Unauthorized Guide to Fire-king Glasswares [Paperback]

Monica Lynn Clements (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2006

During the 1940s, the Anchor Hocking Glass Company, of Lancaster, Ohio, introduced a colorful kitchenware line known as Fire-King. This pocket-size guide offers a brief history, with over 200 full color photographs, updated market values, and index. Colorful examples of dinnerware, mugs, a myriad of mixing bowls from splash proof to Swedish Modern styles are featured along with a large selection of kitchenware and ovenware. Copper lustre, jade-ite, sapphire blue, and turquoise blue glasswares are all well represented.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing; 3 edition (August 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764325159
• ISBN-13: 978-0764325151
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Read it before you buy it! or not :), September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: An Unauthorized Guide to Fire-King Glasswares (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

I am quite disappointed with this book. If I have read it in a book store (instead of mail order) I would not have bought it. It is bacially a book with only pictures and the prices. It does not even include the price of those that are not pictured. The pictures are not great either, some ivory pieces look like they are green!! The listing is not complete and in my own opinion, any one who goes to an auction site can gather enough pictures and a more complete price list of all the Fire King items than this book. There are only 2-3 pages that have words/writting by the author. I didnot gain any new knowledge by reading this book at all. A waste of money. The one by Gene Florence is much better.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!, April 1, 2009

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Brutally Honest "Steve" (Flint MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unauthorized Guide to Fire-king Glasswares (Paperback)

If only I would've come across the other review before I bought this book... I agree with every thing the other reviewer said, but she was much nicer about it than she should've been. This book is not worth the paper it's printed on. The ONLY "plus" to this book? Oh wait, there isn't one.

Also, even though this is being posted on April 1, this is no joke; This book is garbage.

Do not buy this book...