Search Results: Reference: history from The Owl at the Bridge

Providence Public Library [1952]. Hard Cover. 1 leaf, 1-6 leaves, 28.5 cm. "Multilith." With Annual Melville Bibliography 1952-1957, 28 numbered leaves. Stock#44778. Vg / bound typescript.

Two single-subject bookseller catalogs from the respected Philadelphia firm; books on and about Pennsylvania "Including Many County & Town Histories; 18th Century Imprints; 17th, 18th & 19th Century History; Directories; Indian Captivities, History, Ethnology; Educational, Social & Religious History; Diaries; etc., etc. With a Large Selection of Books Relating to Philadelphia." 1195 and 992 items; printed probably a year apart. Stapled in printed wraps; Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0232.

New York, Stechert-Hafner, 1967. Catalog 353. Soft Cover. 63 p., 21.5 cm. Includes two notes by Joseph Ewan, "Classica Botanica Americana" and "Reference Tools for the Botanist." 38303. Vg/ paper.

Arranged alphabetically by manufacturer; copiously illustrated with photos (some color); 512 pages; 29.5 cm. Color pictorial paper covers; some shelfwear; Very Good+. Stock#ofc0599.

Italian bookseller catalog; 236, [10] pages, 1404 entries; paper; as new. Stock#ofc0098.

Bibliography, Librarianship, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Genealogy, Biography, the Humanities, Social Sciences, History & area studies, pure & applied sciences; more! xx, 741 pages; ex-Brown University Library with bookplate & stamp; green boards; Good. Stock#ofc0383.

Covers "the literature of architecture, painting, sculpture, prints and engravings, drawings, and the applied arts". xiv, 418 pages, index; ex Warwick RI Public Library with stamps; Good. Stock#ofc0407.

"This book is intended to serve the needs of a variety of readers, including students of music history and performance, amateur musicians, and those who simply listen to music and occasionally read about it. Its subject is principally the tradition of Western concert music." vii, 577 pages, illus.; Good+ but dust jacket front torn. Dated marker inscription on first flyleaf of Robert J. Lurtsema, premier WGBH broadcaster/dj. Stock#ofc0388.

"In general, the editors have attempted to construe American history in its widest sense, and to find a place in the Guide for both the old and new areas of historical studies." xxiv, 689 pages; black cloth covers; spine faded, ex-Moses Brown Library with stamps etc.; no dj; good+. Stock#ofc0107.

New York, Harper [1961]. First Edition. Soft Cover. 182 p. illus (part col.) 24 cm. Title continues: " by Milo M. Quaife, Melvin J. Weig and Roy E. Appleman, with contributions by Charles E. Shedd, John A. Hussey and George C. Mackenzie. Foreword by Roger Butterfield. Illustrated. Original drawings by Elmo Jones" Bibliography: p. 171-178. Stock# 44,726. Vg / soft cover.

Iceland Travel Books, Reykjavik, 1971. Hard Cover. 240 p., illus. incl. color plates, advertising, maps, index. Stock#36257.

Bookseller catalogue listing 152 items regarding California, its history and development: many Zamorano 80 items, much on the gold rush, plus 1852 sailing charts for the offshore waters. 26 pages, typescript stapled in glossy printed wraps; Good. Stock#ofc0231.

The Old English Period (to 1100), Kemp Malone; The Middle English Period (1100-1500), Albert C. Baugh; The Renaissance (1500-1660), Tucker Brooke; The Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1660-1789), George Sherburn; The Nineteenth Century and After (1789-1939), Samuel C. Chew. xi, 1673 pages, index. Red cloth, no dust jacket; shelfworn, slightly shaken; withal Good. Stock#ofc0375.

xxi, 450 pages; softcover; minor shelfwear; Good. Stock#ofc0109.

Harmondsworth, Penguin, [ 1988, c1983]. Soft Cover. xiv, 457p ; 19.5 cm. Series: The Open University Set Book. First pub. 1959; previous ed.: 1976. "Short biographies of nearly 1,000 painters, sculptors, and engravers." Stock# 40.428. Good+/ paper.

Auction sale catalogue, 29 pages, 243 items, 29 black & white photos on 8 plates; color pictorial paper covers (4 color photos); Very Good. Stock#ofc0235.

series: University of Washington Publications in Language and Literature. Volume 9, November 1935. Reprinted 1964? by Maurice Martino in an edition of 350 copies. Chapter headings: (vol. 1) Collections, Circumnavigations, General Travels and Descriptions, Continental Europe, West Europe, North Europe, East Europe, Near East, Central Asia, East Indies, Far East, Siberia, Africa; (vol. 2) Northwest Passage, Northeast Passage, Arctic Regions, North Pacific, North America, West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, South Seas, Australia; Directions for Travellers, Geography, Navigation, Maps and Atlases, Military Expeditions, Naval Expeditions; Adventures, Disasters, Shipwrecks; Fictitious Voyages and Travels, General Reference, Bibliographies; Volume Three is devoted entirely to Great Britain "Including Tours, Descriptions, Towns, Histories and Antiquities, Surveys, Ancient and Present State, Gardening, etc.". Three volumes (404; 591; 732 pages); maroon binder's cloth; as new. Stock#ofc0130.

170 documents. "It is seldom that a documentary history combines such striking new interpretations with interesting documentary material to back it up." viii, 518 pages, 12 plates of illustrations, portraits; 20.5 cm. Stock#NEU437.