Reference/Bibliography/Dictionaries from Gargoyle Books

Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Part of a collection of linguistic books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. From 1991, this one… Read more about this item

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Complete collection of abstracts to EVERY article in the first 25 volumes of this journal. In 414 pages with Subject Index. An essential reference! Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where… Read more about this item

London, England: Tavistock Publications Limited, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is what you're looking for!… Read more about this item

Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1986. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a… Read more about this item

Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, 1983. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Long out-of-print & scarce, this is a comprehensive guide to the microfilm collection of 18th & 19th century writings in a wide array of scholarly fields, including social histories, city guidebooks, dictionaries, art books, romances, & sociological/psychological/medical treatises on rape, incest,… Read more about this item

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A selective Bibliography of approximately 2,600 books & pamphlets published from the last quarter of the 19th century through the mid-20th, including "the important, the rare, the famous, & the obscure'; purely technical works, poetry, & songs are excluded. 463 pp. A… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The owners of the Quill and Brush Bookstore in Maryland are back with a completely revised & updated version of their landmark guide to the estimated market values of over 5000 books.Adding another 1000 books to include the work… Read more about this item

Tucson, Arizona: Press of the Gigantic Hound, 1990. Limited Numbered Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Comprehensive bibliography published on the 20th anniversary of the very first of Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn mysteries, in 88 pages with Notes, Chronology. From an edition limited to 1000 copies, this one is SIGNED by both the author (Hieb) AND Tony HIllerman on limitation… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Comprehensive, thoroughly researched & notated guide to all sorts of mythical & magical beings from ancient mythology through the present, arranged alphabetically, in 682 pages with some pen-and-ink illustrations. With stiff decorative wrappers, this thick softcover is in Fine condition:… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Peter Henderson & Company, 1890. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fair. The "Father of American Horticulture" offers this "concise, yet comprehensive dictionary of plants" designed for florists, gardeners, & amateur horticulturists in late-nineteenth-century America. In 528 pages, inc. 2 pages of ads for Henderson's other plant books in rear, illustrated throughout with engravings of plants.… Read more about this item

Harper & Row, 1989. Revised and Enlarged Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The "bible of the mystery field,'' this comprehensive guide has 5,045 entires covering novels of detection, crime, mystery, & espionage; short stories & mystery collections/anthologies; magazines, plays, histories of the genre, lives of the writers, & Sherlock Holmes. In 952 pages with Index. Orig. published… Read more about this item

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Invaluable reference guide to extant research in comparative criminology, in 144 pages. A First Edition, first printing, this hardcover book has been stored since acquired Brand New. Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked. No DJ as issued by publisher. Our photos… Read more about this item

Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An extremely well-annotated bibliography of 1,111 works on ghosts/poltergeists/spirits/hauntings/witchcraft/demons, published in now-extinct & current journals or as books or pamphlets. An excellent starting point for psychical research. In 351 pages s with both a general &… Read more about this item

Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.A.: Purple Moon Press, 1994. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Companion guide to the author's bestselling, "Detecting Women,'' this volume is an alphabetical guide to mystery, suspense, spy, & detective fiction written by men. Each book/series/leading character is described, books are listed in order of their appearance, & interesting tidbits about the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1985. First Paperback . Soft cover. Near Fine. Contains over 10,000 terms related to every aspect of crime, criminals, police, & the law, including prison slang, gang terms, historical references, acronyms, medical & psychiatric terms, police abbreviations, drug culture references, white-collar crime terms, & more. Invaluable reference for writers wanting… Read more about this item

London, England: Elkin, Mathews & Marrot, 1929. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Annotated list of 2392 historical & semi-historical novels from the pre-Christian era through the 19th century, in 424 pages, with Bibliography, Author/Title/Subject indices. Orig. published in 1902, this is the Fifth Edition, "revised, enarged, rearranged, & mostly rewritten" from Apr. 1929. Condition is solidly… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Del Rey/Ballentine, 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Hamilton, Todd Cameron; Clouse, James. Comprehensive guide to the world of Pern, including its exploration & colonization, flora & fauna, details of everyday life, and, of course, the dragons. Written with the cooperation of the creator of Pern, Anne McCaffrey. This is the 1989… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION from 1912, this book comprises a thoroughly annotated list of all the maps of the areas specified in the title bequeathed to the U.S. Library of Congress in the 1906 will of historian & scholarly investigator Woodbury Lowery. Lovely decorative title page & portrait of Lowery… Read more about this item

Tucson, Arizona: Press of the Gigantic Hound, 1990. Limited Numbered Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Comprehensive bibliography published on the 20th anniversary of the very first of Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn mysteries, in 88 pages with Notes, Chronology.SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Hieb) opposite title page with notation that this is an edition limited to 1000 copies. (We are also… Read more about this item

Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1981. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thoroughly annotated guide to all sorts of books about these genres, including large reference works, attractive coffee-table books, technical manuals on the art of writing the mystery, general histories, special topics (thrillers, pulps, noir), & works on individual authors. In 157 pages… Read more about this item