Distinguished classics of reference publishing
By: edited by James Rettig.
Contributors: Rettig, James.
Publisher: Oryx Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Phoenix, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Reference books -- Publishing.; Reference books -- Bibliography.; Best books -- United States.
Description: Provides the histories of 31 landmark English-language reference works.
The full text of this book in PDF format is available under a Creative Commons license at  http://hdl.handle.net/10349/691
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Foreword
title: Publishing the Dictionary of scientific biography / Charles Scribner, Jr.
pagenum: ix; label: Introduction
title: Introduction / James Rettig
pagenum: xii; title: Documenting the travel experience : Baedeker guidebooks / Harold M. Otness
pagenum: 1; title: "The most famous book of its kind" : Bartlett's familiar quotations / Kerry L. Cochrane
pagenum: 9; title: Black's law dictionary : ninety-nine years, 1891-1990 / Pamela S. Bradigan
pagenum: 18; title: An "alms- basket" of "bric-a-brac" : Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable / Charles Bunge
pagenum: 24; title: "The indispensable guide" : The Chicago manual of style / Richard D. DeBacher
pagenum: 31; title: The "instinctive grammatical moralizer" : H.W. Fowler and his Dictionary of modern English usage / William A. McHugh
pagenum: 41; title: "The most amusing book in the language" : the Dictionary of national biography / Johannah Sherrer
pagenum: 54; title: Controlling the beasties : Dissertation abstracts international / Mary W. George
pagenum: 66; title: The circle of learning : Encyclopaedia Britannica / Sandy Whiteley
pagenum: 77; title: The book that built Gale Research : the Encyclopedia of associations / Carol M. Tobin
pagenum: 89; title: Code of courtesy from the roaring twenties : Emily Post's Etiquette / Richard W. Grefrath
pagenum: 98; title: "Of permanent use and usefulness" : Granger's index to poetry / Milton H. Crouch
pagenum: 113; title: A cornerstone of musical scholarship : Grove's dictionary of music and musicians / William S. Brockman
pagenum: 117; title: "Monument" : guide to reference books / Stuart W. Miller
pagenum: 129; title: "Unbeatable" : the Guinness book of records / Christine C. Whittington
pagenum: 138; title: A household word for four generations : Moody's / Elizabeth J. Wood
pagenum: 147; title: "The bibliographical wonder of the world" : The National Union Catalog / John R.M. Lawrence
pagenum: 161; title: The record of record : the New York Times index / Jo A. Cates
pagenum: 174; title: "The jewel in the crown" : the Oxford English dictionary / James Rettig
pagenum: 180; title: "Mom in the library" : the Readers' Guide to periodical literature / Mary Biggs
pagenum: 198; title: Demystifying parliamentary procedure : Robert's rules of order / Sarah B. Watstein
pagenum: 211; title: "Wings of flight" : Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases / Marta Lange
pagenum: 220; title: Eugene Garfield's contribution to bibliography : Science citation index / David A. Tyckoson
pagenum: 234; title: "The baby figure of the giant mass" : Pollard & Redgrave's and Wing's short-title catalogues / Robert W. Melton
pagenum: 242; title: Continuity in a changing world : Statemans's year-book / David M. Pilachowski
pagenum: 259; title: Permanently definitive : Strong's exhaustive concordance of the Bible / Edward D. Starkey
pagenum: 269; title: The world in one's hands : Times atlas of the world / Mary L. Larsgaard
pagenum: 278; title: The legacy of Noah Webster : the Merriam-Webster family of dictionaries / Marie C. Ellis
pagenum: 286; title: Afternoon tea, Parliament, and ... Who's who / Linda K. Simons
pagenum: 306; title: All things for all people : the World almanac / Margaret Morrison
pagenum: 313; title: "The best of its type" : World Book encyclopedia / Holly D. Rogerson and E. Paige Weston
pagenum: 323; label: Contributors
title: Contributor profiles
pagenum: 335; label: Index
title: Index
pagenum: 339