Books Available for Purchase
A collector cannot have too many books on pewter. A picture here or there can help identify many pieces. Many of the best books on pewter are no longer in print.
We offer books on occasion, not as book collectors but as references on pewter.
Collectors' Pieces (1965) by John Bedford
Price: $10 + shipping
Old Pewter (1911) by Malcolm Bell
Price: $10 + shipping
Old Pewter: Its Makers and Marks by Howard Cotterell
Price: $30 + shipping
National Types of Old Pewter (1925) by Howard Herschel Cotterell
Price: $20 + shipping
National Types of Old Pewter (1950) by Cotterell, Riff, & Vetter
Price: $25 + shipping
Collecting American Pewter by Katherine Ebert
This 1973 hard cover book on American pewter is an easy read.
Price: $20 + shipping
Guide to American Pewter by Carl Jacobs
This book is great in finding and identifying marks of American pewters. While the price guide portion of the book is out of date, it still shows relative values.
Price: $65 + shipping
American Pewter by J.B. Kerfoot
Early collectors learned much from this book. Other later reprints available at $15.
1924 1st edition: $10 + shipping
1942 reprint in hard cover: $25 + shipping
American Silver, Pewter & Silver Plate (1979) by Ralph & Terry Kovel
Price: $15 + shipping
Pewter in America, Volumes 1 and 2 (separate) (1940) by Ledlie Laughlin
Price: $100 + shipping
Pewter in America, Volumes 1 and 2 (together) (1959) by Ledlie Laughlin
Price: $35 + shipping
Pewter in America, Volume 3 (1970) by Ledlie Laughlin
Price: $35 + shipping
Pewter in America by Ledlie Laughlin
These books are from 1940 and original. They are complete with hard case. The information here about the pewterers is timeless. Only 1500 copies were printed. A must for any collector of American pewter. We also have additional books available but without the hard case and at lower prices depending on condition.
Price: $100 + shipping
Chats on Old Pewter, revised (1971) by Masse & Michaelis
Price: $20 + shipping
Chats on Old Pewter (1971) by Masse, Michaelis, & Kauffman
Price: $20 + shipping
American Pewter in the MFA Boston (1974) by MFA Boston
Price: $10 + shipping
Old Pewter, Brass, Copper and Sheffield Plate (1905) by N. Hudson Moore
Price: $20 + shipping
Old Pewter, Brass, Copper and Sheffield Plate (1933) by N. Hudson Moore
Price: $20 + shipping
Pewter In American Life (1984) by Pewter Collectors' Club of America
Price: $10 + shipping
British Pewter & Britannia Metal for Pleasure and Investment by Christopher Peal
This hard cover book by Christopher Peal from 1971 is a good reference on British pewter.
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Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers by John Carl Thomas
This 1976 book is new and in unopened box. It is the most informative book on Connecticut pewter in print. Since half of all American pewter is from Connecticut, this is a worthwhile book with many pictures.
Price: $40 + shipping
American Pewter in the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Melvyn D. Wolf
This catalogue is from the 1973 exhibition at the Flint Institute of Arts in Flint, MI. It is out of print. It has a soft cover with 40 pages.
Price: $25 + shipping