Collier’s New Encyclopedia1921
The world as 1921 understood it, in twelve volumes.
The Books, Shelf by Shelf
46 books in this collection — 13 here now, another 33 coming soon — 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 (9 books)·The Practical Shelf (8 books)·Words for Every Occasion (8 books)·The World of Books (7 books)·Trades, Tools & Pastimes (6 books)·The Beyond & the Divine (3 books)·Lives & the Arts (5 books)
The Great Encyclopedias
The multi-volume worlds, A to Z.
Encyclopaedia Americana
The young Republic's own encyclopedia, from the 1830s.
The Americana
The Americana at full stretch, twenty-three volumes.
Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopedia
Harmsworth's twelve-volume tour of everything.
Nelson's Encyclopaedia
Nelson's loose-leaf encyclopedia, built to stay current.
Winston's Cumulative Encyclopedia
Winston's ten-volume encyclopedia for the family.
The Standard Encyclopedia
A standard encyclopedia in a single handy set.
The University Encyclopedia of 20th Century Knowledge
Twentieth-century knowledge, ten volumes deep.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
The grandest American dictionary ever attempted.
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.
Hill's Practical Encyclopedia
Practical knowledge for the home, in four volumes.
Chandler's Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge
Universal knowledge in three brisk volumes.
The New Practical Reference Library
A practical reference library for the home shelf.
Lincoln Library of Essential Information
Essential information on everything, in one stout volume.
The New International Year Book
The year's events, encyclopedically recorded.
Circle of the Sciences
The sciences drawn into one circle, for the general reader.
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.
A Treasury of Wisdom
Wise words gathered into one treasury.
Ancient and Modern Familiar Quotations
Familiar quotations, ancient and modern, traced to their sources.
Burning Words
More burning words from the brilliant writers.
Quotations for Occasions
The apt quotation for every occasion, ready to hand.
One Hundred Great Texts And Their Treatment
A hundred great texts, and how to preach them.
The World of Books
What to read, and the canon condensed.
One Hundred World’s Best Novels Condensed1919
A hundred great novels, condensed to minutes apiece.
100 Best Books
One critic's hundred best books, argued for.
100 Best Novels
The hundred novels everyone should read, ranked.
Best 50 Books of the Greatest Authors
Fifty masterpieces, each pressed into a few pages.
In the Literary World; or, What to Read
A guide for the reader lost in the literary world.
Library of the World's Best Literature
The world's best literature, anthologized with commentary.
World's Best Books
The best books of all the world, listed and weighed.
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.
Machinery's Encyclopedia
The machine shop's reference, in eight volumes.
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.
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Fourteen volumes on everything humanity has believed.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The Bible's every name, place and term, explained.
Lives & the Arts
Painters, composers and a thousand classical characters.
1000 Classical Characters1895
A pocket who's-who of gods, heroes and mortals.
A New and General Biographical Dictionary
Twelve volumes of lives, from antiquity to yesterday.
Dictionary of Painters
The painters of every school, life by life.
Milton Cross' Encyclopedia of the Great Composers
The great composers and their music, life by life.
Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms
How to say it in music, term by term.