11/06/01
 Additional Reading Material on Floats
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I would like to point out that while most of these books and magazines are not currently in print, I have located copies of every one listed here, by consistently checking used bookstores, so don't despair!

BIBLIOGRAPHY

First and foremost, the only true books on floats are:

Cate, R.H. - Beachcomber's Treasure, Glass Floats: A Field Guide, 1984 STILL IN PRINT

Wood, Amos L. Beachcombing for Japanese Glass Floats,  ISBN# 0-8323-0438-7 softcover. Last print 1985, 1st Print in 1967 STILL IN PRINT  Click on the link above to purchase it

Other Books That Mention Glass Floats:

Allyn, Stan - Heave To! You'll Drown Yourselves!, 1983

Berg, Norah - Lady on the Beach, 1952

Carey, Neil G. - Puffin Cove, 1982

Gibbs, Jim - The Unusual Side of the Sea, 1971

Hayden, Mike - Exploring the North Coast, from the Golden Gate to the Oregon Border, 1974  THIS BOOK IS IN STILL IN PRINT - Contact Chronicle Books in SF, CA

Hogan, Kathy  edited by Klancy Clark de Nevers & Lucy Hart - Cohassett Beach Chronicles, World War II in the Pacific Northwest, 1995  STILL IN PRINT

Lucia, Ellis  - Sea Wall,1966

McDonald, Lucile - Coast Country, 1966

Pich, Walter C.  - Beachcombers Guide To The Northwest, 1997 STILL IN PRINT - GREAT BOOK  Click on the link above to purchase it

Soper, Tony - The Shell Book of Beachcombing, 1972

Webber, Bert - Beachcombing for Driftwood, for Glass Floats, for Agates, for Fun, 1973

Webber, Bert and Margie - Beachcombing and Camping along the Northwest Coast, 1978

Webber, Bert and Margie - I'd Rather Be Beachcombing, 1993

Webber, Bert and Margie - Maimed By the Sea, 1983

Williams, Herb - Twin Habors Tales,1967

Wood, Amos L. - Beachcombing the Pacific, 1975

Magazines - Media That Contain Float Articles:

Alaska Magazine:

June 1978,``Idyll on an Alaskan Isle"August 1988,``Mysterious Kayak Island"

The Applied Lip

Mahool, Vangie.  , v. 11, no. 4, April 1979, pp. 5-6. "Glass Fishing Floats."

The Antique Trader Weekly:

August 23, 1995 issue,``Glass Fishing Floats"

Country:

October/November 1993 issue,"Something's Afloat"

Glass Collector's Digest:

August/September 1990 issue, "Glass Treasures from the Sea"February/March 1996 issue, "European Fishing Floats."Farnsworth,Stu

These are available by mail or phone: P.O. Box 553, Marietta, OH 45750-0553, or phone toll free (800) 533-3433

Hawaii Antiques Quarterly:

Volume 6 # 1, Fall 1996 issue, "Paul Wroblewski Is Hooked On Glass Fishing Floats"

Northwest Living:

January-February issue year unknown.``The Great Ball is Back"

Old Bottle Magazine:

v. 13, no. 89, Aug. 1980, pp. 14-18."American-made and Other Glass Floats."  O'Connell, Annette. 

Oregon Coast:

Sept/Oct 1999,``The Great Millenium Glass Float Hunt" Fleagle, Judy.

Sunset:

March 1966,``Beachcombers' Guide to the Pacific Coast",  Soft Cover Trade-Back Size,

 
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