These books are recommended resources for research and identification of the items you find at Arts and Crafts, etc.

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American Art Pottery Books

• Miller's: American Art Pottery : How to Compare & Value (Miller's Treasure Or Not) - Offers basis for comparing the relative quality of high end pottery

• Kovels' American Art Pottery : The Collector's Guide to Makers, Marks, and Factory Histories - Good basic overview of American Art Pottery

• Fired by Ideals: Arequipa Pottery and the Arts and Crafts Movement - Good reference

• Collector's Guide to Camark Pottery: Identification & Values

• Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland School

• The Collector's Encyclopedia of Cowan Pottery: Identification and Value Guide

• Warman's McCoy Pottery: Identification and Price Guide

• McCoy Pottery: Collector's Reference & Value Guide Featuring the Top 100 Findables

• Newcomb Pottery & Crafts: An Educational Enterprise for Women, 1895-1940

• The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr - Best book available on George Ohr with lots of high quality photos.

• Pottery, Politics, Art: George Ohr and the Brothers Kirkpatrick

• Sanfords Guide to Peters and Reed, The Zane Pottery Company - Clearly laid out reference

• Rookwood Pottery: The Glaze Lines/With Value Guide - The best book on Rookwood with lots of high quality photos.

• Rookwood Pottery over Ten Years of Auction Results: 1990-2002

• Rookwood: A price guide

• Roseville In All Its Splendor

• Collectors Encyclopedia of Roseville Pottery - My favorite guide to Roseville Pottery

• Introducing Roseville Pottery

• The Collector's Encyclopedia of Van Briggle Art Pottery : An Identification & Value Guide - Good source of information on Van Briggle for beginner

• Collectors Guide to Van Briggle Pottery - Excellent reference for advanced collector of Van Briggle

• Weller Pottery

• Collector's Encyclopedia of Weller Pottery

• Weller Pottery: The Rare, the Unusual, the Seldom Seen

• All About Weller: A History and Collectors Guide to Weller Pottery

Art Tile Books

• American Art Tile - Excellent overview of American Art Tile

• The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 1 New England States; Region 2 Mid-Atlantic States  

• The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 3 Midwestern States

• The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 6 Southern California

• Henry Chapman Mercer and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

• Batchelder Tilemaker

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