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Research & Writings of Interest To Collectors and Historians

    The following is a listing of published and unpublished articles and manuscripts researched and written (representative of a 40-year body-of-work) by Cecil Munsey, PhD –

    “Bottle collecting pioneer noted for many significant contributions to the organized hobby.  His skilled research, writing, and editing pervade the literature; and his 1970 [hardbound] book ‘The Illustrated Guide to COLLECTING BOTTLES’ is the hobby’s primer.”

         – Source: 1987 Hall of Fame Award by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

Current Feature Article: “CASE GIN BOTTLES – A Historical & Pictorial Essay” that features a short history and 78-photographs of most of the world’s rare seal-identified rectangular case gin bottles of the late 1800s  Click here to download

    The numbered articles, manuscripts, essays, and other items listed on this website are available FREE to those interested in history, collecting and related material created by the author. 

(1) To obtain an article, manuscript, essay, and other item, click on the corresponding button on the MAIN MENU to the left.

(2) When you have located the article you would like to view, click on the article title to download the item in PDF format .

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    Promise:  As more of Dr. Munsey’s articles are written and/or rediscovered they will be added to this website and may be requested, so check-in periodically and make additional requests for the FREE articles.

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