Collier’s New Encyclopedia1921
The world as 1921 understood it, in twelve volumes.
The Books, Shelf by Shelf
15 books in this collection, shelved the way a good bookshop would do it. The book's cover is the door; you are invited to walk in anywhere.
The Great Encyclopedias (1 books)·The Practical Shelf (2 books)·Words for Every Occasion (3 books)·The World of Books (1 books)·Trades, Tools & Pastimes (5 books)·The Beyond & the Divine (1 books)·Lives & the Arts (2 books)
The Great Encyclopedias
The multi-volume worlds, A to Z.
The Practical Shelf
Quick answers for the busy household.
Aiton's Encyclopedia1910
Five volumes that tried to hold the whole world of 1910.
The Busy Man’s Hand-Book1892
Everything a man of 1892 might need in a hurry.
Words for Every Occasion
Quotation books for the letter-writer and orator.
The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations1896
The right line for any occasion — English, Latin and French.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers1895
Thousands of burning words, filed by theme for the orator.
A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations1880
The Bard alphabetized for every occasion.
The World of Books
What to read, and the canon condensed.
100 Best Books
One critic's hundred best books, argued for.
Trades, Tools & Pastimes
The working reference, bench to boat.
Abbott’s American Watchmaker and Jeweler1892
The watchmaker's bench manual, alphabetically arranged.
The Encyclopedia of Founding1894
How bells are cast and why brass is not bronze.
Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes1872
Dick's great formula book — inks, dyes, fireworks and cordials.
The Nautical Encyclopedia1891
Five thousand terms of the sea, abaft to yawl.
Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games
Every sport and game of the age, rules and records.
The Beyond & the Divine
Faith, ethics and the occult, encyclopedically.
An Encyclopaedia of Occultism1920
The complete A-to-Z of magic, alchemy and the beyond.
Lives & the Arts
Painters, composers and a thousand classical characters.
1000 Classical Characters1895
A pocket who's-who of gods, heroes and mortals.
Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms
How to say it in music, term by term.