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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 900547, member: 308&quot;]It depends on how large you want your library to be and what glass you decide to specialize in.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For Indiana Glass I use &quot;A Century of Indiana Glass&quot; by Craig Schenning.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Early American Pattern Glass I use &quot;Early American Pattern Glass&quot; by Reilly and Jenks and &quot;The Collector&#039;s Encyclopedia of Pattern Glass&quot; by McCain.&nbsp; Also use the EAPGS.org site to confirm identifications as that site updates whenever new documentation surfaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Opalescent Glass I use &quot;Standard Encyclopedia of Opalescent Glass&quot; by Edwards and Carwile. </p><p><br /></p><p>For Carnival Glass I use the Carwile book you&#039;ve already mentioned.&nbsp; I always check the information I find there on the ddoty.com website.&nbsp; I usually use the Carwile book first because it&#039;s easier for me to make an initial ID using the pictures shown there.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of books on Fenton but I find I usually use the books published by the Whitmyers.&nbsp; If you are looking at mid-century Fenton the John Walk books are also very helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cluttered makes an excellent point.&nbsp; I always try to double and triple check my IDs if possible either on-line or through another book.&nbsp; When I get stuck I come here. The items I don&#039;t keep I sell on eBay and I hate to put up an item with an incorrect attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>To build my library I basically bought any glass, pottery, or china book I could find at a cheap price.&nbsp; I did pick up a few useless books along the way but eventually I found enough books to build a decent library.&nbsp; Any book mentioned here on the board I usually scope out to see if I can find it reasonably priced to add to my stash.&nbsp; Many books can be found second hand on eBay or Amazon often far below their original publication price.&nbsp; </p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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