A list...
Re: Books to study? -- Richard7 Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: Joyce Mail author
10/19/2014, 08:08:33

Here is a list - it's not complete, and many of course have already been mentioned here, but you may find some new leads -

The History of Beads
Lois Sherr Dubin
Abrams1987
concise 1998
revised 2009

Collectible Beads
Robert Liu
1995
Ornament, Inc.

Beads from the
West African Trade Series
by John and Ruth Picard:

Volume III
Fancy Beads

Volume IV
White Hearts

Volume V
Russian Blues, Faceted
and Fancy Beads

Volume VI
Millefiori

Volume VII
Chevrons

African Beads
Jewels of a Continent
Evelyn Simak
Carl Dreibelbis
2010
Africa Direct

A Bead Timeline
James Lankton
2003 The Bead Society of Greater Washington

The Timeless Cowrie
Its Significance the World Over
Anita von Kahler Gumpert
Publisher Bead Society of Greater Washington

Silver Speaks:
Traditional Jewelry of the Middle East
Joyce Diamanti, images by Robert Liu
The Bead Society of Greater Washington

Naga Tribal Adornment:
Signatures of Status and Self
Ayinla Shilu Ao
images by Robert Liu
Bead Society of Greater Washington

The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India
Julian Jacobs
Second Edition 2012

Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads
Eighth to Twentieth Centuries
Augusto Panini
2007
Skira, Milan, Italy

Magical Ancient Beads
with Jamey Allen,
Robert Liu, Ulrich J. Beck,
Maud Spaer, Sumarah
Adhyatman, Anne Richter
1998 Times Editions

Manik-Manik
di Indonesia
Beads in Indonesia
Sumarah Adhyatman,
Redjeki Arifin
1993 Penerbit Djambatan

Beads of the World
Peter Francis, Jr
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
1999

Venetian Beads, Mosaic Glass and Murrine
Giovanni Sarpellon
Palazzo Rota
2003

Africa Adorned
Angela Fisher
Abrams
1984
The

Bead Goes On
Koos van Brakel
KIT Publishers, Amsterdam
2006

Glass Beads from Europe
Sibylle Jargstorf
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
1995

Glass in Jewelry
Sibylle Jargstorf
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Revised 1998

Baubles, Buttons and Beads, The Heritage of Bohemia
Sibylle Jargstorf
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
1993

Ethnic Jewelry from Africa, Europe and Asia
Sibylle Jargstorf
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
2000

Beads!
Stefany Tomalin
1988 David and Charles Publishers

The Bead Jewellery Book
Stefany Tomalin
David & Charles
1997

Beads from Briare
The story of a bead revolution from France
Floor Kaspers
2011 Blurb

Beads from Tucson
Where the world meets for beads, stones and jewelry
Floor Kaspers
2012 Blurb

Beads from Jablonec
Floor Kaspers
2014 Blurb

Perlen aus Gablonz
Waltraud Neuwirth
Self
1994

Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, Beads and other Small Objects
Maud Spaer
The Israel Museum
2001

Beads of Borneo
Heidi Munan
Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd, Singapore
2005

The Jewelry of Nepal
Hannelore Gabriel
Weatherhill Inc
1999

Seventeenth Century Beads from Holland
Volume XIV
Gerald B Fenstermaker
1978

South American Colored Trade Bead Chart, 1850-1870
Volume VII
Gerald B Fenstermaker
1956

The Chinese Bead
Gerald B Fenstermaker
Fenstermaker
1979

Classification and Nomenclature of Beads and Pendants
Horace C Beck
George Shumway Publisher
1973

Proceedings of the 1982 Glass Trade Bead Conference

The Bead is Constant
Alexandra Wilson
2003 Accra : Ghana Universities Press

'Ghana: Where the Bead Speaks'
Ama Ata Aidoo
2011

Beadazzled: Where Beads + Inspiration Meet
Penelope Diamonti
2008

Journal of the Borneo International Beads Conference 2010
pub. by Sarawak Museum

Journal Borneo International Beads Conference 2011
pub. by Sarawak Museum

International Bead and Beadwork Conference
2007 Kadir Has University, Istanbul

The Universal Bead
Joan Mowat Erikson
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
ISBN 0-393-31005-1

World on a String
A Companion for Bead Lovers
Diana Friedberg

A Bead Primer
Elizabeth Harris
1987 The Bead Museum




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