1,000+ copies of the six insulator books by Frances Terrill, was $1200 postpaid, now $950. I have sold several sets since I posted this originally about 6 weeks ago.

After Frances Terrill died, I acquired her remaining stock of the six insulator books she wrote. They were all new stock. I would donate sets to the auction at the National and put them on eBay a couple times a year but didn't make any serious effort to sell them. Now I find that I need the space so would like to sell them all. I don't have an exact count of how many there are but estimate there are as many as 1,104. They are in crates and I have about half a crate of book 1 (Rare Insulators with Prices), five crates of book 2 (Scarce Insulators Priced), two crates of book 3 (Hemingray Insulators Priced), half a crate of book 4 (Insulators with Embossing Errors), one crate of book 5 (Choice Insulators Priced), and three-and-a-half crates of book 6 (Porcelain Insulators Photographed and Priced). There is also a crate of mailing envelopes that can be used to send these books. The envelopes have a picture of the Scarce book on it as well as the address of Frances. To enhance the sales of the books, I created an updated price guide for the porcelain book. I only made 25 of these at the time and only sold 10 of them so there are 15 of these rare books included. I had a casual conversation with Don Briel about using the information in his price guide to make updated price guides for each book but never pursued the idea.

$1200 postpaid. If there are less than 1,000 of her books, I'll refund a $1 for each book less than 1,000. If you are willing to pick the books up, I would take $250 off the price.

I checked Amazon.com and there is one copy of Rare Insulators with Prices listed and the seller wants $12 plus postage. There is also a single copy of Porcelain Insulators Photographed and Priced available for $12 plus postage. I searched ABEbooks.com and found a copy of Scare Insulators and a copy of Rare Insulators available for $18.50 each plus postage and a single copy of Insulators with Embossing Errors for sale at $30 plus postage. Typically I was able to sell on eBay a couple books each time I listed them for at least $5 (my starting bid). The buyer would thus have a pretty good market position. Below are the descriptions I used:

Frances M. Terrill was the editor of "Insulator Bylines" in the Old Bottle Magazine for many years and received information from across the continent on insulators. She wrote six books on insulators besides her column. This is Book One titled, "Rare Insulators with Prices." It was copyrighted in 1970 although this is the August 1971 second printing which contains an updated opening page and updated prices in the center of the book. Even though the book is 50 years old, there is lots of material of interest to collectors, especially more advanced collectors, such as nicknames for insulators (some no longer used in the hobby), mysterious references (some insulators are referred to as having S.C.D.P.s or Sharp Curved Drip Points), names of collectors who gifted Frances with an insulator (possible indicator of where the insulator came from), location information, and one of the few sources mentioning "oddities" like lightning rod insulators (e.g., the "Young" LRI), ram's horns, suspensions, and radio strains. A nice index is included. 108 total pages. New old stock. The book is approximately 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in dimension.

Frances M. Terrill was the editor of "Insulator Bylines" in the Old Bottle Magazine for many years and received information from across the continent on insulators. She wrote six books on insulators besides her column. This is Book Two titled, "Scare Insulators Priced." It was copyrighted in 1970 although this is the January 1973 second printing which contains an updated "Observations" page plus a revised price sheet. Even though the book is 50 years old, there is lots of material of interest to collectors, especially more advanced collectors, such as nicknames for insulators (some no longer used in the hobby), often forgotten information (e.g., the Hemingray No. 79 stacker had cork gaskets between the parts), names of collectors (e.g., Leon Barrritt) who gifted Frances with an insulator (possible indicator of where the insulator came from), location information, and one of the few sources mentioning "oddities" like foreign insulators, lighting rod insulators, composition insulators, in-line dry spot, and glass legs. A nice index is included. 108 total pages. New old stock. The book is approximately 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in dimension.

Frances M. Terrill was the editor of "Insulator Bylines" in the Old Bottle Magazine for many years and received information from across the continent on insulators. She wrote six books on insulators besides her column. This is Book Three, her most popular book, titled, "Hemingray Insulators Priced." It is the March 1971 first printing. There are some surprise gems in this book including a short poem by Frances about where is the missing Hemingray No. 22, two versions of the CD 128 E-14B, and odd nicknames (UBANGI as the nickname for the CD 175). Anyone collecting Hemingray insulators should have a copy of this book. Who knows what forgotten pieces are also pictured in the book! 112 pages. A nice index is included. New old stock. The book is approximately 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in dimension.

Frances M. Terrill was the editor of "Insulator Bylines" in the Old Bottle Magazine for many years and received information from across the continent on insulators. She wrote six books on insulators besides her column. This is Book Four, her least popular book so there are fewer copies of this floating around than any of the others. It is titled, "Insulators with Embossing Errors." It is the June 1971 first printing and was written by both Frances M. Terrill and Warren Olson. A rarity chart is included. It would be interesting to go through the book and create a tally of all the types of errors to learn which are most common (my guess is the backward "E"). Mostly glass insulators are included in the book but one lightning rod insulator and several porcelain insulators are included too. 108 pages. A nice index is included. New old stock. The book is approximately 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in dimension.

Frances M. Terrill was the editor of "Insulator Bylines" in the Old Bottle Magazine for many years and received information from across the continent on insulators. She wrote six books on insulators besides her column. This is Book Five, titled, "Choice Insulators Priced." It was copyrighted in 1972 and this is the first printing made in April 1972. The book is approximately 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in dimension. Nice two page observation about prices of insulators including a very early mention of fake colors. Lightning rod insulators, battery rests, and a few foreign pieces are included. Nice index. 120 pages. New old stock. The book is approximately 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in dimension.

Frances M. Terrill was the editor of "Insulator Bylines" in the Old Bottle Magazine for many years and received information from across the continent on insulators. She wrote six books on insulators besides her column. This is Book Six, titled, "Porcelain Insulators Photographed & Priced." It was copyrighted in 1972 and this is the first printing made in August 1972. The book is approximately 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in dimension. $3 original price. Two page commentary about pricing porcelain insulators. Includes prices for strain insulators (Johnny balls), pintypes, spools, rubber, pin bases, hog liver suspensions, and spools. Nice index. 116 pages. New old stock.