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See More... (Acorn Press) Hollister, Isaac A BRIEF NARRATION OF THE CAPTIVITY OF ISAAC HOLLISTER, WHO WAS TAKEN BY THE INDIANS, ANNO DOMINI, 1763.
Washington March, Milligan & Company 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 14, (2) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 400 numbered copies. Designed and reprinted by Jean and John Michael at the Acorn Press. Originally printed and sold at the Printing Office in New London in 1767. A rather matter-of-fact first-hand account of Isaac Hollister's captivity by Native Americans beginning in 1763. Surprisingly devoid of details about the people who captured him or the circumstances surrounding the situation. Half title page with a woodcut of the captivity. Headers and footers throughout. Section titles printed in red. Title page printed in red and black. Cover printed with brown and silver on the red paper wrappers.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 79438

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See More... (Acorn Press) Menke, Eric F. AT YALE LONG AGO.
Washington (Acorn Press) 1978 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (viii), 6, (2) pages
Limited to 100 copies. Recollection of the author's years at Yale with a woodcut illustration of the Harkness Memorial Tower at Yale by Jacques Hnizdovsky and a tribute to its architect Otto Faelton.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115551

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See More... (Adams, Joseph Quincy) McManaway, James G., Giles E. Dawson and Edwin B. Willoughby (editors) JOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS: MEMORIAL STUDIES.
Washington The Folger Shakespeare Library 1948 8vo. cloth x, 808 pages
Essays, with footnotes, in honor of Shakespeare scholar and Folger Library director Joseph Quincy Adams (1881-1946). Frontispiece illustration of Adams. Preface by McManaway. Table of contents. Bibliography of Adams.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 114791

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See More... (Arctic) Tremaine, Marie (editor) ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
Prepared for and in Cooperation with the Department of Defense Under Direction of the Arctic Institute of North America. (Washington D.C.) Department of Defense 1953 8vo. cloth 2969-4478 pages
Volume III. Index for previous two volumes. Fold-out map of Arctic tipped-in at back pastedown. Front inside hinge cracked, almost split. Some wear on covers and spine. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 98239

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See More... Barker, Nicolas " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (Washington D.C.) Library of Congress April 1978 4to. stiff paper wrappers (v), 66-138, (4) pages
This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by Walter W. Ristow. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. Lower corner of text creased, fore-edge of text has stain which bled onto three leaves, wrappers soiled
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 92761

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See More... Barringer, George. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT GEORGETOWN, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG.
Washington, DC Georgetown University Library 1989 4to. paper wrappers. 127 pages.
Second edition. Includes a history of the library with an illustrated overview of its special collections. Bottom corner bumped.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 51505

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  Barringer, George. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT GEORGETOWN, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG.
Washington, DC Georgetown University Library 1985 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages.
First edition. Includes a history of the library with an illustrated overview of its special collections. Introduction by Joseph E. Jeffs, University Librarian.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 96166

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  (Bibliography) McCrum, Blanche Prichard and Helen Dudenbostel Jones BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PROCEDURES & STYLE A MANUAL FOR BIBLIOGRAPHERS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress 1966 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers vii, 133 pages.
A reprint of the 1954 edition. The publication offers suggestions for planning and carrying through a bibliographical project, as well as provides the citation and reference style used by the General Reference and Bibliography Division of the Library of Congress.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 64468

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See More... (Bibliography) McCrum, Blanche Prichard and Helen Dudenbostel Jones BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PROCEDURES & STYLE A MANUAL FOR BIBLIOGRAPHERS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress 1966 large 8vo. cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. vii, 133 pages.
A reprint of the 1954 edition and also including a list of abbreviations. The publication offers suggestions for planning and carrying through a bibliographical project, as well as provides the citation and reference style used by the General Reference and Bibliography Division of the Library of Congress. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 98326

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See More... Bloxom, Marguerite D. (compiler) PICKAXE AND PENCIL: REFERENCES FOR THE STUDY OF THE W.P.A.
Washington Library of Congress 1982 4to. stiff paper wrappers vii, 87+(1) pages
A reference guide to the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal agency. Focuses on arts, writers and cultural projects. Brief historical overview begins each chapter. Preface, key to symbols, two appendices, index of authors. Black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 114912

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See More... (Braille) CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS IN BRAILLE-GRADE 1 1/2
Service for the Blind Library of Congress Washington DC Government Printing Office 1930 8vo. stiff paper wrappers iv, 86 pages
Paper beginning to tan, wraps are lightly worn.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 91447

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See More... Bruno, Leonard C. CREATIVITY: ITS MANY FACES.
Washington Library of Congress 1980 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 24 pages
An exhibition on various aspects of creativity at the Library of Congress, November 1980-February 1981. Illustrations, listing of items exhibited. Acknowledgments.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 115637

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See More... Bruno, Leonard C. CREATIVITY: ITS MANY FACES.
Washington Library of Congress 1980 square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 24 pages
Exhibition at the Library of Congress, November 1980-February 1981, focusing on creative ability. Catalogue of the exhibition. Acknowledgments. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 116055

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See More... Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker TREASURES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
New York and Washington The Macmillan Company and National Gallery of Art 1962 folio. cloth, dust jacket 183+(1) pages
85 paintings from the Gallery's collections from the 13th to the 20th centuries, illustrated in full color with descriptive text. Preface, acknowledgments, and table of contents. Index of artists and authors. Signed by the editors. Dust jacket lightly worn. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 114883

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See More... (Carnegie) CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS
Washington DC Carnegie Institution of Washington 1937 8vo. paper wrappers lii, 140 pages
Publications for the year 1937. Worn at the edges, pages have a hint of toning.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 91432

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See More... Childs, William M. and Donald E. McNeil (editors) AMERICAN BOOKS ABROAD
Toward a National Policy Washington Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation (1986) 8vo. cloth (xxiv), 309 pages.
Foreword by Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick. Book is all about the expansion of the American book market and the education of people overseas. The U.S. book industry is discussed in-depth as well as overseas publishing and education techniques at home and abroad. Edges are lightly worn. Tape marks on pastedowns and endpapers.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 92178

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See More... (Clapp, Verner Warren) VERNER WARREN CLAPP, 1901-1972, A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE.
Washington Library of Congress 1973 12mo. paper wrappers. (v), 43 pages.
Clapp was Chief Assistant Librarian at the Library of Congress. Contains remarks by L. Quincy Mumford, William S. Dix, Frederick H. Wagman, and David C. Mearns.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 37801

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See More... Cole, John Y. (editor) BIOGRAPHY AND BOOKS.
Washington Library of Congress 1986 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 75+(1) pages
Limited to 1500 copies. Symposium at the Library of Congress on writing biographies. Welcome by Daniel Boorstin. Includes contributions by noted biographers James Thomas Flexner and David McCullough. List of participants, bibliography.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 116027

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See More... Cole, John Y. (editor) IN CELEBRATION: THE NATIONAL UNION CATALOG, PRE-1956 IMPRINTS.
Washington Library of Congress 1981 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (vi), 49+(1) pages
Symposium held January 1981 to celebrate the completion of the National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints. Preface, introduction, six articles offering different perspectives on the catalogue's importance.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 115776

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See More... Cole, John Y. (editor) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AMERICAN BOOK COMMUNITY
Washington Library of Congress 1981 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 88 pages
A collection of papers presented at the seminars "Private and Public Responsibilities of the American Publisher" and "The Co-Responsibilities of American Publishers and Booksellers" held April 4-5, 1979 and April 25, 1980, respectively, and at the PEN symposium of January 1980 and the U.S. Senate Hearings: Publishers, Authors, and Booksellers in March 1980. The topics of these papers relate to the changing relations between authors, publishers, and booksellers in the twentieth century. Announcement of this book laid-in. Two cracks at spine, scuffed along rear wrapper near spine, some shelf wear.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 92697

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See More... Cole, John Y. FOR CONGRESS AND THE NATION, A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Washington Library of Congress 1979 oblong 8vo. cloth. xiii, 196 pages.
First edition. Filled with illustrations.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 32304

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See More... Cole, John Y. ON THESE WALLS, INSCRIPTIOS AND QUOTATIONS IN THE BUILDINGS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Washington Library of Congress 1995 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 106 pages.
Filled with illustrations including some in color.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 106281

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See More... (Conservation) PROPOSAL FOR A NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY.
Washington National Conservation Advisory Council 1982 4to. stiff paper wrappers x, 54 pages
A proposal to establish an institution to oversee the conservation and preservation of cultural property. Table of contents, preface, six appendices, endnotes. Introductory letter from the president of the National Conservation Advisory Council laid in.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 115681

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See More... (Conservation) REPORT OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
Washington National Conservation Advisory Council 1979 8vo. stiff papper wrappers viii, 64 pages
The 5th in a series of study committee reports issued by NCAC since 1976, administered by the Smithsonian Institution. Table of contents, preface, four appendices, endnotes, list of study committee members. Mimeographed letter from the Executive Director of NCAC and complimentary card laid in.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 116100

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See More... (Dallas, George Mifflin) Nichols, Roy F. THE MYSTERY OF THE DALLAS PAPERS.
Offprint from The Library section of The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume LXXIII n.p. N.P. n.d. 8vo. cloth 87+(1) pages
These are the diaries of George Mifflin Dallas who was Albert Gallatin's secretary on Gallatin's attempted peace mission to Europe during the War of 1812. He was later Senator, Minister to Russia and Great Britain and Vice-President of the United States. The letters and portion of the journal contained cover the period he served as Vice-President under Polk. Presentation from the author on the free endpaper.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 97558

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