Washington: Library of Congress, 1992. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. A list of special collections acquired by the Library of Congress which amount to approximately 650,000 books, broadsides, pamphlets, prints photographs, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, etc. Includes several illustrations. READ MORE about RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 56018
Washington: Library of Congress, 1993. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 26, (2) pages. Edited by Chief of Children's literature, Library of Congess. Essays by Lionni and Steven Heller. Bibliography. Letter from editor laid in. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about LEO LIONNI AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106427
(Washington): United States Government Printing Office, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 11+(1) pages. Address by MacLeish, then Librarian of Congress, at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh on Founders' Day, October 19, 1939. Delivered in the context of the rising threat of totalitarian governments and the outbreak of war in Europe. READ MORE about LIBRARIES IN THE CONTEMPORARY CRISIS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 114662
Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis Jr.
Washington DC: Library of Congress Center for the Book, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 312 pages. Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis Jr. This book honors Donald G. Davis, the longtime editor of Libraries & Culture. Libraries & Culture: Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis, Jr. is a collection of essays first published as a special festschrift issue of Libraries & Culture (40:3) in summer 2005..... READ MORE about LIBRARIES AND CULTURE
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Washington: (U.S. Government Printing Office), 1942. 8vo. self paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 23+(1) pages. Address delivered by the German novelist Thomas Mann at the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress, November 17, 1942, about a tetralogy of novels by the author and their biblical basis. READ MORE about THE THEME OF THE JOSEPH NOVELS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 115758
Washington: The Library of Congress, (1993). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. Descriptive essays on the Library's collection of manuscripts. Chapters on the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. Topics also include African American and women's history. Color illustrations throughout, including Jefferson's first draft of the Declatation of Independence. Introductory essay by James T. Hutson, Chief of the Manuscripts Divsion. Endnotes. READ MORE about LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MANUSCRIPTS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 108745
With Bibliographical Notes (A Continuation of the 4 volume set by Philip Lee Phillips). Volume 7, Titles 10255-18435.
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1973. tall 8vo. cloth. cxxxi, 708 pages. With Bibliographical Notes (A Continuation of the 4 volume set by Philip Lee Phillips). Volume 7, Titles 10255-18435. Bibliography with entries 10255-18435, organized by region. Contains an extensive author list. Spine ends bumped, minor wear. READ MORE about LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1977. small 4to. cloth. xi, 30, (2) pages. Annotated descriptions of 33 charts. Illustrated with some in color. READ MORE about NAUTICAL CHARTS ON VELLUM IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 37424
Washington: Library of Congress, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 162 pages. A conference held at the Library of Congress, October 20-21, 1975. Introductory remarks by the Acting Librarian of Congress. Includes discussions of trade publications, publication by university and small presses, and publication in magazines. Larry McMurtry was among the participants. READ MORE about THE PUBLICATION OF POETRY AND FICTION A CONFERENCE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 115156
Washington: The Library of Congress, 1947. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 226 pages. A history of the Library of Congress. Illustrated. Number in ink on cover and first blank page. READ MORE about THE STORY UP TO NOW, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1800-1946
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 35464
Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 3000 copies. Two lectures delivered at the Library of Congress on May 7, 1979, and May 5, 1980 by William Meredith on the subject of poetry. READ MORE about REASONS FOR POETRY & THE REASON FOR CRITICISM
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 70663
Washington: Library of Congress, 1993. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. Guide to the Library's collections of works on the performing arts. Introduction by James W. Pruett, Chief of the Musical Division. In addition to music, theater and dance, includes a chapter on the Library's collections of musical instruments. Listing of selected special collections. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 108746
Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 46 pages. Eighth edition. Compiled by the Serials and Government Publications Division of the Library. Includes both American and foreign newspapers with title index of both. Foreword by Donald F. Wisdom, chief of Serial and Government Publications Divsion. Preface, explanatory notes and table of contents. READ MORE about NEWSPAPERS RECEIVED CURRENTLY IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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With Chronological List of Maps in the Library of Congress by P. Lee Phillips.
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2004. 8vo. cloth. xv, 397 pages. With Chronological List of Maps in the Library of Congress by P. Lee Phillips. Reprint of the 1903 first edition published by the Library of Congress (Besterman 4786). This work contains two titles, the first is a List of all the books in the Library of Congress on the Philippine Islands, giving a classified list of books and of articles in transactions of learned..... READ MORE about A LIST OF BOOKS (WITH REFERENCES TO PERIODICALS) ON THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN THE LIBRARY OF...
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 89012
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1987. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 44 pages. A compilation of poems read at the Coolidge Auditorium by the Consultants in Poetry in English to the Library of Congress. Contains black-and-white photographs of each consultant. Laid-in is a program card. READ MORE about A KEEPSAKE ANTHOLOGY OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE CONSULTANTSHIP IN POETRY
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5 volumes.
(Washington: The Library of Congress, 1975). 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4),(4),(4),(4),(4) pages. 5 volumes. Library of Congress "Preservation Leaflets" series. Vol. 1-Selected References in the Literature of Conservaton. Vol. 2-Environmental Protection of Books and Related Materials. Vol. 3-Preserving Leather Bookbindings. Vol. 4-Marking Manuscripts. Vol. 5-Newsprint and its Preservation. One Black and white illustration in Vol. 5. Vols. 1-4 creased. READ MORE about PRESERVATION LEAFLETS: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 106966
Washington: Library of Congress, 1975. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 79 pages. Papers by nine authors on different aspects of prints including Frederick S. Hicks on "Amiable Frauds." Illustrated. A fine copy.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTMAKING BEFORE 1876, FACT, FICTION, AND FANTASY
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(New York: Pubwatch, 1994). 4to. stiff wrappers. 134 pages. Essays and conversations about publishing in the former USSR with end of Soviet-era censorship. Co-sponsored by the publisher, The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies. READ MORE about PUBLISHING AND BOOK CULTURE IN RUSSIA AND THE NEW STATES: CHALLENGES FOR THE WEST
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106490
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1939. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Author was a Member of Congress from Colorado. A tribute to Putnam (1861-1955) read on the floor of the House of Representatives, February 17, 1939. Putnam was Librarian of Congress from 1899 until his retirement in 1939. He was the eighth and longest-serving person in that position. Includes an address by the American Council of Learned Societies to Putnam. READ MORE about A TRIBUTE TO DR. HERBERT PUTNAM LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS
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Washington: GPO, 1901. 8vo. cloth. 380 pages. With plates showing both the inside and outside of the library and long reports on important gifts and acquisitions. Slightly shaken. READ MORE about REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS ... 1901
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 72748
New York: New York Universitiy Press, 1989. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, (iii), 76 pages. This volume is based on the prceedings of the convocation ceremony held at the New York University in 1987 which honored five of the world's great libraries. The honorees that spoke are James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus, Juan Pablo Fusi, Director of Spain's Bibioteca Nacional, Vartan Gregorian, President of the New York..... READ MORE about IN PRAISE OF LIBRARIES
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 70595
Washington: Library of Congress, 1991. tall 8vo. green cloth, paper spine label. xxxv, 427, (3) pages. First edition. With an introduction by James H. Billington, preface by Larry E. Sullivan and an essay on Rosenwald by William Matheson. The Rosenwald Collection is the single largest gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual. The collection focuses on the Western European and..... READ MORE about VISION OF A COLLECTOR, THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 44082
Washington: Library of Congress, 1991. tall 8vo. green cloth, paper spine label. xxxv, 427, (3) pages. First edition. With an introduction by James H. Billington, preface by Larry E. Sullivan and an essay on Rosenwald by William Matheson. The Rosenwald Collection is the single largest gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual. The collection focuses on the Western European and..... READ MORE about VISION OF A COLLECTOR, THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 61225
Washington: Library of Congress, 1991. tall 8vo. quarter green morocco over patterned paper-covered boards. xxxv, 427, (3) pages. One of the 300 numbered copies bound thus and meant for subscribers. These special copies contain a signed and numbered etched portrait of Rosenwald by the Philadelphia artist Tony Rosati. With a foreword by James H. Billington, preface by Larry E. Sullivan and an essay on Rosenwald by William Matheson. This material is followed by 100 essays..... READ MORE about VISION OF A COLLECTOR, THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 128951
Washington: Library of Congress, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. Foreword by John Y. Cole. With James Madison's List of Books for Congress. Contains over 300 titles. READ MORE about " WELL AQUAINTED WITH BOOKS", THE FOUNDING FRAMERS OF 1787
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