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---. The Invention of the Sewing Machine( c1978) The Singer Co., NYC

---. Sewing Machine Blue Book   June 2000 to June 2002 (c2003) Bobette Industries, Atlanta, GA.

---. The Story of the Sewing Machine (1897) The Singer Mfg Co., NY

Barker, Harold (compiler). A Pictorial History of the American Sewing Machine (1850-1950) (1994) Harold Barker, Ada, OH.

Barry, Elizabeth. "Sew Collectible" Sew News (March 1999) includes sewing machines, toy sewing machines, buttons & sewing notions.

Bays, Carter. The Encyclopedia of Early American Sewing Machines (2005) Collector Books, Paducah, KY.

Bissell, Don. The First Conglomerate   145 Years of the Singer Sewing Machine Copany (1999) Audenreed Prss, Brunswick, ME.

Brandon, Ruth. A Capitalist Romance   Singer & the Sewing Machine (1997) J.B.Lippincott Co., Philadelphia & NY.

Cooper, Grace Rogers. The Invention of the Sewing Machine (1968) The Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC; I believe a later enlarged edition was published.

Cooper, Grace Rogers. "Sewing Machines / Unusual Styles of the 1850's" Spinning Wheel (July/Aug. 1964).

Dorn, Rebekah. Great Inventions The Sewing Machine (2005) Capstone Press, Mankato, MN

Jewell, F. Brian. Veteran Sewing Machines   A Collector's Guide (1975) A.S.Barnes & Co., South Brunswick & NY.

Johnson-Srebro, Nancy. Featherweight 221   The Perfect Portable & Its Stitches Across History (1997) Silver Star, Inc., Tunkhannock, PA; The Featherweight sewing machine.

Lewton, Frederick L. The Servant in the House:   A Brief History of the Sewing Machine (c1929) United States National Museum, Washington, DC; later reprinted by Singer Mfg Co., NY.

Lyon, Peter. "Isaac Singer & his Wonderful Sewing Machine" in American Heritage Vol.IX, No.6 (Oct.1951) American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., NYC.

Matter, Darryl E. & Roxana Marie. Collector's Guide to Toy Sewing Machines (1991) Golden Era Publications, Lima, OH.

Thomas, Glenda Toy & Miniature Sewing Machines (1995-1997) Collector Books, Paducah, KY.

Weber, Nicholas Fox. The Clarks of Cooperstown   Their Singer Sewing Machine Fortune (2007) Alfred A. Knopf, NY.