Edison Blue Amberol Recordings: A 52 page primer about these cylinders covering manufacturing, release dates, record slips, and the rare Italian, Mexican and 8 minute series cylinders. Price: $11.95, postpaid in US.

The Five Inch Cylinder Book: A 158 page history of 5 Inch diameter Edison, Lambert and Columbia wax cylinders and related phonographs covering the period 1898-1911. Manufacturing methods, phonographs, record titles, dating guides, advertisements and catalogs, both foreign and domestic, for these large records and phonographs. Price: $54.95, postpaid in US.

Pathé Records and Phonographs in America, 1914-1922(and beyond) 190 pages covering manufacturing methods, phonographs, record titles, dating guides, matrix symbols, advertisements and catalogs. Price: $54.95, postpaid in US.

The full story of Blue Amberol records, Edison Blue Amberol Recordings, 1912-1929, by Ron Dethlefson is available as a two volume set from Mulholland Press.