Title: Distinguished classics of reference publishing /
Authors: Rettig, James.
Publisher: Oryx Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Best books Reference books.; Reference books Bibliography; Reference books Publishing History.
Contents: Foreword : publishing the Dictionary of scientific biography / Charles Scribner, Jr. -- Documenting the travel experience : Baedeker guidebooks / Harold M. Otness -- "The most famous book of its kind" : Bartlett's familiar quotations / Kerry L. Cochrane -- Black's law dictionary : ninety-nine years, 1891-1990 / Pamela S. Bradigan -- An "alms- basket" of "bric-a-brac" : Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable / Charles Bunge -- "The indispensable guide" : The Chicago manual of style / Richard D. DeBacher -- The "instinctive grammatical moralizer" : H.W. Fowler and his Dictionary of modern English usage / William A. McHugh --"The most amusing book in the language" : the Dictionary of national biography / Johannah Sherrer.