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
Philadelphia: C.E. Howe Co., 1905. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt tooling and lettering on front, rear, and spine; all edge gilt; 1000 pp; bw and color advertisements throughout. From title page: In Eight Parts. Containing the names of 25,000 prominent householders, arranged alphabetically and classified by streets, to which..... 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: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1924. Hardcover. Brown dj; maroon cloth covers; gilt lettering. 2 volumes : 100 color mounted plates (including frontispieces). Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton, and descriptive notes. Great reference or shelf pieces. No publication date indocated by titles..... 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
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, 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
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1837. Hardcover. Newer boards covers and cloth spine with gilt title on spine; 414 pp. A solid copy. No ads are present, as mentioned in other copies. More
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1845. Hardcover. Newer boards covers and cloth spine with gilt title on spine; 16 pp of ads on yellow paper, 550 pp. A solid copy. The Stimpson's Boston Directory from 1845. More
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1846. Hardcover. Blue boards with black lettering, black cloth spine with gilt titlee; 12 pp of ads, several on blue paper, 599 pp. A solid copy. The Stimpson's Boston Directory from 1846. More
New York: The Trow Directory, 1895. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, silver and gilt lettering on front, rear and spine; xxxv, 964 (88) pp; bw illustrations. Annual publication from 1895, Volume XLVIII. More
New York: The Trow Directory, 1896. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, silver and gilt lettering on front, rear and spine; xxxii, 1034 (91) pp; bw illustrations. Annual publication from 1896, Volume XLIX. More
