Becky,
I would almost recommend to a novice collector to get the books first,now you know what is valuable if that is important to you,
Rarity and where to find them ect ect.I have read all of these at least twice,These are all great books that cover a wide spectrum of our hobby.
I recommend trying to get a hold of some of these as they will save you a lot of aggrivation and most importantly money
from making a bad choice as far a glass goes.These books have plenty of pictures and cover a wide range of topics in our hobby.
Good luck and I will post some more as time permits .Steve
Sorry for a couple of the bad out of focus pictures I was racing around earlier this evening ( I got called out to work)when I wanted to post this I just got home now.
Hello PermInk; My home page under the subject BOOKS list my favorite books and some are the same as Steve's.
I have tried to make some points of some of the other books also.
Good Reading!! RED Matthews