The reference provides estimated retail prices as of 1991 and identifies first editions, which are generally more valuable than later editions. Every Occasion , by Jack Griffin, offers a helping hand to frightened or novice speakers. It gives advice in handling a variety of situations, including the best way to make a presentation. It includes sample letters of apology, sympathy, appreciation and congratulation, as well as cover letters, letters to the editor and get-well letters. A listing of book publishers includes information on the types of manuscripts sought, the average amount of advances and the number of submissions received each year.
Similar information is provided for magazines.
16th St., N.W., or any of the other buildings on or near 16th Street, Sixteenth Street Architecture , by Sue A. Kohler and Jeffrey R. Carson, will satisfy your curiosity. Library users with questions about book preservation, papers, photographs and other objects of sentimental or monetary value regularly refer to Caring for Your Collections , edited by Arthur W. Schultz. The book also includes information on storing, securing, appraising, insuring and donating collections and obtaining professional conservation services. The book, written by a Foreign Service officer, is the first in the Diplomats and Diplomacy series sponsored by the Association for the Diplomatic Studies and Training and by Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired. The book is arranged chronologically and includes dispatches about the most significant events from 1776 to the early 1960s.