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
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
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
Urbana, Ill. University of Illinois Press, 1967. Brown cloth. xvi, [2], 461 pp. Almost an unused copy. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
Irvine, CA: Kelley Blue Book, 2001. Softcover. Blue wraps. 271 pp. No illus. Contains used car values for the years 1995-2001. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1957. Hardbound. Brown cloth with gold lettering; 710 pp. Supplement to vols. 1-4. More
