insulators: A History and Guide to North American Pintype Insulators (1991)
Two Decades of Memories: The History of the National Show Glass Commemoratives (1989)

 

McIntosh, Colin:

Canadian Insulators and Communication Lines
Canadian Insulators and Communication Lines (Revised)

 

Milholland, Marion;

Brookfield 1912 Insulator Catalogue Reprint (Brown Cover w/ Gold Printing)
Brookfield 1912 Insulator Catalogue Reprint (Brown Cover w/ Stack Printing)
Glass Insulator Reference Book (1967)
Glass Insulator Reference Book #2 (with 1 page index) (1969)
Glass Insulator Reference Book #2 (with 8 page index, unnumbered) (1972)
Glass Insulator Reference Book Supplement (1970)
Most About Glass Insulators (1971)
Most About Glass Insulators, Revised (1972)
Most About Glass Insulators, 2nd Revision (1973)
Most About Glass Insulators, 3rd Revision (1975)
Most About Glass Insulators, Bicentennial Revision (Pink cover) (1976)
Most About Glass Insulators, Bicentennial Revision (Brown cover) (19a3 printing)
Suggested Insulator Price List (28 pages, yellow cover) (1967)
Suggested Insulator Price List (28 pages, pink cover) (1967)
Suggested Insulator Price List (19 pages, blue cover) (1969)
Suggested Insulator Price List (19 pages, yellow cover) (1960)
Suggested Insulator Price List (Blue cover) (1970)
Suggested Insulator Price List (Pink cover) (1970)
Suggested Insulator Price List and Index-For Book #2 (Blue cover) (1970)
Suggested Insulator Price List and Index For Book #2-(Pink cover) (1970)
Suggested Insulator Price List (1972)
Suggested Ins6tator Price List (1973)
Suggested Insulator Price List (1974)
Suggested Insulator Price List (1975)
Suggested Insulator Price List (1976)

 

Mills, Brent:

Porcelain Insulators and How They Grew (1970)

 

Neal, W. Keith:

Railway and Other Rare Insulators (1987)
Searching For Railway Telegraph Insulators (1982)

 

Peters, Frank:

Standard Insulators: 1902 Edition C.S. Knowles Catalogue Reprint
The Insulator Book: 1907 Edition - The Locke Insulator Manufacturing Catalogue. Reprint

 

Saccoman, Frank:

Insulators, Just Insulators (1967)
Insulators, Just Insulators Revised (1967)
Insulators, Just Insulators Price Guide (1967)

 

Schroeder:

800 Insulators Priced --and Illustrated (1971)

 

Stuart, Lynn R.:

Stuart's Insulator Guide (1968)
Stuart's Insulator Guide, Revised., (1969)

 

Terrill, Francis:

Rare Insulators With Prices (1970)
Scarce Insulators Priced (1970)
Hemingray Insulators Priced (1971)
Choice Insulators Priced.(1972)
Porcelain Insulators Photographed and Priced (1972)

 

Terrill, Francis Warren Olson:

Insulators With Embossing Errors (1971)

 

Tibbitts, John C.:

A Guide For Insulator Collectors (1967)
A Guide For Insulator Collectors, 2nd Edition (1968)
A Guide For Insulator Collectors, 3rd Edition (1969)

 

Time/Life Books, Inc.:

The Encyclopedia of Collectibles: Inkwells to Lace (pages 16-23 by A. Kottman) (1979)

 

Tod, Jack H.:

A History of the Electrical Porcelain Industry in the United States (1977)
Insulator Patents 1880-1960 (1985)
Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book For Collectors (1971)
Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book For Collectors, Supplement A (1972)
Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book For Collectors, Supplement B (1973)
Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book For Collectors, Supplement C (1975)
Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book For Collectors, Second Edition (1976)
Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book For Collectors, Third Edition (1988)

 

Tucker, Mike:

In Search of Threadless - A Source Guide For Threadless Diggers (1990)

 

Woodward, N.R.:

The Glass Insulator in America Progress Report 1865 - 1965 (1965)
The Glass Insulator in America 1967 Report (1967)
The Glass Insulator in America 1969 Report (1969)
The Glass Insulator in America 1973 Report (1973)
The Glass Insulator in America 1988 Report (1988)