REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes from Barbara Bilson Books

Salem, OR: David & Judy Barker, Booksellers, 1984. Fine in heavy paper covers, in protective Brodart wrap. 40 pages. A checklist of all editions of Steinbeck's works, including suggested market prices. No doubt the more common editions--such as book clubs--have dropped in price, but this checklist still gives a very good indication of comparative values. . 1st Limited Edition. Soft… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Joseph the Provider, 1987. Near fine (light foxing on one edge of back cover). Published in an edition of 500. 53 pages listing items that Joseph the Provider had for sale at the time of publication. Useful for the relative values established therein. Readable for the information it provides about Everson's works, important for the excerpts printed in… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Language Association, 1988. Very good (sunned covers with minor edgewear, light foxing on page edges, interior clean and unmarked, binding firm). 276 pages with multiple indexes to authors, translators, reviewers and authors of secondary material. Primary and Secondary Sources are broken down by geographical areas: Chinese American, Japanese American, Filipino American, etc.. 1st paperback edition. Soft Cover.

Austin, TX: The Jenkins Company Catalogue of 1285 items for sale, all concerning and/or written by American presidents. Near fine (address mailing label on rear cover, lightly worn at one corner). Soft covers. Good resource for book collectors, bibliographers, and researchers.. Soft Cover.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. A huge resource book (800 pages) covering contemporary American writing for children. Near fine (one bump on lower front cover edge) in fine dust jacket.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Kent State Univ Press, 1968. Very good (foxed top edges) without dust jacket as issued. 1st edition, 2nd printing. Number 5 in the Serif Series. Tanner's intention is to supplement the bibliography included in Gay Wilson Allen's 1960 book, "Walt Whitman As Man, Poet, and Legend," by including works about Whitman published from 1961 to 1966. It therefore makes sense… Read more about this item

New York: Schocken Books, 1981. Very good (faint foxing on page edges) in near fine dust jacket with one closed tear and some edgewear. Divided into several categories--such as the Bible, Biographies, Fine Arts and Domestic Arts, History, Jewish Holidays, etc, but this is augmented by a very helpful index by subject. Also contains index by author and index by… Read more about this item

Washington: Library of Congress, 1966. Annotated bibliography with 1073 entries listing books, articles, and pamphlets selected for their usefulness to adults concerned with the creation, reading, or study of children's books. Sample sections, among many others: critical appraisals of individual suthors, illustrating for children, writing and publishing for children, the library and children's books. Good resource for those… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: The Feminist Press, 1979. Very good (very light foxing--perhaps a dozen almost invisible spots--on page edges, otherwise clean and unmarked). Without dust jacket, as issued. 139 pages. Early compilation of feminist bibliographies, especially useful to scholars and historians. This was a ground-breaking work in unearthing writing from the early years of the mid-20th-century Women's Movement, bringing together sources… Read more about this item