Boston, MA: Charles Bowen, 1834. Softcover. Green wraps. 334 pp. No illus. This is the fifth volume of the American Almanac. Interesting window into the past. Includes astronomical, statistical, and miscellaneous information and complete lists of the Members of the American Congresses from the years 1765 to 1834. More about The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1834
Firenze (Florence), Italy: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2003. Softcover. Cream wraps with brown lettering. 311 pp. with 7 bw plates. Text in Italian. Essays about libraries and things library and archival: bibliographies, cataloguing, documentation, specific libraries and collections (Italian), multi-media, historic contexts, music libraries and documentation, etc. All scholarly articles... More about Annali e nuovi annali della scuola speciale per archivisti e bibliotecari, Anno XVII, 2003
Firenze (Florence), Italy: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2002. Softcover. Cream wraps with brown lettering. 358 pp. with 14 bw plates and additional bw images. Text in Italian. Essays about libraries and things library and archival: bibliographies, cataloguing, documentation, specific libraries and collections (not all Italian), multi-media, historic contexts, conservation, etc.... More about Annali e nuovi annali della scuola speciale per archivisti e bibliotecari, Anno XVI, 2002
Urbana, Ill. University of Illinois Press, 1967. Brown cloth. xvi, [2], 461 pp. Almost an unused copy. More about BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF STUDIES IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE FOR THE TEN YEARS 1955-1964
New York: Ursus Books Ltd., n.d. Paperback. Powder blue and white stapled wraps. Approx 100 pp. A list of 1,027 catalogues raisonnes, listed alphabetically by the artist. Scarce. More about Catalogues Raisonnes: Catalogue 249
Baltimore: 1936. Paperback. Gray stapled wraps with black lettering and illustration. 33 pp. A unique collectible! Contains an instructional message from Samuel S. Field (the telephone supervisor), an alphabetical list, a section of departmental numbers, and a section on boards and commissions of the city of Baltimore with a list of names. More about City of Baltimore Maryland Telephone Directory, 1936
New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth over boards; 1001 pp.; No illustrations. This is the index volume of the Dictionary of American Biography set; Index is divided into the following sections: Subjects of Biographies, Contributors With Subjects, Birthplaces, Schools and Colleges, Occuptations, Topics. More about Dictionary of American Biography: Comprehensive Index, Complete Through Supplement Eight
New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; 613 pp.; No illustrations. This is the index volume to volumes I - XX of the Dictionary of American Biography; It is divided into the following sections: Subjects of Biographies, Contributors With Subjects, Birthplaces, Schools and Colleges... More about Dictionary of American Biography: Index, Volumes I - XX
Reprint. Hardcover. Brown leatherette. 2659 pp. 160 bw plates. This is a 3-volume reprint of unknown origin. The full title is "A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon A New Plan, In Which the Different Sciences and Arts Are Digested Into Distinct Treatises or Symptoms; and the Various Technical... More about Encyclopedia Britannica (3 volumes
New York / London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, [1912]. Hardcover. 25 vols. Purple cloth, gilt letters on spines, decorated flyleaves, various paginations, 12,000 pp. The complete 25-volume set of this handy reference. And when we say "handy," we do mean handy. Each volume is slightly bigger than 4" x 6."... More about Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Knowledge (25-volume set
Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1991. Second Edition. Paperback. Stapled putty wraps with bw illustration and black lettering. vii, 78 pp. with no illustrations. A very helpful reference, apparently still the current print edition. More about Genre terms : a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing
Irvine, CA: Kelley Blue Book, 2001. Softcover. Blue wraps. 271 pp. No illus. Contains used car values for the years 1995-2001. More about Kelley Blue Book-Used Car Guide; 75th Anniversary Edition
London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968-1976. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth. 3930 pp. 46 bw plates. The Library of the National Maritime Museum originated from the printed books and atlases, which formed part of the celebrated A.G.H. Macpherson collection. The library now contains over 50,000 volumes, covering every aspect of... More about National Maritime Museum, Catalogue of the Library (7-volume set
Nashville, Tennessee: American Association for State and Local History, 1991. Softcover. Fuchia & color illus. wraps, 893 pp., some BW illus. Organized in alpha order by state, as you may expect. Still a nice resource. More about National Register of Historic Places, 1966-1991, cumulative list through June 30, 1991
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Hyde Publishing Corporation, 1941. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 254 pp, many illustrated advertisements. Invaluable for genealogical and provenance research, as well as for all the local advertisements contained within. More about North Shore Blue Book and Social Register : Containing Lists of the Summer Residents of the...
Boston, Mass. North Shore Blue Book, Inc., 1925. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and all edges gilt. 431 pp, many illustrated advertisements. Invaluable for genealogical and provenance research, as well as for all the local advertisements contained within. More about North Shore Blue Book and Social Register: Containing Lists of the Summer Residents of the...
Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1961. Hardbound. Grey cloth with trademark black and yellow logo/lettering; 1795 pp. with flag and costume end papers, 73,000 entries, 5,244 illustrations, 20 maps and an atlas;. Text in French. More about Petit Larousse
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1843. Hardcover. Newer boards covers and cloth spine with gilt title and ruling. 542 pp., Contains 20,930 whole names. A lovely copy. No ads are present, as mentioned in other copies. More about Stimpson's Boston Directory; Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places...
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1844. Hardcover. Newer boards covers and cloth spine with gilt title and ruling. 580 pp., no ads or illustrations. Contains 22,575 whole names. A lovely copy. No ads are present, as mentioned in other copies. More about Stimpson's Boston Directory; Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places...
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1838. Hardcover. Newer boards covers and cloth spine with gilt title and ruling on applied leather label. 408 pp., no ads or illustrations, or map. Contains 16,154 whole names. A lovely copy. No ads are present, as mentioned in other copies. More about Stimpson's Boston Directory; Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places...
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1843. Hardcover. Older boards with 1/2 black leather . 542 pp., Contains 20,930 whole names. A lovely copy. No ads are present, as mentioned in other copies. More about Stimpson's Boston Directory; Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places...
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1838. Second. Hardcover. Brown leather over boards; 648 pp.; Sparsely illustrated with bw figures. A complete biblical encyclopedia; Includes several maps. More about The Union Bible Dictionary
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2000. Millennium edition. Hardcover. 22 vols. Glossy color illus. boards, many BW and color illus. and maps. The complete 22-volume set of this standard reference, issued in honor of the turn of the century. A beautiful and terrific set to consult, even though some of the... More about The World Book Encyclopedia (22-volume set
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Sixth Printing. Softcover. Glossy yellow/green illustrated wraps with green lettering. xxii + 249 pp. with bw frontis and 50 bw illus. within text. This dictionary documents the rich store-house of alchemical symbolism from the early centuries AD to the late twentieth century, making it... More about A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery
University Microfilms International, 1985. Paperback. Black wraps with title sticker from University Microfilms International; sticker on spine. xi; 232 pp, including 9 BW plates. A dissertation completed in 1985 for the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University. More about Specimens of Taste for our Maturer Age: Neoclassicism as Realized in America in Selected Works of...
