Category: Library of Congress

LETTER FROM THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS OF THE ARMY, TRANSMITTING A REPORT RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION ACT APPROVED OCTOBER 2, 1888

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1888

Seller ID: 007275

Condition: Good+

Library of Congress. 50th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Mis. Doc. No. 12. December 4, 1888.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 11 pp. Ninetenn fold-out diagrams of proposed construction plans for the future Library of Congress. Disbound government document. Residue and strings from book binding remains on spine edge, same edge is also creased and chipped. First page of document is separated from others. Corners are creased and folded, paper is browning from age, text easily legible. All 19 fold-out images are present and clean. Document in...
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LETTER FROM THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING A STATEMENT OF THE NAMES OF SUCH OFFICERS AS HAVE NOT RENDERED THEIR ACCOUNTS WITHIN THE YEAR, OR HAVE BALANCES UNACCOUNTED FOR, WHICH WERE ADVANCED ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER LAST;...

By: House of Representatives

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Washington, Gales & Seaton : 1824

Seller ID: 006800

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good+

...Statement of Accounts in His Office Which Have Remained Unsettled, or on Which Balances have been due more than three years, Prior to the Thirtieth September Last; Abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, On the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, and which remained to be accounted for on the books of the Third Auditor, on thirtieth of September last. 18th Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 40. January 2, 1824. Ordered to lie on the table. Fold-Out tables showing statements of military accounts unsettled with name and rank, and remarks from the third auditor and age...
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1938

By: Library of Congress

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1939

Seller ID: 001816

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

482 pages with index. Maroon cloth covers with faded gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are edges are rubbed, spine ends are bent. Interior tight and clean. Some lower page corners are bent or creased, and page edges have some dirt smudges.
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CLASSIFICATION. Class L. EDUCATION

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1911

Seller ID: 004879

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Printed As Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Generalities; History of Education; Theory of Education . Principles and Practice of Teaching. School Government. Administration; Special Forms, Relations, and Applications of Education ; Universities. Colleges. Schools; United States; America (except United States); Europe; Asia, Africa, Oceania; College and School Magazines and Papers; Student Periodicals; Student Fraternities and their publications; and Text books. 160 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Mildly soiled on back. Otherwise Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.
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CLASSIFICATION. Class N. FINE ARTS

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1910

Seller ID: 004884

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Fine Arts (General); Architecture; Sculpture; Graphic Arts in General-Drawings, Design; Painting; Engraving; and Art Applied to Industry-Decoration and Ornament. 161 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Faint watermark at spine joint, 1 3/4" to top edge. Doesn't go through. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.
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CLASSIFICATION. Class Q SCIENCE

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1913

Seller ID: 004881

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Adopted 1905. As in force November, 1912. Synopsis includes: Science (general); Mathematies; Astronomy- Geodesy; Physics; Chemistry- Crystallography; Geology- Mineralogy, Petrology, Paleontology; Natural History-Microscopy, General biology; Botany-Ecology; Zoology; Human Anatomy; Physiology-Experimental Psychology; and Bacteriology. 196 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus.numbers and faint stamp. Mildly soiled covers.Faint watermark along the upper spine joint, 3" unto the top border, 2". Top border "mark" shows on title page only. Overall covers are Good. ex.mus. ...
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CLASSIFICATION. Class S AGRICULTURE-PLANT AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1911

Seller ID: 004883

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good-

Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Agriculture; General Plant Culture and Horticulture; Forestry; Animal Culture-Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats, Swine, Pets, Bee Culture; Fish Culture- Angling by country and Fisheries; and Hunting Sports. 87 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus. faint stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Very Good-. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.
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CLASSIFICATION. Class T. TECHNOLOGY

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1910

Seller ID: 004876

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Printed As Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Technology-General and Engineering and Building Group-Roads, Bridges, Railroads; Mechanical Group-Engineering, Electrical; Motor Vehicles, Cycles, Aeronautics; Chemical Group-Mining Engineering, Mineral Industries, Technology, Photography; and Composite Group-Manufactures, Mechanic Trades, Arts and Crafts, and Domestic Science. Contents also include: Table I: History and country divisions; Table II: Countries in one alphabet, Table III: United States. States and territoriies; Table IV: Canada. List of provinces. 303 pp. includes Index. Brown paper cove...
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CLASSIFICATION. Class U. MILITARY SCIENCE

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1910

Seller ID: 004877

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Printed As Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Military Science (General); Organization, Distribution, etc; Administration; Maintenance and Transportation; Infantry; Cavalry; Artillery; Military Engineering; and Minor Services. Contents also include: Table III: Countries in one alphabet, Table IV: States and territoriies of the United States. 93 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Slightly soiled. Otherwise Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.
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CLASSIFICATION. Class V. NAVAL SCIENCE

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1910

Seller ID: 004878

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Printed As Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Naval Science (General); Naval Organization and Distribution; Naval Administration; Naval Maintenance; Naval Seamen; Marines; Naval Ordnance; Minor Services of Navies; Navigation. Merchant Marine; Naval Architecture, Ship-Building and Marine Engineering. Contents also include: Table I: Country subdivisions; Countries in one alphabet, and States and territories of the United States. 106 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Slightly soiled. Otherwise Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.
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CLASSIFICATION. Class Z. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIBRARY SCIENCE

By: Library of Congress

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1910

Seller ID: 004882

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Adopted 1898. As In Force January, 1910. Synopsis includes: History of books and book-making; Writing-Autographs, Shorthand, Paleography; Book industries and trade-Printing, Binding, Publishing and bookselling; Copyright and intellectual property; Libraries-Library science, Library History, reports, catalogues, bulletins, Private libraries, Book collecting; Booksellers'catalogues, book prices; and Bibliography. 111 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Mildly soiled. Tiny tip of back top cover missing, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.
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Gentle Conquest: The Botanical Discovery of North America With Illustrations from the Library of Congress

By: Reveal, James L.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Starwood Pub : 1992

Seller ID: 003075

ISBN-13: 9781563730023

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine

Discovering and naming the flora of North America, and learning their uses for food, building materials, and medicine, were critical parts of the explorer's mission to the "New World" and continued to be very important through the early 19th century . The Library of Congress has a splendid collection of the early botanical publications that resulted; this book makes them available to us all. 160 pp. with Index. Green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. On title page, "Not for Resale" whitened out. Small "bump" to lower corner tip, otherwise Book is Fine. Dust Jack...
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HANDBOOK OF THE NEW LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON

By: Small, Herbert (Compiled By

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston, Curtis & Cameron : 1897

Seller ID: 002445

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

small tears along paper spine. 1 1/4"x 1/4" missing back bottom edge. Overall Good. Interior is tight, clean, and VG+.
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Category: Library of Congress