Guide to american corkscrew patents 1860 - 1895
is the first book on American patents, contains only the patent drawings which inventors provided with their patent applications. Copies are available by writing to: Mr. Paul Shaub P.O. Box 12, 49 East Second Street New Castle, Delaware, 19720 U.S.A.

Guide to american corkscrew patents 1896 - 1920
is the second book on American patents, contains only the patent drawings which inventors provided with their patent applications. Copies are available by writing to: Mr. Paul Shaub P.O. Box 12, 49 East Second Street New Castle, Delaware, 19720 U.S.A.

Corkscrew Patents of Japan

This is a compendium of patent drawings from the Japanese Patent Office. Many never before seen items here. The book is available from the author

Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century
Bertrand Giulian's Book is arguably one of the best researched and written two or three books in corkscrew collecting. This book covers the first generation of corkscrews, the hand made iron pieces. A well worth acquisition for anyone. Published by WhiteSpace Publishing, 1995, Library of Congress Catalog #94-60765 and can be ordered by Fax from the Author: (717) 737-5623 or via e-mail: giulian@kp.net

Just for openers

is also the name of a beer cap opener collectors group. Another new book from Don Bull. This is about cap lifters and beer openers, but has some corkscrews in it as long as they have a beer advertisement on them. Available from the author Donald Bull

American Corkscrew Patents
In 1993, Nicholas D'Errico published a good book on American Patents from 1921-1992. This Book has now been superseded by Fred O'Leary's excellent book on American Patents. Nevertheless, if you can get one, it is worth reading for the collector interested in American pieces. Self published, Library of Congress Catalog #93-90553

Corkscrews

Fred O'Leary's Book is THE book on American patent corkscrews. A wonderful piece of writing backed by excellent research. It is the complete works! Ever since it saw the light of day, only a couple of patents have shown up that were missed. A definite must for any serious corkscrew collector. Has 500 photographs and a 1,000 U.S.Patents from 1851 to 1994. Published by Schiffer in 1996, ISBN 0-7643- 0018-0. Copies are available from the author by e-mail: F O'Leary.

Pocket Guide to Corkscrews
Donald Bull's second Book is a soft cover "pocket guide" if you have large pockets. Nicely organised and well put together. As for his first, big book, this has prices in it also, and similarly, they are well at the high end of the scale. The book is in print and can be bought from any good bookstore as well as from Amazon.com which offers a large discount. Many will not stock it but will order it for you. You can also order it from the author by e-mail: Donald Bull Similarly published by Schiffer ISBN 0-7643-0793-2

The Ultimate Corkscrew Book
by Donald A. Bull. What a contribution to the corkscrew scene! Don Bull had created a book that is remarkable in several dimensions: the pictures are of the highest quality; the descriptions of the pieces are very accurate and the price guide is just a little misguided (I think he pays too much). Most importantly, the book can be used as a reference to what is out there, almost like a stamp catalogue, a must have for the corkscrew collector. It is available from Amazon.com which offers a large discount. You can also order it from the author by e-mail: Donald Bull ISBN 0-7643-0701-0

Boxes full of corkscrews
is the latest of the corkscrew books from Don Bull. This has boxed corkscrews as the theme, includes both new and old corkscrews with their boxes. It is available from the author: corkscrew@bullworks.net ISBN: 0764312383

For openers

is an early corkscrew publication, long out of print. The book was printed for the Exhibition held at the Connecticut Historical Society on October 10, 1981. The book contains a good selection of American corkscrews mainly from the inventors who lived and worked in the Connecticut area. It is a rare item now and only available on the second hand market.

Farrow and Jackson products
assembled from the archives of the London Patent Office for the 1999 CCCC Annual Meeting held in London, England. There are 18 pages of catalog pictures, advertisements and price sheets. Out of print.

Centenary catalogue 1898
a 1997 reprint of the catalogue published in 1898. A very useful little book all about wine related items sold by F&J. There are several pages on corkscrews, barscrews, champagne/soda taps and cork tools. Its is ISBN number is: 0-903685-58-2 - available on Amazon.com

The life of William Rockwell Clough
he was an inventor extraordinaire and a manufacturer of over a Billion corkscrews in his lifetime -yes a Billion! The book is available as an on-line book

Cork Ejectors

Donald Bull' book contains 300+ photographs, patent information, historical data, and related details. It is a country by country view of the evolution of gas and air operated cork ejectors. There's even an index where information on each entry is a click away.

Corkscrew stories volume 1
Un nouveau libre de Donald Bull édité en 2004. 250 pages en noir et blanc sur des histoires insolites, des détails historiques concernant des tire-bouchons ou leur fabrication

environ 18 euros
Published by Bullworks

Corkscrew stories volume 2
Un nouveau libre de Donald Bull édité en 2004. 250 pages en noir et blanc sur des histoires insolites, des détails historiques concernant des tire-bouchons ou leur fabrication

environ 18 euros
Published by Bullworks